Weapons that Changed Warfare: The Crossbow

[@chrizk.9343]

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[@HistoricalWeapons]

very good research Simon! if anyone is interested in Chinese Crossbow reproductions i make and shoot them

[@mikedunn7795]

The modern crossbow is still used by certain special forces,as it is silent and deadly at a distance: Special forces in both Greece and Turkey also continue to employ the crossbow. Spain's Green Berets still use the crossbow as well. In Asia, some Chinese armed forces use crossbows, including the special force Snow Leopard Commando Unit of the People's Armed Police and the People's Liberation Army. Crossbow - Wikipedia Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Crossbow

[@gardnep]

In most states in Australia, the crossbow is illegal to own and use. The only exception is competition specifically for the crossbow but the chance of getting a license is probably remote.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

T-shirt cannons are also illegal in many Australian states.

[@jacobl6714]

Absolutely stupid and authoritarian lol weapons don't hurt people....people do. I like Australian people but their government is absolutely tyrannical in a lot of ways. Can't have firearms, can't have crossbows, can't have t-shirt cannons as the other comment mentioned, idk let's just go right to banning steak knives and pointy sticks and tools and rocks. So sad to see

[@andrewallason4530]

Yup. I used to use a crossbow for rabbits on my farms in Tassie. When they were banned, I got a firearm licence and have now got several rifles. The ban hardly had the effect they were after.

[@galvinstanley3235]

In your country you're not allowed anything fun.

[@Downtrodden_cat]

like it can stop a competent carpenter in making one hahaha

[@LukeandLucas]

That’s so British. Regulation and more regulation.

[@alexpulley3752]

Poor Uruk-hai didn’t get a mention 😔

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Invention 1:55 - Chapter 2 - China 6:05 - Chapter 3 - The ancient greeks & romans 7:40 - Chapter 4 - Medieval use 10:20 - Chapter 5 - Richard the lionheart 11:35 - Chapter 6 - Genoese crossbowmen

[@GideonFrazier]

Reminds me of Brian the Meme accountant

[@joshuawayne9811]

Things crossbows have going for them over firearms; quality arrows will pass right through the same sandbags armies use to stop bullets. Compared to guns, arrows are virtually silent. Bows/crossbows are easy to make and maintain, and ammunition is unlimited, if you're creative/crazy enough. Arrows can be packed with enough boomboom powder to destroy a car...

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

First you have to get really close.

[@Tarumarugan]

@@XtreeM_FaiL some modern crossbows can be pretty decent out to 100 yards which doesn’t sound like much but your average person is a pretty lousy shot at ranges shorter than that even with a firearm. Granted I’d rather take the gun, but I think a crossbow in the hands of a good hunter would be pretty effective at handgun ranges. Main disadvantage is gonna be volume of fire I’d think.

[@joshuawayne9811]

@@Tarumarugan they have semiautomatic self-cocking crossbows now, with bolt capacities up to 12 per magazine.

[@joshuawayne9811]

@@Tarumarugan most urban combat/assassination scenarios occur within spitting distance, and most cities have gunshot detectors set up everywhere. Bows, crossbows and slingbows are absolutely terrifying in an urban setting, if used properly

[@davidkermes376]

@@XtreeM_FaiL somehow i don't see a hundred yards as being "really close." a lot of folks can't hit anything at a hundred yards with a rifle!

[@ZemplinTemplar]

I've long suspected the most ancient crossbows are actually the many similar types from various southeast Asian countries. They're very simply design-wise, and were known among natives who never came into contact with any Chinese unfluence. I think it's most likely the crossbow was originally invented and spread in southeast Asia, but the idea did eventually reach China a few millennia BC (ca between 3000 and 2000 BC), and Chinese inventors then tried to improve upon the existing single-shot designs (especially in terms of triggers) and later also invented at least two different repeater designs (as weaker as those were and are, due to obvious performance limitations). I don't know enough about the trade links between the Mediterranean, south Asia and China in antiquity to say for sure whether the early European crossbow designs by the Greeks and Romans were inspired a bit by Chinese crossbows, or were figured out independently, along the same basic lines. (After all, we do also see simpler crossbows occur in Europe during the Middle Ages, beyond the rolling nut lock and trigger pioneered by the Romans, in a system similar to Chinese triggers of single-shot crossbows). Much of the absolute earliest history of the crossbow, in late prehistory and antiquity, is shrouded in unclear facts, the relatively detailed finds and historical records from China being one of the few exceptions, and even there, we don't know for sure when exactly the crossbow was invented as a concept and whether China borrowed the idea or was the actual originator, rather than just major early innovator).

[@themodernarmbruster]

Great video! Thanks for spreading the word about these supremely cool historical objects!

[@exMuteKid]

"unregulated crossbow" is the most UK thing i've ever heard no offense. I'm from canada and i'm so glad I can at least enjoy airguns. i've been target shooting since I was 7 years old and it's the only thing which truly relaxes me and makes me happy.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I live about twenty away from a town called Mountain City, Tennessee. The town has the distinction of two drive-by crossbowings and at least two muzzleloader drive-bys. I don't know of anywhere else that claim that.

[@fyreantz2555]

Sounds like you win...wow...

[@danielbauer9862]

Back in about 2000 a guy in the Dakota's threw a tomahawk at the back window of a car for some reason - don't know if that counts as a drive by-

[@jamesstrader3296]

I live near trade Tennessee right down the road. Lol

[@mr.christopherp.4851]

I'm just across the hill from there in north cackilacky

[@Sideprojects]

Woah. First time I've ever seen the words "drive by crossbowings" used together.

