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When the Hussites started using firearms in the Hussite Wars, were their rivals struck with awe at the very concept of the weapons, perhaps thinking them magic, or were Europeans familiar with how gunpowder worked by that time?

by /u/spermwhalejail in /r/AskHistorians

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