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 #Mordheim people, you may be pleased to hear that the Gunnery School of Nuln weapon, the Hersten-Wenckler pigeon bombs have late medieval precedent: they occurred in a military manual of the time as a variation on 'strap a bag of gunpowder to a cat, light the fuse and send it into the enemy fortress'

#themoreyouknow #history #historicalgaming 
 @99b9ed46 also a descendant of the Roman incendiary pig, maybe? 
 @99b9ed46 WW2's bat bomb idea also springs to mind

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb