IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that Korea's Hwacha, an early rocket launcher from the 15th century, could devastate enemy troops with a single volley of 200 flaming arrows.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down12
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Korea's Hwacha, an early rocket launcher from the 15th century, could devastate enemy troops with a single volley of 200 flaming arrows.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoLooks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoYou don’t need to have great accuracy when firing at an army. The article mentions 3,000 successfully defending against 30,000 because of this weapon
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
Looks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
You don’t need to have great accuracy when firing at an army. The article mentions 3,000 successfully defending against 30,000 because of this weapon
I don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
If they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
I think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.