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Crossbowman cocking the gastraphetes. A fairly detailed description and drawing of the gastraphetes appears in Heron's Belopoeica (Ancient Greek Βελοποιικά, English translation: On arrow-making), drawn from the account by the 3rd-century BC engineer Ctesibius. The weapon was powered by a composite bow.
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 ...
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.
German crossbowman cocking his weapon with a cranked rack-and-pinion device (ca. 1493) The first depictions of the compound crank in the carpenter's brace appear between 1420 and 1430 in various northern European artwork. [ 45 ]
Large mounted crossbows known as "bed crossbows" were used as early as the Warring States period. Mozi described them as defensive weapons placed on top of the battlements. The Mohist siege crossbow was described as humongous device with frameworks taller than a man and shooting arrows with cords attached so that they could be pulled back.
An unusually small crossbow bolt with a tapered "waist" shaft section and rear skirt compared to a 1 euro cent coin A bolt or quarrel is a dart -like projectile used by crossbows . [ 1 ] The word quarrel is from the Old French quarrel (> French carreau ) "square thing", [ 2 ] specialized use as quarrel d'arcbaleste (> carreau d'arbalète ...
Latchet means the following: . Pterygotrigla polyommata, a sea robin, a fish species in the genus Pterygotrigla; a thong, cord or strap fastening the sandal on the foot; Latchet bows are small lever action crossbows with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
Crossbowman cocking an arbalest using a cranequin. The arbalest (also arblast), a variation of the crossbow, came into use in Europe around the 12th century. [1] The arbalest was a large weapon with a steel prod, or bow assembly.