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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 10, 2018 6:05:36 GMT
I remember some used elephants and to me that's weird. Do you know of anything you'd consider weird?
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Post by DKTrav88 on Aug 10, 2018 6:18:40 GMT
The US used weather modification as an instrument of war against Vietnam. It was called Operation Popeye. They used cloud seeding to try to extend the monsoon season into the summer. It was a highly classified operation conducted not only in Vietnam, but Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. They used military transport planes and bombers to drop silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice into the air which produces ice crystals in the atmosphere which either will come down as snow or as heavy rain depending on temperature. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Popeyeen.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding |
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Post by DKTrav88 on Aug 10, 2018 6:24:13 GMT
The Roman Empire would set pigs on fire after soaking them in oil against armies of elephants. It would terrify the elephants so badly that their handlers would lose control over them and become ineffective in battle.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 10, 2018 6:28:13 GMT
The Roman Empire would set pigs on fire after soaking them in oil against armies of elephants. It would terrify the elephants so badly that their handlers would lose control over them and become ineffective in battle. Did everyone eat bacon after or something?  |
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Post by DKTrav88 on Aug 10, 2018 6:34:49 GMT
The Roman Empire would set pigs on fire after soaking them in oil against armies of elephants. It would terrify the elephants so badly that their handlers would lose control over them and become ineffective in battle. Did everyone eat bacon after or something? Doesn't sound like a bad idea actually |
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 10, 2018 6:44:50 GMT
Did everyone eat bacon after or something?  Doesn't sound like a bad idea actually I'd rather eat the elephants myself. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2018 7:04:25 GMT
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Post by argonaut on Aug 10, 2018 9:42:59 GMT
Romans also used lead-weighted throwing darts[1]. I would say that it seems innocent from modern viewpoint. Darts are nowadays used only for games... Source: [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata |
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 11, 2018 19:52:26 GMT
Romans also used lead-weighted throwing darts[1]. I would say that it seems innocent from modern viewpoint. Darts are nowadays used only for games... Source: [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlumbataI don't really see them as too useful in wars since it relies on you how far they're travel when thrown and usually if the object isn't close enough you'll basically be handing your enemy a dart to thrown at you. Or you believe they were a good idea? |
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Post by DKTrav88 on Aug 11, 2018 20:04:14 GMT
Doesn't sound like a bad idea actually I'd rather eat the elephants myself. Is elephant meat tasty? I’ve never had it |
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Post by DKTrav88 on Aug 11, 2018 20:11:58 GMT
Romans also used lead-weighted throwing darts[1]. I would say that it seems innocent from modern viewpoint. Darts are nowadays used only for games... Source: [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlumbataI don't really see them as too useful in wars since it relies on you how far they're travel when thrown and usually if the object isn't close enough you'll basically be handing your enemy a dart to thrown at you. Or you believe they were a good idea? I think it would depend on if their enemy was heavily armored or not, how sharp the darts were, and how they threw the darts. My guess is, because of where the lead weight is in the middle, that they threw them into the air which did a vertical attack on their enemy. Something raining down on you at a high speed that’s sharp can do a lot of damage even with decent armor on. |
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 12, 2018 0:07:30 GMT
I'd rather eat the elephants myself. Is elephant meat tasty? I’ve never had it I've never had it either but I've always wanted to eat some. |
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Post by AmericanCharm on Aug 12, 2018 2:13:52 GMT
Punji sticks were a weapon used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, as a booby trap. They were sharpened stakes of bamboo or wood that were often covered
in feces, animal venom, or plant poison and placed in a hole in the ground, that would usually be camouflaged, so their enemy would fall into the hole onto the sharpened coated sticks.
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Post by x on Aug 12, 2018 2:24:33 GMT
Pitchfork Uprising. Exactly what it sounds like, a bunch of Russian peasants got mad at the USSR and basically had no gun so they used pitchforks, axes, and spades. Sadly to say they lost. www.wikiwand.com/en/Pitchfork_uprising |
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Post by Siluk on Aug 12, 2018 13:00:55 GMT
Ottoman Empire in WW1 when the Gallipoli campaign was going on used tourist guide books to get an idea of the area instead of maps like the rest of the world. That's how bad our situation was.  |
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