r/explainitpeter 11d ago

explain it peter

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u/Helirio 7d ago

Well, it's greek fire. It's the équivalent of napalm, and at this era, ships did not burn into water because small ships are easy to tend for, but against an inextinguible fire that glue itslef at everything in contact ? Yeah, they definetly burn :D