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Help in late Roman Reenactment
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(01-07-2019, 03:46 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: Btw2 - how does a slinger throw an incendiary? Would it not damage the sling?

From what I understand, you would soak the pouch in water before releasing the heated projectile from a tong into the pouch. With a leather pouch, you might not see much damage from this process, though if you are using a wooven wool sling pouch, you would likely have to make a new one.

Guamanian slingers, based off of several Spanish accounts, used red hot slingstones which they covered with tufty 'Pandanus' fibres (Likely coconut fibres in this case). The fibres would potentially cushion the pouch from the heat. The fibres would not have been aflame at this stage and were likely charred, but when the slingstone was in flight the charred fibres would then burst into flames.

I believe that Incan slingers might have used similar incendiary projectiles as the Guamanians, which they likely hurled from their infamous woolen slings known today as Huaraca (Which are often exceedinly beautiful and well-crafted slings, similar to Tibetan slings).

Edit: Here is an excerpt written by Olaus Magnus (From the 1500's) concerning incendiary projectiles that were thrown from Finnish forces against a Swedish fortification.

"But, where there were no stones, which was seldom seen, they cast into the forts as forcible as they may, a piece of iron that is glowing red hot, which they put with a pair of tongs, into the sling. They will make such a violent wound and torture, that it can hardly ever or never cured with the help of the physician."
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Help in late Roman Reenactment - by Lusitani - 12-24-2018, 02:24 PM
RE: Help in late Roman Reenactment - by Jack Svendsen - 01-07-2019, 06:04 PM
RE: Help in late Roman Reenactment - by Lusitani - 02-15-2019, 10:48 AM

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