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2. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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   21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

3. Repeating crossbow - Wikipedia

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   The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nǔ), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD), is a crossbow invented during the Warring States period in China that combined the bow spanning, bolt placing, and ...

4. Match crossbow - Wikipedia

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   Match crossbow is a target shooting sport using crossbows. Unlike field crossbow, match crossbow is quite similar to the Olympic rifle . The International Crossbow Shooting Union (Internationale Armbrustschutzen Union-IAU) is the world governing body of crossbow target shooting.

5. Category:Crossbows - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Crossbows" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Big Joe 5 crossbow; Bullet-shooting crossbow; C. Crossbow bolt; G.

6. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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   Longbow - A type of bow that is usually used for long shots; loose (practice) – The act of shooting an arrow from a bow (a.k.a. release) laminated bow (equipment) – A bow with different materials laminated together to make a single bow; limbs (equipment) – The upper and lower arms of a bow

7. History of crossbows - Wikipedia

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   Crossbows today are mostly used for target shooting in modern archery. In some countries they are still used for hunting, such as in most of the United States, parts of Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. Crossbows with special projectiles are used in whale research to take blubber biopsy samples without harming the whales or other marine big ...