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[–] essell@lemmy.world 115 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Silly meme. Nuclear bombs are much too heavy to wield on the battlefield, and their shape is unsuitable for piercing platemail armour

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 51 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If only I had some sort of mechanical machine that would lob this 300 kg nuclear bomb 90 m away at my enemy. One day science will catch up to man's dreams, one day...

Nuke hurling trebuchets are an underexplored fantasy tech.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

To be safe, make it a 90kg nuclear bomb 300m away!

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 0 points 6 months ago

Nuclear artillery shells are an actual thing, though.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 20 points 6 months ago

However, depleted uranium tipped arrows sound very cool.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 months ago

They just have to make small adjustments

Also gamma radiation is good at "piercing" platemail armour.

[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One of the hallmarks of a bad weapon: significant overlap in maximum range and minimum safe distance

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

Just mount it on the back of a spot robot similarly to https://youtu.be/0rliFQ0qyAM 😂

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

What about uranium armour tho?