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The mouth of Sauron has spoken
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
December 31, 2022 at 7:58 pm
(December 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 6:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why didn't Sauron invent 88mm FLAK guns?

Apparently only black powder is known in the middle earth, not enough for flak guns.

Going by the Peter Jackson movie, Saruman had a monopoly on black powder.  And he had suicide bombers too.
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
December 31, 2022 at 8:29 pm
(December 31, 2022 at 7:58 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Apparently only black powder is known in the middle earth, not enough for flak guns.

Going by the Peter Jackson movie, Saruman had a monopoly on black powder.  And he had suicide bombers too.
Gandalf had fireworks
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
December 31, 2022 at 10:00 pm
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 12:28 am
(December 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 6:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why didn't Sauron invent 88mm FLAK guns?

Apparently only black powder is known in the middle earth, not enough for flak guns.

So invent picric acid along with it!

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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 6:27 am
(December 31, 2022 at 7:58 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Apparently only black powder is known in the middle earth, not enough for flak guns.

Going by the Peter Jackson movie, Saruman had a monopoly on black powder.  And he had suicide bombers too.

In any discussion of LOTR, do NOT try 'going by the Peter Jackson movie.' Ever.

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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 6:35 am
(December 31, 2022 at 7:47 pm)Helios Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 6:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why didn't Sauron invent 88mm FLAK guns?
That seems like overkill to take out some birds

These are magic eagles. Go big or go home.

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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 7:47 am
(January 1, 2023 at 6:35 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(December 31, 2022 at 7:47 pm)Helios Wrote: That seems like overkill to take out some birds

These are magic eagles. Go big or go home.
Magic or not they can still be killed by simple arrows. The Eagles themselves mention this in the Hobbit.
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 10:29 am (This post was last modified: January 1, 2023 at 10:32 am by Anomalocaris.)
yeah, a WWII airplane can also be killed by a single well placed bullet, but they still built AA guns up to 6 inches in bore to shoot them down.    bigger AA guns fire bigger AA shells which can explode and throw out more shrapnels with greater force to kill an airplane or bird from further away.
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 10:32 am
(January 1, 2023 at 10:29 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: yeah, a WWII airplane can also be killed by a single well placed bullet, but they still built AA guns up to 6 inches in bore to shoot them down

That's so they could miss and still knock holes in planes with flak.
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RE: The mouth of Sauron has spoken
January 1, 2023 at 10:50 am
(January 1, 2023 at 7:47 am)Helios Wrote:
(January 1, 2023 at 6:35 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: These are magic eagles. Go big or go home.
Magic or not they can still be killed by simple arrows. The Eagles themselves mention this in the Hobbit.

How high do they fly? It's gotta be pretty high if they could get over the mountains of Mordor. I wanna be able to reach out and touch them with something nice.

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