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Stone Age Precision: How Andean Warriors Outshot Spanish Muskets With Simple Rocks

Ancient Peruvian warriors wielded slings with deadly accuracy that surpassed 16th-century Spanish muskets, achieving 80-90% hit rates at 100 meters compared to muskets’ mere 50%. This simple weapon of woven fibers and stones represented thousands of years of refined engineering that outclassed European military technology.

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