>>9921049Even if they're advanced rockets, the backblast is a fucking bitch just from the initial stage. It could definitely fuck someone up, if not kill them.
The second stage is where the rocket gains all its velocity from and needs to be far away from the operator so that he's not burned or blasted from the intense burn.
And rockets are designed to arm themselves at a minimum safe distance, so it doesn't blow the operator the fuck up when it explodes.
So even if it's just a steel rod, which will create a shit ton of sharpnel for dozens of meters when it hits any sort of object but sand, the second stage would likely not have happened or cut so short it'd be like throwing a water balloon at someone would get all wet from his blood being popped out of him from the shrapnel.
In short, yes, Gundam did create the most advancement in tech for everything on screen to have happened: magic.
Pic of the fucking amazing shotgun rounds that tanks use when firing at massed infantry. One shot can fuck up and kill a hundred soldiers.