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<blockquote data-quote="Ryngard" data-source="post: 3240486" data-attributes="member: 23849">A Welsh or English military archer during the 14th and 15th Century was expected to shoot at least ten 'aimed shots' per minute. An experienced military longbowman was expected to shoot twenty aimed shots per minute. A typical military longbow archer would be provided with between 60 and 72 arrows at the time of battle, which would last the archer from three to six minutes, at full rate of fire. Young boys were often employed to run additional arrows to longbow archers while in their positions on the battlefield. &quot;The longbow was the machine gun of the Middle Ages: accurate, deadly, possessed of a long range and rapid rate of fire, the flight of its missiles was likened to a storm.&quot;. This rate of fire was much higher than that of crossbows or any other projectile weapon of the period, including firearms.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryngard, post: 3240486, member: 23849"] A Welsh or English military archer during the 14th and 15th Century was expected to shoot at least ten 'aimed shots' per minute. An experienced military longbowman was expected to shoot twenty aimed shots per minute. A typical military longbow archer would be provided with between 60 and 72 arrows at the time of battle, which would last the archer from three to six minutes, at full rate of fire. Young boys were often employed to run additional arrows to longbow archers while in their positions on the battlefield. "The longbow was the machine gun of the Middle Ages: accurate, deadly, possessed of a long range and rapid rate of fire, the flight of its missiles was likened to a storm.". This rate of fire was much higher than that of crossbows or any other projectile weapon of the period, including firearms. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow[/url] [/QUOTE]

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