11-22-2009, 06:54 AM
In conducting your tests, Craig, you might like to bear in mind that powerful bows such as those with a 60 lb pull were simply not available to the enemies of the Classical Greeks.
A modern bow like that imparts something like 45 Joules of kinetic energy. The Persian 'large' bows had an initial energy in the order of 30-35 J at release, 26 J at 100 m and 20 J at 200 m. The smaller Scythian bow, drawn to the chest only had an initial energy of around 25 J, falling to 15 J at 100m and 9 J at 200 m.
( source: P.H. Blyth "The effectiveness of Greek armour against arrows in the Persian War" )
A modern bow like that imparts something like 45 Joules of kinetic energy. The Persian 'large' bows had an initial energy in the order of 30-35 J at release, 26 J at 100 m and 20 J at 200 m. The smaller Scythian bow, drawn to the chest only had an initial energy of around 25 J, falling to 15 J at 100m and 9 J at 200 m.
( source: P.H. Blyth "The effectiveness of Greek armour against arrows in the Persian War" )
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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