IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days 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-square15fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down12
arrow-up1146arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·4 days agoBetter not miss, reloads ain’t quick
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoCouldn’t you just have several 200-arrow “blocks” ready to go? Like a magazine.
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoProbably but I think winding whatever they use for 200 crossbows would be the real problem
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoLooks less accurate than a shotgun at that range.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days 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-up12·3 days agoI don’t think they really had shotguns in the 15th century tho.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoPretty sure China did. In the form of hand cannons.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThat makes some sense like an early blunderbluss kind of thing?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agobut did they use grape shots back then?
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoIf they did, it seems like they would have been trying to use them as sniper rifles.
minus-squareerin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI think a better comparison would be modern magnesium, phosphorus, or napalm bombing.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoTo phrase a Monty Python firing squad skit, “You MISSED???”
Better not miss, reloads ain’t quick
Couldn’t you just have several 200-arrow “blocks” ready to go? Like a magazine.
Probably but I think winding whatever they use for 200 crossbows would be the real problem
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.
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.
To phrase a Monty Python firing squad skit, “You MISSED???”