Ancient Han Crossbow for Nobles

[@jackster2352]

Beautiful crossbows!

[@dsasd778]

That tiger hunting reminds me of Kingdom on Netflix

[@busurbusur2381]

Except no zombie tiger

[@lichenggong1248]

Awesome tv show

[@thfkmnIII]

Korea had specialized professions and units for tiger hunting

[@HistoricalWeapons]

@@thfkmnIIInot zombie ones tho like in the tv show 😂

[@peterwu5091]

awesome crossbows!

[@Srymak]

cant let those precious noble clothes get dirty 😫😫😫

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Gotta show off the latest fashion

[@hamasmillitant1]

a lot of places used distilled urine as bleach if u did get stuff dirty so good incentive not to get muddy :P

[@ashadizanur4907]

THE Archery History Channel

[@lichenggong1248]

He expanded

[@awoodenkiwitoy6293]

"...and a spanning device like a simple rope is-" (vine boom) "quite intuitive."

[@legntt3488]

People still argue rope stirrups are ahistorical

[@Not-Just-Cars]

@@legntt3488in europe

[@geheimeWeltregierung]

😅 because you dont find evidence for them easily probably ​@@legntt3488

[@Fak-pm7qt]

@@Not-Just-Carsthey were used in Europe see Scandinavian skane crossbow

[@WannabeBushcrafter]

Absolutely terrifying weapon. No wonder Han Dynasty conquored so much territory.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Agreed and this is just a nobleman version. The infantry one is more powerful for actual combat use

[@saichung1543]

@@HistoricalWeapons This is basically just the fancy glock version then. I'd love to see an actual combat military grade weapon of the time.

[@melyjaneliban4762]

That’s a nice crossbow!😮 did you made that yourself?

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Yes

[@guntherhuemer1767]

@@HistoricalWeaponswhat materials did you use for the bow?

[@Mrwhomeyou]

I like that age of empires reference lol

[@ianuser9650]

Where

[@zhutaizong6111]

I think the most common crossbow Han formations during the era of incredibly insane crossbows were the Pike and Shot, rather than sword bearers.

[@lolasdm6959]

pike and shot formations in the West also have swordsmen, because the enemy swordsman can be dangerous if they get through the polearms into close range.

[@landsknecht8654]

Crusaders did something very similar

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Yes it was in the north. In the south they used more fire weapons against nanman armor.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

@@lolasdm6959all pikemen should have a backup sidearm, either improvised or a dedicated sword

[@lolasdm6959]

@@HistoricalWeapons Yes that is true but sword and buckler in Europe were intergrated into Tercio formations because dedicated swordmen did better than just pikemen with a side arm. The Han specifically had sword and hooked buckler which were good at countering ji helberds. The later Ming mandarin duck formation also had swords to defend the flanks of the formation.

[@DETHMOKIL]

stockless, for Han dynasty paratroopers!

[@xiaotian5863]

Needs a folding stock

[@gozer87]

Were the bows used for the crossbow simply a normal bow lashed to the stock or were they custom to be only used on crossbows?

[@HistoricalWeapons]

No they are shorter and heavier but you can attach an infantry bow too it just would be the 1 or 2 stone category and inefficient @20”

[@dsasd778]

@@HistoricalWeaponsso both used

[@dsasd778]

@@HistoricalWeaponscuz an improvised crossbow can be made on the field with crossbow stock and hand bow

[@raphlvlogs271]

tanged arrow and pole arm heads are more traditional to North east Asia the socketed 1s were introduced later on from central Asia

[@dsasd778]

Cuz bamboo. Also tanged heads add weight

[@phawang37]

Awesome work

[@baddudecornpop7328]

“During the Han dynasty trigger mechanisms were regulated”.. fast forward to current day in the West; ain’t a damn thing changed😂😂😂

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Modern day east too

[@baddudecornpop7328]

@@HistoricalWeapons unfortunately true😣

[@Graywolf116]

Feel like these long-draw Chinese crossbows solve most of the problems w/ European crossbows. Kinda becomes a 'bow-on-a-stick'. Feels like that also means you don't need insane draw weights to be useful --> a lot easier (and faster) to reload. I like this design a lot, gotta build one sometime.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

There are pros and cons. Biggest con is need Hornbow or too wide

[@qr1-tg1wi]

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[@busurbusur2381]

Can it kill zombie tiger

[@bugger6881]

Lmao nothing will kill zombie tiger

[@ianuser9650]

@@bugger6881head shot

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Probably not…I mean we are talking about fantasy stuff…you know what, sure why not

[@robvillar191]

Where did you get the trigger assembly? Could you do a construction tutorial?

[@HistoricalWeapons]

From Chinese sources check mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VqKlhwWj6ezruCRjArcK3w

[@robvillar191]

Thanks, a lot of good info here. For your DIY versions, did you make the trigger assembly yourself or did you have someone else custom fabricate or?

[@HistoricalWeapons]

@@robvillar191 I got some machinist from China to do it

[@HistoricalWeapons]

@@robvillar191 some can be bought on aliexpress with liberties such as spring and steel

[@robvillar191]

Do you know anyone that can make a heavy prod, maybe 200-250 lbs?

[@herbertgearing1702]

Wait I'm not sure if understand this correctly, are you saying that the wealthy elites had more rights and a different set of rules from the common people? Thank God that's all in the past.

[@TemujinKhan]

Of course 😊

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Love the sarcasm

[@fa-q-2]

Jack, You did a nice job in building that crossbow... 👍 ...Do you have plans to do any others ? ... and what did you use for your limbs ? ...

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Perhaps Ming dynasty bamboo crossbow

[@HistoricalWeapons]

This one is finerglass

[@siberiaacoustic]

Yes

[@jonessmith-cf1ci]

Can you do a crossbow vs armor video? I'd love to see what a Chinese crossbow of 300 lbs draw weight does to armor.

[@brettalizer3271]

I would imagine that the noblemen would bring 2 or more of these on a hunt and have a squire/servant span and load the other crossbow while the nobleman was shooting the first one I'm Shure I have seen European art or someone talking about it at least if so I guess the Chinese nobleman would do the same and it would make Shure his clothes didn't get dirty

[@dsasd778]

Yes that is the case but for tigers you want 20 men with you with spears

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Indeed. Don’t forget the umbrella man

[@housevictoria4956]

nice

[@aoe2_elo037]

Yes

[@vintagebowyer1692]

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[@Dnahwjjwjejnenex]

🎉

[@JacTang-yg2kt]

😮

[@joereynolds475]

Weird how westerners never figured out to use longer draw lengths and bigger bows on their crossbows. I heard a Genoese arbalest would have been no more powerful than an English longbow despite being 1000lbs draw requiring a windlass or whatever. Be interesting to test the FPS Vs Toddstuffs 1000lb bow

[@HistoricalWeapons]

They did. Modern humans have the impression all European crossbows are short draw due to 20th century revival of heavy steel windlass crossbows

[@elshebactm6769]

🗿👍

[@wolf1954dieter]

Bullpup design.

[@Fak-pm7qt]

Zombie killer

[@ianuser9650]

Nobody cares about China crossbows

[@MrDRSMAX]

I care

[@2bingtim]

I certainly do! Far better performing than Medieval European crossbows, far more efficient.

[@badideagenerator2315]

you clearly cared enough to leave a comment

[@TemujinKhan]

Yes

[@markdennis254]

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[@Not-Just-Cars]

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