Timeline for How would you design a firearm for a fairy?
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| 1 hour ago | vote | accept | FlyingLemmingSoup | ||
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| yesterday | comment | added | TheDemonLord | @user111403 - So, I thought that - afterall, I've done quite a few 'Artistic licence' answers where I've fudged timings and gone 'well, this prototype existed in this time period, so...' - However - whilst the concept existed, the problem was the right propellent didn't until the 1930s. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @TheDemonLord The first recoilless rifle design was created by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century; so, the design already existed, it was just never applied in practice due to a lack of necessity. So, I'd have to agree with user111403 on this one that the tech existed; so, it 100% would have been produced as a much earlly technology for fairies given their need for one. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Nosajimiki | I really like this answer when I started reading... but f'ing loved when I got to the part about glitter. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | user111403 | @TheDemonLord I'd suggest that, given the need, they could and would have been developed sooner. They were a relatively late development because traditional firearms were up to the task. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | DWKraus | The Chinese had rockets they used to launch arrows & explosives, & used self-propelled rockets as weapons as early as 1232. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | Daniel B | @TheDemonLord The Davis recoilless gun was tested before and during WWI. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | TheDemonLord | I like parts of this answer - however the Tech level of Wild West/WW1 pretty much rules out Recoilless rifles (there were a few prototypes around WW1 time, but the first one in service was 1937) | |
| 2 days ago | history | answered | Daniel B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |