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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
What is the maximum range of a longbow? 195.47.223.5 15:33, 16 July 2007 (UTC) The historical English longbow is estimated have shot at about 165 to 228 m (180 to 249 yds), while modern longbows are effective up to 180 m (200 yds). Hope this is what you were looking for.
The longbow had a range of up to 270 m (890 ft). However its lack of accuracy at long ranges made it a mass weapon rather than an individual one. Significant victories attributable to the longbow, such as the Battle of Crecy [21] and Battle of Agincourt resulted in the English longbow becoming part of military lore.
One of the simpler longbow designs is known as the self bow, by definition made from a single piece of wood. Traditional English longbows are self bows made from yew wood. The bowstave is cut from the radius of the tree so that sapwood (on the outside of the tree) becomes the back and forms about one third of the total thickness; the remaining ...
A Bedford County hunter used a primitive longbow to harvest a 681-pound black bear ... The encounter spanned 10 to 15 minutes as he watched the massive bear walk into his effective shooting range ...
[19] [43] [44] [45] The modern historians Jonathan Sumption and Robert Hardy separately state that the English archers, with their longbows, had a rate of fire two or three times greater than the French crossbowmen and significantly outranged them: [46] Hardy reckons the longbows had an effective range of 300 yards (270 metres) compared with ...
Underwood suggested an effective range of 12–15 metres (40–50 feet) for spears thrown as javelins, depending on the skill of the individual throwing it and the javelin's length and weight. [24] The Battle of Maldon poem describes the use of javelin spears in a fight between Earl Byrhtnoth's forces and a group of Vikings. In this account ...
The most embarrassing loss of the 2024 season. I’m sure there are plenty of contenders, and perhaps I’m overreacting to the most recent piece of data, but the Colts dropping this Week 17 game ...