IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours 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-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down12
arrow-up1125arrow-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 · 22 hours agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·22 hours agoBetter not miss, reloads ain’t quick
minus-squareLinktanklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoLooks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·19 hours 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-up8·20 hours agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squareLinktanklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoTo phrase a Monty Python firing squad skit, “You MISSED???”
Better not miss, reloads ain’t quick
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.
Pretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
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.
To phrase a Monty Python firing squad skit, “You MISSED???”