In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Did you know that the first military smokeless powder
>> round was for the French Lebel? - It threw a bronze
>> ball, and could punch through a single brick wall.
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> Well, extreme high speed wouldn't help for that -- just get a
>surface splatter. Heavy and slower... (or some sort of solid core --
>depleted uranium with a teflon coating)
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Hmmm; now you've got me curious. What *were* the first
composite projectiles? Conceivably archers, catapultists,
and slings would all have the potential to find advantage
in use of coated dense projectiles; is there any evidence
of such? There certainly was "mass production" of cheap
projectiles (clay pellets, for example). How were stones
chosen for large catapults? Was there a body of craft
knowledge for balancing density and total mass in
selection of stones?
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