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I'm thinking about writing a TL in which weapons a few decades ahead of there time from OTL are used in the American Civil War. One of the weapons I have in mind is the rocket propelled grenade. I already know that simple but inaccurate rockets had been used in european warfare before the ACW and hand held grenades had also been used during that war so I think that the idea for using RPGS at that time is plausible. I've also been told that designs such as the Panzerfaust from WWII were simple enough to have been made during the ACW so I believe I will go with a design based on that.

With this set up could anyone then tell me what effect the use of the armour peircing weapons could have on battles involving ironclads?

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