The muzzle energy of the weapons they are using in last night's ep are literally 2 orders of magnitude lower than large naval muzzle loaders from the age of sail. The ballistae vs ships scene was GoT jumping the shark, those bolts stick in the side of a hull, they don't smash it.
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Also, implausibly flat trajectories
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The big ones are ballistae, torsion-powered. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista
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You'd think back when the world had loads of dragons (pre-Iron Throne), someone, somewhere, would have figured out AAA (ADA?) ballistas.
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