>>5285029Wonderful work anon. Let's use your plan.
I just remembered that in WW1 they would dump pic related boxes of flechettes by the hundreds overboard from high altitudes, pierces helmets and certain death for anyone hit by one; but with the weight of these flechettes, they should be better off carrying more firebombs when targeting the ships themselves. But they're very useful if we need an anti-personnel option such as on the battle formations of enemy marines landing on the islands or crowded ship decks filled with sailors and marines. We can mass produce them inexpensively by casting them out of lead in molds, with bits of sharp iron on the tips for armor penetration. But since we're the Byzantine Empire, we must have thousands of plumbatae lying around already lol
The salt and special hides are just for countering Greek fire, I doubt those can work against normal oil fires. Let's have them drop both at the same time on flagships and them try to guess which method to use on each fire. Plain molotovs are much cheaper to make and will be their primary weapon, save the Greek fire for emergencies.
