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<blockquote data-quote="pallandrome" data-source="post: 3200422" data-attributes="member: 46930">Actually, in certain societies, the use of &quot;High Tech&quot; weaponry came about a lot earlier than most people know about. HeavenShallBurn noted the byzantines use of an early variation of &quot;Greek Fire&quot; for example. Most people know about the chinese use of rockets in warfare as early at the 13th century.&nbsp;&quot;The date reporting the first use of true rockets was in 1232. At this time, the Chinese and the Mongols were at war with each other. During the battle of Kai-Keng, the Chinese repelled the Mongol invaders by a barrage of &quot;arrows of flying fire.&quot; These fire-arrows were a simple form of a solid-propellant rocket. A tube, capped at one end, contained gunpowder. The other end was left open and the tube was attached to a long stick.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -about.com, history of rocket scienceThe knowledge that high-proof spirits were flammable was in no way a well kept secret. While these days we might use gasoline as an accellerant, you could use a good 150 proof liqure almost as effectively. Though as Werk noted, you would not neccisarily want to be around open flames afterwards, or people with fully functioning noses for that matter.Seriously though, if you want to make a big explosion in a mideval society, research grainery explosions. They're much more fun, in my humble opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pallandrome, post: 3200422, member: 46930"] Actually, in certain societies, the use of "High Tech" weaponry came about a lot earlier than most people know about. HeavenShallBurn noted the byzantines use of an early variation of "Greek Fire" for example. Most people know about the chinese use of rockets in warfare as early at the 13th century. "The date reporting the first use of true rockets was in 1232. At this time, the Chinese and the Mongols were at war with each other. During the battle of Kai-Keng, the Chinese repelled the Mongol invaders by a barrage of "arrows of flying fire." These fire-arrows were a simple form of a solid-propellant rocket. A tube, capped at one end, contained gunpowder. The other end was left open and the tube was attached to a long stick." -about.com, history of rocket science The knowledge that high-proof spirits were flammable was in no way a well kept secret. While these days we might use gasoline as an accellerant, you could use a good 150 proof liqure almost as effectively. Though as Werk noted, you would not neccisarily want to be around open flames afterwards, or people with fully functioning noses for that matter. Seriously though, if you want to make a big explosion in a mideval society, research grainery explosions. They're much more fun, in my humble opinion. [/QUOTE]

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