40oz
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Bombs
Apr 25, 2018 9:33:58 GMT -5
Post by 40oz on Apr 25, 2018 9:33:58 GMT -5
I asked myself a funny question this morning. I've always seen these kinds of bombs on signs, cartoons, and video games, but they've always seemed too impractical that I've never been sure they've ever existed in in real life. Why would you want a bomb that rolls around like that? There's no way! Turns out I was wrong! Between the 14th and 16th century, "Hollow Iron Bombs" were cast iron spheres filled with gun powder. They were either fired out of mortar cannons, or designed in smaller versions with fuses to be used as hand grenades. Now you know. Source: www.syler.com/SiegeWarfare/digging2/digdowngrenades.html
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dn
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Bombs
Apr 25, 2018 10:56:38 GMT -5
Post by dn on Apr 25, 2018 10:56:38 GMT -5
actually you wanted them to roll. Take a boarding action on a ship for example; you toss it, it rolls into a corner behind the fuckers you are trying to kill, you get a shaped blast and plenty wooden shrapnel - it's the shrapnel that you are after and the backs of men are typically less armoured.
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Bombs
Apr 25, 2018 12:10:40 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 12:10:40 GMT -5
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