@[email protected] to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-210 months agoHemp-rope-armored train "Hairy Mary", Second Boer Warlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down13
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minus-square@SylverlinkEnglish14•10 months agoI speculate that hemp was super cheap and super fibrous, so it would make a decent armor akin to lining the train with sandbags.
I speculate that hemp was super cheap and super fibrous, so it would make a decent armor akin to lining the train with sandbags.
And abundant.
Some even say it grows like a weed