03-18-2004, 10:49 PM
Hi all<br>
Very interesting subject, I would like to point out something that has been missed so far, the more imporatnt factor in arrow efectiveness is the archer. Bows were not made in an industrial era with a uniform standard, medieval longbows found range from 60 to 150lbs, in any army there would be strong, skillful archers capable of delivering a very strong shot with a powerful bow, and many others not so strong nor skillful. Besides, shooting a warbow, especially on horseback, is a very demanding exercise, archers would get tired and shoot weaker shots. For instance, In the XVI century Humphrey Barwyck stated that only 3 out of 10 archers in an army would be capable of shooting strong shots, and that after 6 shots they would be too tired and needing some rest.<br>
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Very interesting subject, I would like to point out something that has been missed so far, the more imporatnt factor in arrow efectiveness is the archer. Bows were not made in an industrial era with a uniform standard, medieval longbows found range from 60 to 150lbs, in any army there would be strong, skillful archers capable of delivering a very strong shot with a powerful bow, and many others not so strong nor skillful. Besides, shooting a warbow, especially on horseback, is a very demanding exercise, archers would get tired and shoot weaker shots. For instance, In the XVI century Humphrey Barwyck stated that only 3 out of 10 archers in an army would be capable of shooting strong shots, and that after 6 shots they would be too tired and needing some rest.<br>
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