Comments by "Guinness" (@GuinessOriginal) on "Could this device have changed medieval European history?" video.

  1. You’d rapidly run out of arrows, you’d need much bigger logistics and supply lines and manufacturing, all of which would need paying for and protecting,, so it would get complicated and expensive
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  2. Yeah but it doesn’t assist even you’ve got the bow at it’s maximum draw. In fact it helps most when the bow is at its minimum and helps less and less as you draw it
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  3. When that mass of people at a distance turns into cavalry charging at you at a rapidly decreasing distance accuracy starts becoming of increasing importance
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  4. The monguls, huns and Persians all had mounted archers. The trick is to time it so you loose the arrow when all four of the horses hooves are in midair apparently
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