Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - "Ratio" of weapons of "civilian" S.Chinese... ?

tom hyle · 19th March 2011, 04:38 AM

I read a book with multiple examples of Chinese crossbows from said period, a great many, perhaps a majority were cited as civilian weapons, especially "stone bows" that shoot bullets, not arrows, and have a scooped out stock that looks like an old-school girls' bicycle. They were cited as hunting weapons, especially for birds.

19th March 2011, 04:38 AM	#6
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I read a book with multiple examples of Chinese crossbows from said period, a great many, perhaps a majority were cited as civilian weapons, especially "stone bows" that shoot bullets, not arrows, and have a scooped out stock that looks like an old-school girls' bicycle. They were cited as hunting weapons, especially for birds.