The Longbow Vs The Crossbow

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Added: 11-Apr-09

The purpose of this video was to demonstrate the comparative speed of shot between the English longbow, and the hand-spanned crossbow. As you can see in the video, the crossbow wasn't as slow to shoot as many people make out, but please keep in mind that the hand-spanned crossbow is a very quick weapon to span and shoot, much quicker that the other types of crossbow in use during the middle ages. Due to the heavy construction of the crossbow's steel prod, or bow, and the short draw length ...