The English longbow - hand-made...

[tac]

I know it's not a gun, but it HAS been around at least 30,000 years, maybe more...

Empires have risen and fallen, because of this bent stick and a bit of gut joining the two ends together. Only two components, and another straight stick - whoda thought?

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[Stomper]

Where's the high-capacity bayonet shoulder thing that pops up?

 

[RicInOR]

....and the hours, weeks, years of practice to become proficient with the bow....

Leads to the Cross-Bow -- Now your soldiers are an expert in hours, not years.



The bow is a magnificent weapon.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

While not a long bow of the English style...
I do enjoy hunting and shooting with my Osage Longbow... #58
Bows are wonderful tools to use...and a relaxing art to shoot.

Three excellent books on the English Longbow are :
The Crooked Stick....By Hugh Soar
The Medieval Archer...Jim Bradbury
Longbow , A social and military history...Robert Hardy
Andy

 

[jbett98]

And to think that man made these with stone tools around 64,000 years ago.