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-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-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agobut did they use grape shots back then?
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.
I don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
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?
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.