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-square15linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoLooks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month 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-up12·1 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-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agobut did they use grape shots back then?
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.
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?