• FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Wow that’s a much more detailed reply than my un-coffeed brain can produce lol

    Maybe I missed it but for long bows you said they delivery a lot of energy especially so on horse back but I remember reading archers would train for their entire life just because of the sheer upper body strength needed for the bow which I think is neat

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      An archer can hit a man 450-1000 feet away. What’s a man clad in 200lbs armor gonna do? All he can do is take it. So the armor was sloped and thickened. Relying on horse speed to make them harder to hit.

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        1 year ago

        I mean Ik I said they had lifelong training for that upper body strength but not 450-1k feet strength

        This post is a great TIL :)