Weapons are an indispensable part in wars and what surprises posterity is that ancient people were able to invent powerful, timeless inventions with remarkable scale and influence.

Below are some powerful military super weapons in the ancient world:

1. Hwacha `Fire Arrow`: Each time shoots 200 arrows at the same time

Hwacha is described as the first `missile` built by North Korea, has a rudimentary structure, but can shoot many arrows at the same time with great power.

This arrow shooting machine consists of two wheels and an arrow launcher board with many holes.

In particular, these arrows will be activated by medicine at the end of the arrow.

The Hwacha machine became a fearsome military weapon on the battlefield in the late 16th century. Accordingly, the first version of this machine could fire up to 100 arrows in one launch, and was later improved.

In the last decade of the 16th century, especially in the Korean battle of Haengju (February 12, 1593) against the Japanese army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, an astonishing victory was achieved using about 40 `fires`.

According to historical records, despite the large difference in numbers, with 3,000 Koreans facing the attack of a powerful army of 30,000 Japanese soldiers, in the end North Korea still won thanks to

2. Helepolis: The siege tower requires 3,400 people to transport

The Helepolis Siege Machine was a fearsome weapon on the battlefield in ancient times.

Helepolis means `siege machine` (in Greek).

Basically, the helepolis is a tower in the shape of a truncated cone, with a height of about 41.2 meters, a width of 20.6 meters and is often pushed or transported to the battlefield.

Placed on eight wheels, each about 4.6 meters high, allows the helepolis to move flexibly in different directions.

According to researchers, the most famous Helepolis siege tower was invented by Polyidus, and later improved by some people to siege and siege Rhodes in 305 BC.

After the siege failed, the Helepolis tower and a number of other weapons were left behind.

The special statue called `Colossus of Rhodes` (roughly translated as `Statue of the Sun God of Rhodes`) is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

3. Archimedes hook: The weapon that made the Roman fleet `falter`

The hook of Archimedes (also known as the iron hand), is an ancient weapon and is believed to have been widely used during the Second Punic War in 214 BC, when the Romans attacked Syracuse with a fleet of

Acsimet, the great scientist of ancient Greece, was the one who designed several `hook` to help protect the coast of Syracus from an amphibious attack by the Roman navy.

Although it is not really clear how `Acsimet’s hook` works, according to ancient historians, this weapon consisted of a crane and anchor hook that could help lift enemy ships.

The `Acsimet’s hooks` were used when Roman naval fleets approached the walls of Syracuse at night.

At that time, the Greek army would use this unique weapon to sink many Roman warships, making them unable to react in time and forced to falter.

Livy, a Roman historian, and some experts believe that the magical hook that Acsimet invented was the cause of the heavy defeat of the Roman army.

4. Fire gun: Greece’s mysterious chemical weapon

The Greek fire gun, also known as `sea fire`, is said to be a weapon invented by the Bzantine empire (7th-12th centuries) in the 7th century. According to historian Theophanes, the fire gun was named by the engineer

The super weapon `fire gun` is a special type of adhesive liquid, used in naval battles and sieges.

According to historical records, the super weapon’s fire was so strong that it could burn on water.

`Sea fire` gave the Byzantine army an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, so the secret of this weapon was closely guarded, and only a few people had access.

However, this is also a `double-edged` weapon, because if not used carefully and accurately, Byzantine soldiers could burn their own ships.

The Byzantine `sea fire` formula was long lost with the fall of the empire.

According to historians and some experts, the `sea fire` may contain ingredients such as crude oil, turpentine, sulfur,…

The use of chemical weapons with such strong burning ability requires great caution and only carefully trained soldiers are allowed to use and launch this type of liquid in sea battles to target

Until now, Greek fire is still one of the mysterious military weapons in world history that researchers have not been able to completely explain.

5. Acsimet’s `death` heat ray

Historians of ancient Greece and Rome recorded that, during the sieges of Syracus during the Second Punic War, the brilliant Greek inventor Archimedes invented a mirror to illuminate and

Accordingly, the mechanism of this mirror is to focus sunlight on warships, causing them to burn.

It is believed that this fearsome weapon was carefully plated and manned by the defending troops along the walls.

They focused intense sunlight onto Roman warships.

Besides, another version of this mirror is a single parabolic mirror (similar to a laser gun), which can burn targets quickly.

For many years, people have continuously debated and tried to recreate Acsimet’s unique weapon.

However, this opinion had to change thanks to a successful test in 1973 by Greek engineers when they successfully burned a fake ship at a distance of about 50 meters in just a few short seconds.

Then, in 2005, experts at MIT, America’s leading university of technology, also conducted a successful experiment.

Reference sources: Historyonthenet, Universetoday, Beyondsciencetv