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Originally Posted by Kaelith  I seriously doubt longbowmen could fire every 2 seconds. considering the wieght of the bows were a minimum of 100 lbs they were heavy bows! I think i've heard that a well trained longbowman could fire an effective shot once every 6 seconds. which is insanely fast as it is once you consider there is probably half a second of pause once the arrow is loosed, a second picking out the next arrow and maybe another second or two to put it to the string.
but i get your point  arrow storms were savage! |
100lbs sure is a heavy bow. I usually shoot 30lbs and assuming these boys had a lot more training and being used to 100 lbs, i think 6 seconds is to much. let?s agree on 4
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Originally Posted by Thorien A skilled longbowman could put about 4 aimed arrows in the air per minute rather than 30. |
Well that?s the nice thing about mass combat - there?s almost no aiming needed
Just hit the enemy regiment and all is fine.
4 per minute is like 15 seconds per arrow. What do you want to do all the time? Even for a trained archer holding a stretched 100 lber is difficult - after a few seconds your aim will just get worse.
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Originally Posted by Boogoose Here's a favourite discussion point of mine:
A 14th century European knight could beat, in single dismounted combat, a Japanese Samurai from the same era. A lot of people I know seem to back the Samurai, because as we all know the Japanese have magical powers and a katana can cut through a Challenger Tank and weighs less than an idea, but I think the knight would win because he is at least the equal in training to the samurai, physically much bigger and stronger, and wearing armour that is proof against a sword cut on most of its surface area.
Discuss. |
I?d give the Samurai the movement advantage, their armor was a lot lighter, but katanas were designed to cut, so maybe little good against plate.
In comparison european swords were like edged clubs
I think as long as our knight remains standing he?s all good and probably can beat the Samurai to pulp, but once he stumbles and falls he?s dead meat.