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The AN/APG-78 Longbow is a millimeter-wave fire-control radar (FCR) system for the AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopter. It was initially developed in the 1980s as the Airborne Adverse Weather Weapon System (AAWWS) as part of the Multi-Stage Improvement Program (MSIP) to enhance the AH-64A. [2] By 1990, both AAWWS and MSIP were renamed Longbow. [3]
Dragonshard (PC, September 2005) is a real-time strategy game. Dungeons & Dragons Online (PC, February 2006) is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game initially set in Eberron, although updates throughout its lifetime added elements from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
The 5th edition's Basic Rules, a free PDF containing complete rules for play and a subset of the player and DM content from the core rulebooks, was released on July 3, 2014. [16] The basic rules have continued to be updated since then to incorporate errata for the corresponding portions of the Player's Handbook and combine the Player's Basic ...
AH-64D Longbow debuted at No. 4 on PC Data's monthly computer game sales chart for June 1996. [6] The game fell to position 14 the following month, before rising back into the top 10 in August and exiting the top 20 in September. [7] [8] In the United States, the game sold 106,423 copies and earned $4.78 million by October 1999. [9]
George Silver, writing in 1599, stated that the black bill should be 5 or 6 feet (1.5 or 1.8 m) long, while the forest bill should be 8 or 9 feet (2.4 or 2.7 m). [ 2 ] During the early 16th century when most European states were adopting the pike and arquebus , the English preferred to stick with the combination of bill and English longbow .
Self-yew English longbow, 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) long, 470 N (105 lbf) draw force. A late 15th century illustration of the Battle of Crécy. English longbowmen figure prominently in the foreground on the right, where they are driving away Italian mercenary crossbowmen. The English longbow was a powerful medieval type of bow, about
Its total sales in the region reached 99,430 copies by October 1999, which drew in revenues of $3.89 million. [7] The Longbow franchise as a whole, including the compilations and Jane's AH-64D Longbow, ultimately shipped above 1.2 million units. [8] Kenji Takeda of PC Gaming World was positive of the game. [5]
Picture of a longbow made with wood, 2013. A longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible. Longbows for hunting and warfare have been made from many different woods in many cultures; in Europe they date from the Paleolithic era and, since the Bronze Age, were made mainly from yew, or from wych elm if yew was unavailable.