11-23-2009, 10:25 PM
Paul B. wrote:
Over time Scythian bows became larger and more powerful, and arrows longer and stiffer - see article in latest "AncientWarfare" for details.
Quote:Tangential question, but since we are using arrow length as an indicator, did the Skythians have a means of overdrawing their bows?If you mean something like an arrow-guide, as used by the Turks for their long-range flight arrows, then the answer is 'not as far as we know'. Such a device is in any event not very practicable on the battlefield.
Over time Scythian bows became larger and more powerful, and arrows longer and stiffer - see article in latest "AncientWarfare" for details.
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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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