Originally posted by Bosse de Nage"........and there's a hush in the arena now as torville and dean prepare for their finale bow. They will attempt a triple lutz shimy, followed by a half knee salto and if they feel up to it maybe finish with a genuflection in dual cruciform.
The Ottomans had the edge in that department, I think.
Their trainers insist that they are in top form and have said that they are confident of pulling it off and we are hopefull that they can repeat their stellar 6666666 performance of the past 13 games. Anyway here they come for the address.........."
"The Mongol bow was the best of the age, able to penetrate plate armour at close range, and accurate up to 300 yards, almost 50-100 yards more than the legendary English longbowmen"
Accurate up to 300 yards? From a bow and arrow? I wouldn't read an article that started like that, since the author is apparently hallucinating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_(weapon)
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(the bottom link says English longbow practice was mandated to be 220 yards minimum ... does not necessarily mean the 300 yard figure is accurate, tho ...)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mongol+bow+arrow+%22300+yards%22
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Originally posted by General PutzerThis might refer to the accuracy of a volley of arrows fired in an arc at a large group of soldiers.
"The Mongol bow was the best of the age, able to penetrate plate armour at close range, and accurate up to 300 yards, almost 50-100 yards more than the legendary English longbowmen"
Accurate up to 300 yards? From a bow and arrow? I wouldn't read an article that started like that, since the author is apparently hallucinating.
Originally posted by zeeblebotNot true if the "maximum accurate" range is the same as the maximum range. A longbow could only shoot about 240 meters when fired at a 45 degree angle (volley style). Mongolian bows are approximately the same strength as longbows or a bit stronger from what I've been reading, but not twice as strong or anything.
that's right ... the figure when shooting at the side of a barn could be even higher.
http://www.stortford-archers.org.uk/medieval.htm