IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square14fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down13
arrow-up1145arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agobut did they use grape shots back then?
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.
Pretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
That makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
Yup.
but did they use grape shots back then?