Weapons You Won’t See Everyday

gigantes 11 year s ago

#1, #2 quite ingenious to make a lethally sharp sword out of wood and stone. of course it would be much more fragile than steel.

Mr. Ree 11 year s ago

...and every one of them was made obsolete with the invention of gunpowder.

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gigantes 11 year s ago

actually some of these, like #7, were used even 1000+ years after the invention of gunpowder. even in the very place that gunpowder was invented.

jfzavalav 11 year s ago

random fact...The first two were made just to hurt...not to kill. thats because the aztecs needs a lot of war prisioners to sacrifice them.

The Chakram was a hoop-shaped disk with a sharpened outer edge and was used as a throwing weapon by Indian warrior castes. Depending on the size, they could be hung around the wrists or neck and then thrown almost like a frisbee.

Weapons You Won’t See Everyday

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gigantes 11 year s ago

#1, #2 quite ingenious to make a lethally sharp sword out of wood and stone. of course it would be much more fragile than steel.

Mr. Ree 11 year s ago

...and every one of them was made obsolete with the invention of gunpowder.

.

gigantes 11 year s ago

actually some of these, like #7, were used even 1000+ years after the invention of gunpowder. even in the very place that gunpowder was invented.

jfzavalav 11 year s ago

random fact...The first two were made just to hurt...not to kill. thats because the aztecs needs a lot of war prisioners to sacrifice them.