Quote Originally Posted by gardibolt
Okay, so the only people whom the medieval English conquered were the Welsh....who were using the longbow.


So explain to me why I should be so impressed by the longbow?
Maybe because it took them 200 years to do so? Or that in order to do so required calling upon English interests in France to bolster their army? Even then they relied heavily upon loyal Welsh troops from mid Wales. And finally more castles than any other country in order to keep the Welsh in place. All this for a nation of fairly easy going people.

The cast of an arrow depends on how the bow is being used. It is true that the cast follows a parabolic but the arrow can also be aimed higher so that it falls downwards. Obviously the range is affected but 100m plus is easily achieved even with a fairly light bow

........Orda