"Whistling Sling Bullets Were Roman Troops' Secret Weapon" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Jan 2019 12:47 p.m. PST |
"Some 1,800 years ago, Roman troops used "whistling" sling bullets as a "terror weapon" against their barbarian foes, according to archaeologists who found the cast lead bullets at a site in Scotland. Weighing about 1 ounce (30 grams), each of the bullets had been drilled with a 0.2-inch (5 millimeters) hole that the researchers think was designed to give the soaring bullets a sharp buzzing or whistling noise in flight…."
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| Wherethestreetshavnoname | 30 Jan 2019 2:06 p.m. PST |
That's hardly news. I seem to remember reading something similar in a WRG 'Armies and Enemies' decades ago. |
| French Wargame Holidays | 30 Jan 2019 2:09 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Jan 2019 4:05 p.m. PST |
Whistling sling bullets haven't been found at any other Roman sites… And only 20% of the ones found at this site. Hmmm… |
| Tango01 | 31 Jan 2019 12:33 p.m. PST |
There is not "news" in this kind of history… only good or bad articles… and interesting or not themes….
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| goragrad | 31 Jan 2019 5:50 p.m. PST |
May have been the 'signature' of a particular unit. |
| LORDGHEE | 06 Feb 2019 10:06 a.m. PST |
So has any slinger tried it out. time to search you tube!
what do you know
YouTube link have not watched it yet. |
| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2019 3:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks!.
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