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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7941066" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>Mmmm... Bows have always been the nightmare of military commanders. Be it Alexander the great, Gengis Khan, Ceasar, Anibal and a lot of others. Many treaties were written on how to counter bows. The main answer to bow was the cavalry. The answer to cavalry was rows of pike infantry which was countered by close quarter infantry which was countered by bows... Bows were used on battlements and beside siege weapons they were the main stopper for an invading force.</p><p></p><p>Bows were effective up to the creation of gun powder and even then, it took quite a lot of time for firearms to remove bows from the battlefield entirely. The bow had less range but a higher rate of fire than the primitive firearms. Only the invention of the colt and the rifle did turned the tide of battle toward firearms (and they spelled the death of hand to hand infantry too).</p><p></p><p>What I'll give you is the fact that many see the longbow as a god send weapon. Most longbow were impractical outside battlefields. The most used bow was relatively short with a range of about 40 to 60 feet for a precise shot. Bows of the Huns (Attila fans anyone?) were relatively short (made of composite materials, thus the composite bow that had a higher range) and could be shot from horse back. They wrecked havoc on conventional troops in Asia, Eurasia and Europe. This is where the Longbow appeared (well, a warbow should be closer to the truth) culminating with the English Longbow (which was composite too, depending on the source material you read) at the battle of Hasting?</p><p></p><p>Edit: Added a few explanations and corrected a few sentences and errors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 7941066, member: 6855114"] Mmmm... Bows have always been the nightmare of military commanders. Be it Alexander the great, Gengis Khan, Ceasar, Anibal and a lot of others. Many treaties were written on how to counter bows. The main answer to bow was the cavalry. The answer to cavalry was rows of pike infantry which was countered by close quarter infantry which was countered by bows... Bows were used on battlements and beside siege weapons they were the main stopper for an invading force. Bows were effective up to the creation of gun powder and even then, it took quite a lot of time for firearms to remove bows from the battlefield entirely. The bow had less range but a higher rate of fire than the primitive firearms. Only the invention of the colt and the rifle did turned the tide of battle toward firearms (and they spelled the death of hand to hand infantry too). What I'll give you is the fact that many see the longbow as a god send weapon. Most longbow were impractical outside battlefields. The most used bow was relatively short with a range of about 40 to 60 feet for a precise shot. Bows of the Huns (Attila fans anyone?) were relatively short (made of composite materials, thus the composite bow that had a higher range) and could be shot from horse back. They wrecked havoc on conventional troops in Asia, Eurasia and Europe. This is where the Longbow appeared (well, a warbow should be closer to the truth) culminating with the English Longbow (which was composite too, depending on the source material you read) at the battle of Hasting? Edit: Added a few explanations and corrected a few sentences and errors. [/QUOTE]
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