08-12-2008, 08:51 PM
Quote:But Baatz, apparently, didI think you're quoting my summary of Baatz's paper in JRMES 1999! And he does indeed use the word "Torsionsarmbrust" to indicate what he elsewhere calls a "mechanischer Handwaffe". So you are quite right.
He is usually careful to refer to "Armbrustartige Torsionswaffen" (e.g. DNP 6, 1999, col. 342).
(He used to correct me when I called it a crossbow! )