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    Default Re: Effectiveness of slings versus ancient bows

    Well the sling is a great weapon for chasing away pest of all kinds - humans among them. It is always impressive to check just how massive the depots of clay slingshots were in all those fortified cities of middle east from 4000 BC onwards. Thanks to the cheap weapon and the cheap and uniform, mass-produced missiles practically every citizien could throw with little training something at the enemy. Suppressive fire at it's best around 3000BC...

    Shepards with slings should have made nasty enemys, given that they were fleetfooted and fine slingers. Hard to find a more pesky skirmishers on foot...

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    Last edited by Oleander Ardens; 02-14-2007 at 20:30.
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