like yeah it's not what killed Abe but like just look at the thing, a nine barrel fuckin' electro-blunderbuss

  • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    electro-blunderbuss

    Wouldn't it be a pepper-pot? I thought that's what the really ridiculous barrel count guns were called.

    • InsideOutsideCatside [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      idk I'm not a gun guy, googling it it looks like the term would be a pepper-gun, but that in itself is a subset of volley guns

      also holy shit Leonardo da Vinci designed some such 'organ' guns

      I guess that shouldn't surprise me since he lived when gunpowder was a thing but I guess I just figured gunpowder warfare wasn't as big of a deal in Europe for another hundred years or so

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        The french actually had artillery pieces as early as the 14th century (~1326) and canons were incredibly impactful during the 100 years war (1337–1453)

        Leonardo comes in to dick around with them more than a century after they had already became part of conventional warfare.