IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down14
arrow-up1128arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agobut did they use grape shots back then?
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
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.
but did they use grape shots back then?
That makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
Yup.