Atgeirr - Viking hand cannon?

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Viking Atgeirr: Reevaluating the Origins of European Firearms

Forgotten Weapons grapples with the startling possibility that the Icelandic Vikings may have discovered gunpowder centuries before mainland Europe got it via Silk Road traders.

Note the release date
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[Nobby the Bastard]

It's almost as if the silk trade route didn't exist....
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Charcoal was common enough where ever civilisation existed but Iceland is unusual in that it had both sulphur and nitrates so it's feasible someone could stumble across the formula for black powder. Not sure the Vikings were that big on alchemy though.
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[mentalboy]

'Frederick four fingers', I wonder if he was as big a hit with the girls as his cousin 'fisting Frederick'.
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