10-27-2011, 10:18 PM
In the last issue of "Ancient Warfare" there was an article concerning the greek / persian wars. The writer said that they tested the armour piercing abilities of a 55# bow against linen armour. It would have been funny already but then they added that persians didn`t even have such a "powerful" bows 
hock: ...
Seriously, in my opinion a bow under 80 pounds of draw weight is quite useless in warfare. The persians had the knowledge of making powerful composite bows and guys who had practised archery all their lives. The added poundage would have made a huge different in range and penetration. I think 100# bow could have been common...
hock: ...Seriously, in my opinion a bow under 80 pounds of draw weight is quite useless in warfare. The persians had the knowledge of making powerful composite bows and guys who had practised archery all their lives. The added poundage would have made a huge different in range and penetration. I think 100# bow could have been common...
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