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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 5080625" data-attributes="member: 5834">Oh, this is your comeback. A sarcastic insulting comeback with little to no facts. Yes. I'm aware of the English longbow and the effectiveness of the longbow archer. I even know it was originally a Welsh weapon. And yes, I know about Crecy and Agincourt. I study Medieval Warfare, sorry for bothering to do so and offer that information here.Of course the Mongol weapons were effective, but not superior to their opponents. The reason they conquered parts of Europe and China was because of numbers. Most European and Asian nations did not have large standing armies as we do nowadays. Thus they were unprepared for a large invasion by a horde the size of the Mongol Horde. It would have taken them a long time to gather an army to repel them. They were rather surprised by the advance of a foreign horde into European territory. It's not like old world Europe had a sophisticated intelligence system in place prepared for such eventualities.And the small riding bow did have it's period of effectiveness, until defenses were created against them. The gun was the ultimate destroyer of the age of armor, at least armor as the Medieval folk made it. We have plenty of modern armor made for stopping small arms fire, but killing power has still far exceeded defense in modern warfare. One of the last times defense was competitive was back in the Medieval days where heavy armor was designed to protect against even longbow arrows.The Mongols also had effective tactics. They knew how to siege cities, cut off supply lines, instill fear, and cut off communication. That is why they were feared over the weapons they employed. And if you failed to defend against them, they wiped you out as an example to future rulers that might defy them. Alot more going on than their skill with the small riding bow.</blockquote>

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