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If we are talking low-tech "wonder" weapons, I have hear stirrups made a huge difference. I could easily see a general being given a presentation and discarding the idea but it is nothing obvious like an explosive, etc.
The story that I think is probably false is Fulton suggesting that steam ships could allow his fleet to sail against the wind, etc....
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The Roman boarding device known as the Corvus, for Punic War #1.
Going into this war, Rome was a land power, Carthage a sea power. Despite that, Rome won several big naval battles by being better at boarding enemy ships. So, really what you have is that Rome should have lost, but then won.
In the 3rd century BCE, Rome was not a naval power, and had little ...
answered Sep 28 at 23:20
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...these new wonder weapons will be enough to totally surprise their enemies, dominate the battlefield and/or shock the enemy into submission – and thus bring by victory in short order.
"Wonder weapons" turned the First Gulf War from a meat-grinder into a walk-over. It was the culmination of decades of technological advancement in warfare which ...
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