User blog comment:Swg66/Ancient User Warrior tournament: Round 3 Leolab vs. Lachlan Blake/@comment-3004200-20110526222432

The cheirosiphon was quoted by historians to be "a simple syringe [that] squirted both liquid fire (presumably unignited) and noxious juices to repel enemy troops." In an ancient greek picture you can see a man using it, it's about as big as Vlad's hand cannon, and was supposed to be quite different from the larger ones that were used on ships, making it safer to use.