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With the caveat that most movie depict people holding war bow for unrealistic amount of time, treating them like modern weapons whereas it takes non-trivial str
by nestorD 6y ago
With the caveat that most movie depict people holding war bow for unrealistic amount of time, treating them like modern weapons whereas it takes non-trivial strength to hold a bow once it is armed.
See this article for more information: https://acoup.blog/2020/05/28/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-v-ladders-are-chaos/ https://acoup.blog/2020/05/28/collections-the-battle-of-helm...
- catalogia 6y agoThe youtube channel Todd's Workshop did an interesting video with Tobias Capwell and a few others examining the effectiveness of English longbows against plate armor that I found interesting in a number of respects. In the video they had archer Joe Gibbs shooting a 160lb longbow. For this, he uses a posture that looks unusual by modern archery standards but which is evidently supported by contemporary illustrations of English longbowmen. Apparently this unusual posture is the only way he can manage to draw bows like this at all (he can draw up to 200lb bows like this.) He seems to be able to hold the bow drawn for a moment or two, but it's a far cry from what movies generally depict. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE
- 082349872349872 6y agoExcellent. He's got slings and crossbows as well...