[Moo] Greek Fire

[Michael Howell]

the mongols used hand granades durring thier attack on japan in 1274, or at least what historians think were objects used as handgranades. i think that would put a nice dent in the fort 

MarkLFischer at aol.com wrote:Sounds like good old Greek Fire to me. Wonderful stuff, sticks like napalm and can't be doused with water. It was the premiere naval weapon of the Byzantines in the late 7th century.

The shame of it is, nobody really knows what it was made of, and I haven't heard of a successful attempt to duplicate it, beyond the inferior material the Arabs produced around the 13th century. The secret formula was lost within a single generation of its invention.

It would take out that fort at Pennsic in a jiffy, but I suspect there would be complaints from the Marshallate (as well as the surviving defenders) :-)

Gerhardt

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Wait! it's okay to have Period Fireworks.... therefore..... :)

I think however it's essential to have a fire extinguisher nearby as 
well.
There's a kind of one the Greeks invented way back when that would do 
nicely- it sprays water and has a pumping action to prime it, takes 
some work, but after all, having this much fun might just demand it!

:)

-Rowan Berran
who is now going back to making her Mango Cordial


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