Mythbusters - "Hwacha"

Season 07, episode 08. 'Alcohol Myths'
Airdate: October 22, 2008

The Mythbusters try to re-create an ancient Korean weapon. The result is frightening.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mythbusters
• hwacha
• arrows
• launch

[YunSeung]

OH MY FUCKING SUPERIORITY COMPLEX WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE; It's conversations between Koreans and Chinese people and everyone talking shit about each other in a meaningful experiment done by these guys. They confirmed that it worked. No one cares who's country is bigger and no one cares about who started what. No one is claiming to have invented swords (or are they?) and I don't see anyone talking shit about who created bows and arrows first. It's another modernization of an old weapon. /rant

[Joker365]

i'm chinese and too be honest, i don't see why the fuck we're having a conversation about korea vs china on a mythbusters video. we've got our problems, korea has its own, trying to show who's got the bigger patriotic penis is an absolute waste of energy and time since noone is going to change their mind.

why can't you guys just watch this vid and appreciate one of the most awesome recreations on mythbusters?

[brendonian]

I would not want to be on the receiving end of that. What an amazing machine!

[xxwzaebd]

The people of Joseon should have made really large rockets with rudimentary compass and spinning mass gyros inside. With multiple Bigyeog Jincheonroes on the top.

[lonetiger000]

To ALL the comments .. positive and negative :) I'm Chinese, my wife is Korean ... we agree that history is often muddled and things get confused when passed down verbally and in written form; so let's just watch this AWESOME video :D *peace*

[BlueRice]

@PaperMoneyShow agree. you also have to know history have to be pass down. its like whats the point of learning history in school, go up to your teacher and just say i dont want to learn history.

china was the first to use rocket arrow against the mongol way back then.

[PaperMoneyShow]

Since alot of you chinese people are saying that China invented everything in East Asia, how come there isn't any records of the turtleship, or the japanese musket, or napalm. Just sayin because those things were made by other asian cultures. Just deal with the fact that inventions can be made from different places. It really doesn't matter how cool your people were 1,000 years ago

[2bellsung]

@dragomancer123 화차 (火車) 병신아.. -_- 무슨 꽃이야... 단어를 해석할때는 한문단어면 뜻풀이를 해야지 ㅡㅡ

[dragomancer123]

The most funny thing is that "hwa" means flower or fire and a "cha" is a car or a cart; so "Hwacha either means Fire Cart or Flower Cart... Trust me I'm Korean lol

[dkdnTLqkf]

@TheGrim275 yea fucking dirty chinese

[TheGrim275]

to all people reading this, dont go to pages 7+. its full of hypocritical bullcrap by people who dont know anything

[TheGrim275]

@dkdnTLqkf

Its amazing to see such ignorance in this world, and this is coming from a fifteen year old.

this is the most racist thing i have heard ever