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  2. Bullet-shooting crossbow - Wikipedia

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    China was the first to create the hand-held crossbow. The ammunition of choice was the bolt and was often made of bronze. It was used effectively as a weapon both in battle and for hunting. [3] As powerful a weapon as the crossbow was, it lacked the capability of hunting smaller animals like birds, squirrels, and rabbits.

  3. 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.

  4. History of crossbows - Wikipedia

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    According to Japanese records, the Oyumi was different from the hand held crossbow also in use during the same time period. A quote from a seventh-century source seems to suggest that the Oyumi may have able to fire multiple arrows at once: "the Oyumi were lined up and fired at random, the arrows fell like rain". [99]

  5. Gastraphetes - Wikipedia

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    'belly-releaser'), also called belly bow or belly shooter, was a hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks. [1] It was described in the 1st century by the Greek author Heron of Alexandria in his work Belopoeica, which draws on an earlier account of the famous Greek engineer Ctesibius (fl. 285–222 BC).

  6. List of premodern combat weapons - Wikipedia

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    Bullet bow, English bullet bow, pellet crossbow [1] (European) Cheiroballistra, hirovallistra hand ballista (Roman, Greek) Crossbow (European, Chinese) Gastraphetes, gastrafetis (Greek) Pistol crossbow; Repeating crossbow, chu ko nu, zhuge (Chinese) Skåne lockbow (European) Stone bow (European)

  7. Laws on crossbows - Wikipedia

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    The crossbow often has a complicated legal status due to its potential use for lethal purposes, and its similarities with both firearms and other archery weapons. The crossbow is, for legal purposes, often categorized as a firearm by various legal jurisdictions (even though it is not considered as a firearm from a technical perspective), despite the fact that no combustion is required to ...

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