1. 2012-07-17, 08:40 AM #30581
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysia View Post
    Actually, trigger released projectile weaponry predates the longbow by at least several centuries. There are well documented instances of Greek and Roman crossbow designs.

    The longbow, as Frey described above, was so long in coming because of the strength it required to draw it. The human arm isn't naturally made to hold up to that.
    But then British males above 7(?) were made to practice drawing a longbow every Sunday after church. And so began our domination on the battlefields until Anglo-German Naval Race of early 1900. ( If we ignore Castillon and that whole America farce)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysia View Post
    Fun fact you likely know, given that you think longbows are cool.

    The rude gesture "flipping the bird," or raising one's middle finger, originated with English longbowmen. Longbowmen captured by the French at the time would have their middle fingers cut off, pretty much ruining their ability to use a bow. In response, prior to a volley, the longbowmen would show off to the French their in-tact middle digit, then proceed to feather them quite thoroughly.
    Actually, I didn't know this and always wondered why...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysia View Post
    Actually, trigger released projectile weaponry predates the longbow by at least several centuries. There are well documented instances of Greek and Roman crossbow designs.

    The longbow, as Frey described above, was so long in coming because of the strength it required to draw it. The human arm isn't naturally made to hold up to that.
    Mongolian (or maybe Hunnic, pretty sure Mongolian) horse archers actually had a longer range of fire than the longbowmen and predated them by over a 1000 years. Pretty sure they invented the Thumb Ring too, and employed tactics not seen again for centuries.

    Genghis Khan, you are my hero.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sofii View Post
    I have not, but I suspected as much.
    What did you have in mind?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freyera View Post
    Mongolian (or maybe Hunnic, pretty sure Mongolian) horse archers actually had a longer range of fire than the longbowmen and predated them by over a 1000 years. Pretty sure they invented the Thumb Ring too, and employed tactics not seen again for centuries.

    Genghis Khan, you are my hero.
    True, but a considerable part of the Mongolian range is theorized to have come from firing from horseback. They also used a different material for their bows that gave it a bit more "umph." The British longbow had the greatest range of any stationary archer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysia View Post
    Actually, trigger released projectile weaponry predates the longbow by at least several centuries. There are well documented instances of Greek and Roman crossbow designs.

    The longbow, as Frey described above, was so long in coming because of the strength it required to draw it. The human arm isn't naturally made to hold up to that.
    I was talking about trigger releases for bows.

    Plus crossbows are lame. They're only legal to hunt with if you are disabled.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysia View Post
    True, but a considerable part of the Mongolian range is theorized to have come from firing from horseback. They also used a different material for their bows that gave it a bit more "umph." The British longbow had the greatest range of any stationary archer.
    Pft, you and your logic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freyera View Post
    Genghis Khan, you are my hero.
    Just a tip, if you ever go to the Middle east don't say that. You may not be well received.
    Also did you know Genghis could well have been a ginger?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joyful View Post
    What did you have in mind?
    I don't understand the question...
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    Is this history class?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sofii View Post
    I don't understand the question...
    Did you have something special in mind that made you wanna know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freyera View Post
    Mongolian (or maybe Hunnic, pretty sure Mongolian) horse archers actually had a longer range of fire than the longbowmen and predated them by over a 1000 years. Pretty sure they invented the Thumb Ring too, and employed tactics not seen again for centuries.

    Genghis Khan, you are my hero.
    i'm pretty sure it was only a few hundred years, not 1000....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xelk View Post
    Just a tip, if you ever go to the Middle east don't say that. You may not be well received.
    Also did you know Genghis could well have been a ginger?
    The likeability of Genghis Khan varies depending on what part of the Middle East you visit. Some revel him as a hero, others, a tyrant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joyful View Post
    Is this history class?
    ... and that's how Equestria was made!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joyful View Post
    Did you have something special in mind that made you wanna know.
    No, I was just confirming it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freyera View Post
    The likeability of Genghis Khan varies depending on what part of the Middle East you visit. Some revel him as a hero, others, a tyrant.
    Attila > Genghis Khan ... just saying...
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    Quote Originally Posted by isi View Post
    Attila > Genghis Khan ... just saying...

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    Maybe I'll move to Svalbard...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freyera View Post
    [video=youtube;-0CNPoNBRQY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0CNPoNBRQY[video]
    I did not see the length of this video before I watched it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Golden Sparkle View Post
    I did not see the length of this video before I watched it...
    ^_^ !

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