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The Crossbow
Engelsk Paperback
The Crossbow
Engelsk Paperback

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Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanical ingenuity; advances that produced a battlefield weapon requiring comparatively little training to use. It was an extremely useful weapon, and especially effective in siege warfare for both attack and defence.

Known to the Ancient Greeks and the Chinese as early as the 5th century BC, the crossbow developed both in Western Europe and in the Far East. Advances in trigger mechanisms, spanning and bow design allowed the development of ever more powerful bows. In this study acknowledged weaponry expert Mike Loades traces the origins, development, combat record and lasting legacy of the crossbow, the formidable projectile weapon that played a key role in a host of battles and sieges across Europe and Asia.



Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
80
ISBN-13:
9781472824608
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472824601
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
9 mar 2018
Længde:
7mm
Bredde:
249mm
Højde:
187mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
9 mar 2018
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