[ SECRET POST #7027 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7027 ⌋

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I want to know this about Game of Thrones, the real deep secret, delve into the depths of the lore, the hidden, the mysterious, the one true question: Can a Barrett .50Cal take out a dragon? Someone do the math with those ballista bolts via the .50 BMG, please?

[(Anonymous)]

I suspect it would depend on the strength and thickness of the dragon's scales.

By all means, feel free to go and collect some data on that, then get back to me.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm at least 90% sure there is more than one subreddit you'd get an answer to that lol

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I’d start with r/AskScienceFiction.

Despite the name, it’s for all kinds of questions about fictional stories and worlds. It’s “ask science (fiction)”, not “ask science-fiction”.

[(Anonymous)]

r/theydidthemath

[(Anonymous)]

Probably not. It’s been a long time since I’ve read the books but I’m pretty sure that the dragons are pretty standard fantasy dragons. That means nothing can get through their scales, any hit would have to be a lucky shot that caught the split second the skin was exposed as scales moved when the dragon makes an uncommon movement. Generally a .50 isn’t rated to be any stronger than tons of magically boosted projectiles across too many magic systems to list.

[(Anonymous)]

These dragons can be killed by specific large (but not magical) ballista bolts if they get hit certain parts of the neck or the eye, so I'm pretty sure heavy artillery could also do it.

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No.

[(Anonymous)]

I am extremely surprised you couldn't just google this.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, on Reddit I saw a lot of people saying "yes" but nobody doing the math. I don't care enough to see how exact the specs we get are for the GoT ballistas, but modern experiments with reproduction medieval ballistas yield 1500-2500 joules of energy delivered to the target per shot.

A Barret 50 cal delivers something like 20,000 and is much easier to hit a target with. So, unless there's something specfic about how the ballista did it other than delivering a lot of energy to one point via a very small piece of metal: yes.