Comments by "Jasper Mooren" (@jaspermooren5883) on "Medieval Weapons Master Rates 11 Weapons And Armor In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider" video.

  1. Not half, closer to a third and that would have been the heaviest of crossbows, clearly not what is displayed in this clip. But like he said, far to fast to block like that from that distance. But it's actually not that hard to dodge an arrow or bolt at 50-100 meters. There's a reason they shot many at the same time, 1 is easy to dodge, 500 not so much. As an archer shooting historical bows (and crossbow bolts actually had very simular velocities) it takes about a second for the arrow to hit the target 90m aways. And with a lower poundage bow that would be closer to a hunting bow, about 2. But that is still far too fast to block the arrows with a sword, you need fantasy speed to do that.
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