I get that this is not entirely serious, but it's easy to build a case for why muggle weaponry would not pose a serious threat to witches/wizards in the harry potter universe. the series makes several references to passive defensive enchantments. if the entire campus of hogwarts can be made almost impenetrable to hostile magical forces, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to imagine that robes could be enchanted to be bulletproof. a skilled enchanter might be able to create passive defenses against most/all conventional weapons.

If Bellatrix Lestrange could go for throwing knives, I feel that guns, and especially snipers, would be pretty effective at assassinating witches/wizards. Most of them doesn't seem to be putting up a shield all the time.

Reminds me of a light novel, where the MC used witches' magics to bootstrap his industrial process, instead of fighting directly with magic.

>eminds me of a light novel, where the MC used witches' magics to bootstrap his industrial process, instead of fighting directly with magic.

Out of curiosity, do you recall the title / author?

If I had to guess: Release that Witch

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Surely if wizard robes can be enchanted to be bullet proof then throwing knifes can be enchanted to pierce bulletproof armor.

I have a sketch of a HP fanfic short story I should really flesh out one day. It involves muggles launching an operation to retrieve a key person from Hogwarts just as the final battle with Voldemort is about to erupt there. The story would follow a bunch of SAS soldiers who fly in on helicopters, while covered by a wing of fighter jets that intercept a dragon, and then provide distraction / air support for the good guys. The overall tone was meant to be similar to the start of Gulag mission from Modern Warfare 2[0].

I'm not a good writer, so this will likely end up a military porn story to the tune of Salvation War[1] - so perhaps it's best if it remains unwritten. But really, if you think about it, the Wizarding World wouldn't stand a chance against even single organized operation by a modern muggle state military.

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[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDX5uToKuPY

[1] - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheSalvati...

Not HP, but see https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24997064-the-nightmare-s... which pits elves and dragons against the British military and intelligence services. All books in the Laundry Files, of which this is one, are great reads.

Oh, 'cstross is still writing Laundry Files? Awesome! I've read up to book 4 or 5, then dropped for reasons I don't remember. Time to read it all from the beginning then; thanks for reminding me.

My favorite little bit of the series so far was how humans eventually figured out what makes Basilisks tick, managed to replicate it on an FPGA, and turned CCTV cameras into defense turrets.