WAR WEAPONS AND ARMORY OF THE 1300’S
Kyle Delker
February-28-2005
Ms. Kemmer and Mr. Balmos
Language Arts and Social Studies
The weapons of the 1300’s were very deadly and brutal than the weapons of the modern world, like Greek fire. Greek fire was a gasoline that was poured onto and when ignited it could easily set many naval ships a blaze. The soldiers sometimes even carried grenades, or even used elephants in the warfare ().
The exploding weapons of the 1300’s ere very effective but played a minor roll in warfare. The Greek fire was a very useful weapon to the navies. The Greek fire was a type of primitive gasoline that was poured on the water and ignited when an enemy ship was near by. The ship would burn and sink very easily since all the ships during the 1300’s were made of wood. Another type of gasoline was
called Naphtha. Naphtha was used to scare enemy troops away. Soldiers would pour the gasoline onto their clothing, ignite themselves, and run into an enemy camp on horseback. The camp would think the devil was after them and the entire camp would get scared and run away. The bad thing was this trick did not always work ().
