We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/ammunition_part_the_second.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Armorer's note - continuing from yesterday, the Ammunition posts from the Archives of Argghhh! Warning - some links may be broken] Now for the JDM Warning® - Excessively wordy post ahead! In the first part, we met D'oh! who discovered and then lost the concept of attacking your enemy with a projectile weapon because Mean People Suck. While I postulated the idea lay dormant for another 10,000 years until rediscovered, once a guy used the trick and survived, the whole concept took off like gangbusters. You go from hand-thrown rocks , darts and spears to applying mechanical advantage to the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/ammunition_part_the_second.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/ammunition_part_the_second.html Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:44:51 -0600