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  2. Recurve bow - Wikipedia

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    Recurve bows went out of widespread use in warfare with the greater availability of effective firearms in various nations at the end of the 19th century. In Ancient China, recurve bow had a long history in battles. During the battle between the Song dynasty and the state of Liao Jin, the utilization of recurve bows was widely recorded.

  3. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    In Old English, the bow was known as a boga. [73] In neighbouring regions of continental Europe with different soil types, archery equipment are more common finds. Around forty bow staves and various arrows were uncovered at Nydam Mose in Denmark, dating to the third or fourth century CE.

  4. List of medieval weapons - Wikipedia

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    Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)

  5. English longbow - Wikipedia

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    Estimates for the draw of these bows varies considerably. Before the recovery of the Mary Rose, Count M. Mildmay Stayner, Recorder of the British Long Bow Society, estimated the bows of the Medieval period drew 90–110 pounds-force (400–490 newtons), maximum, and W. F. Paterson, Chairman of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, believed the weapon had a supreme draw weight of only 80–90 lb f ...

  6. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    Almost all composite bows are also recurve bows as the shape curves away from the archer; this design gives higher draw-weight in the early stages of the archer's draw, storing somewhat more total energy for a given final draw-weight. It would be possible to make a wooden bow that has the same shape, length, and draw-weight as a traditional ...

  7. Holmegaard bow - Wikipedia

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    Such "Holmegaard style" bows are used in flight archery competitions. For flight bows, an optimum between the length of the stiff tips and the draw force of the bow is desired. If the outer limbs are too long, their weight exceeds the capacity of the energy stored in inner limbs. The outer limbs can also become unstable if made too thin.

  8. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...

  9. Manchu bow - Wikipedia

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    The first description of something resembling a Manchu bow was in the Wubei yaolue (Essentials of Military Affairs) by Cheng Ziyi (程子頤) in 1638, known as the dashao gong (big ear bow). The bow was used by the Nine Garrisons of the Ming dynasty. [7] The Manchu bow follows the same basic layout as other Asian composite reflex bows.

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