I feel like the evolution of weaponry was something like:
- hit it with a stick
- throw a rock at it
3a. hit them with a rock on the end of a stick
3b. use a string / spring to throw the rock faster / harder - hit it with a SHARP rock on a stick
- throw the sharp rock on a stick AT them
- use a string / spring to throw the sharp rock on a stick faster / harder
- use a lever to pull the string back harder to throw the sharp rock on a stick even harder / faster
- put the rock in a tube on top of some explosives then point the end of the tube at someody.
- put some tracks on the inside of the tube to spin the rock so it flies straighter
- hollow out the rock, and put more explosives inside of it etc etc etc
throw the sharp rock on a stick AT them
Not this one, why would you give your enemy your weapon and leave yourself unarmed?
use a lever to pull the string back harder to throw the sharp rock on a stick even harder / faster
Fun fact: many crossbows despite being hard as fuck to load deal way less force than a heavy bow, they are only good when you have an army of farmers who only know how to plant and you wanna use them for war
I meant more like a ballista
First weapon was probably a rock.
Maybe it’s because of where I grew up, but I could usually find a serviceable stick more easily than a decent rock.
I think that would be even more true before modern equipment. There would be foliage covering everything, unless your by a streambed or something a rock would be a pain to find consistently.
Cain Rock Regiment
That’s a good point. I’ve never heard it specified (outside of art) how can killed Abel, but assuming they were farmers, it’s reasonable that it could have been with a rock: the only times I’ve consistently found decently-sized rocks was when I needed to dig a hole. Not when I wanted a rock, mind, but when I needed a hole.
