Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - crossbow of one foot, two foot and 'a tour'

fernando · 19th December 2012, 05:59 PM

THIS WORK looks like serious stuff.

If in one hand one-foot crossbows were field weapons and two-feet crossbows were for siege purposes, still the distinction between either term refers to the stirrup accomodating one or two feet, depending on the strenght needed to be applied to arm the weapon:

THIS OTHER ONE might be not so academic, but pretends the same.

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19th December 2012, 05:59 PM	#21
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	THIS WORK looks like serious stuff. If in one hand one-foot crossbows were field weapons and two-feet crossbows were for siege purposes, still the distinction between either term refers to the stirrup accomodating one or two feet, depending on the strenght needed to be applied to arm the weapon: THIS OTHER ONE might be not so academic, but pretends the same. . Last edited by fernando; 19th December 2012 at 06:13 PM.