Hum... You take a lot out when you omit the reason most generals didn't like it was because they were already using catapults to throw the grenades...

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I automatically hate posts with the stupid 'no one' format, and the extra 'literally no one' is even worse.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

POV: You post a meme with "no one":

[–] Ideonek@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So... did it work?

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing it would be difficult to chuck it far enough to get the shooter out of the blast radius

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 26 points 4 months ago

It was lighter and more portable than the Leach Trench Catapult, but less powerful. It weighed 24 kg (53 lb) and could throw an F1 grenade or Mills bomb 110–140 m (120–150 yd).

Sounds like a perfectly viable choice in trench warfare.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Just throw the crossbow

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No one nothing?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Literally no one nothing.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I mean reading that link the British and Germans had similar ideas…

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I should have realised Fiddler's crossbow in Malazan was inspired by something real.