IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days 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-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
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 · 5 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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?