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-up1108arrow-down12
arrow-up1106arrow-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-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLooks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agobut did they use grape shots back then?
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-up1·2 months agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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
Looks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
I don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
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.
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.
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