[@Flatrocker512]

First, please cite your source for the Urban II condemnation of crossbows. Can't find a source for it anywhere, though I can find many people parroting, "Pope Urban II banned crossbows in 1096." Second, Pope Innocent II banned traditional archery as well, not just crossbows. "We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed against Christians and Catholics from now on."

[@reggiep75]

Joerg Sprave tends to agree with Fact Boi about the deliciousness of crossbows and more importantly... *REPEATER CROSSBOWS!!* Let him show you its features!!

[@nolanlojo103]

That guys air cannons are super cool too. I made one myself and got a railroad spike to shoot out faster than I could track it.

[@GimmeJimmy23]

@@nolanlojo103 Ha! Noice!

[@EAcapuccino]

First seen BY ME in 1999 LOTR Fellowship of the Ring then... 2001's Harry Potter, Rubeous Hagrid had 1. 😁 What a colourful history for an instrument of terror! 👍👍

[@jennycraigadventures3314]

How do you talk about this topic without mentioning crossbow prowess of important historical figures Joffrey Baratheon and Chewbacca?

[@misledprops]

Hahahaha 😂

[@thecastawaydc]

As an Archer that lives in the UK, I was surprised how easy it was to get all the equipment I needed when I first started. I do find the looks I get as I walk down the street with my bow and quiver full of arrows amusing, as I walk to the local range.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

It’s sharp sticks and string.

[@MrTexasDan]

A steak knife is far more lethal at close range (in a crowd), yet nobody gets their knickers in a knot over this.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@MrTexasDan they literally do there though.

[@chiefslinginbeef3641]

Lol we walk about with open carry pistols and rifles in the southern United States now as I moved from Scotland. There is little crime here and noone bats an eye at it.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@chiefslinginbeef3641 Maine has low key the best gun laws in the country but they don’t get any heat because they don’t make it their cultural identity like in the south. Everyone freaked out because Texas passed constitutional carry, Maine’s had it for decades.

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Crossbows: the original armor piercing weapon

[@magnemoe1]

Think the Greek and Roman uses an torsion based mechanism rather than a bow and the crossbow was an later invention who might come from China. On the other hand putting an bow on the end of an stock with an rail for the arrow is an kind of obvious thing to do at least in hindsight.

[@wpjohn91]

The greek belly bow wasnt torsion. I agree balista and scopions were torsion

[@ravenhill-night-chills-1968]

i think crossbows are great.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

“Greater crossbow regulation”. Wow British and American English really are different. As an American that sentence is a bunch of nonsense to my ears.

[@BTheBlindRef]

It's also kind of ridiculous. Is there some kind of epidemic of crossbow attacks or abuse? There was one incident, one which could have just as easily (and probably more effectively) been performed with a knife or other weapon. But no, because there was this one anecdotal case, we "need to do something about it". It's an absurd overreaction. It's understandable that the victim would say such things. I would not expect a victim to look at the big picture and put things into perspective given their immediate trauma. But that doesn't mean everyone else needs to overreact.

[@WaddedBliss]

You don't understand the British mindset. (Nor the Aussie one.) No one wants to become like America.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@WaddedBliss you’re right I don’t understand being afraid of sharp sticks and string. What a baby.

[@mike-sk2li]

Crossbow regulations 🤔 we made one in boyscouts with the plans out of a popular mechanics magazine. Then went deer hunting with it

[@jacobl6714]

That's awesome : p you must live in a country and/or state with some semblance of freedom my man lol I'm not surprised Australia regulates crossbows though, I'm sure rocks and sticks will be next

[@everythingisinfinite4602]

For real. It's also interesting to see the similarities between the antique regulations of crossbows and modern regulation of firearms. It seems governments love to ban weapons that can equalize the people's power to there own and when thay ban it they make up a reason that seems to benefit society and not just them.

[@davidboysel4509]

Could you do a video on how submachine guns like the Thompson and MP40 or perhaps the Mauser of world war1 changed short-range combat in urban Warfare or perhaps how barbaric the trench weapons of World War 1 dated back to Medieval Times

[@theprancingprussian]

Despite some having monsterous draw weights spring steel back then couldnt get much draw length so even a 1200 lb couldnt get as big of an energy output difference as draw weight difference between it an a 180lb longbow Lever drawn ones could rival energy of a longbow and had chunkier projectiles so would be a bit better on armor Composite or wood ones would have a smaller draw weight but come closer to steel bow output due to more draw length and efficiency

[@Blueboy0316]

So she gets shot by a guy using a crossbow and she calls for regulation of crossbows. Let's punish everyone for what one guy did.

[@darthplagueis13]

Mate, if you almost got murdered by a psychopath with a crossbow, you'd have a vested interest in not letting psychopaths access crossbows either. Regulation isn't punishment.

[@Blueboy0316]

@@darthplagueis13 so you believe in banning firearms I assume?

[@darthplagueis13]

@@Blueboy0316 I believe that in order to get a firearm, you should be forced to jump through a number of hoops, including gun safety training and education on local self-defence laws (there's always some shmucks who end up on murder charges because they either misunderstood or willfully misinterpreted the legistlation in question). I also believe that the license to own a firearm should be revoked if someone is found to act irresponsibly with them (including unsafe storage) or if an experts opinion finds them to be in an unstable state of mind. I also believe in banning semi-automatic weapons that are based on the frame of assault rifles or machine guns and high caliber military precision rifles. As far as I am concerned, the only kinds of firearms in civilian use should be for the purposes of hunting and self-defense. I do not think that high-capacity rifles with a high rate of fire are neccessary or reasonable for the purpose of self-defense. Frankly, if it were at all feasable, I would also believe in limiting the amount of munitions that an individual may own at a given time, though I do not think that could be reasonably implemented, aside from maybe limiting the amount that can be bought in a single purchase.

[@Blueboy0316]

@@darthplagueis13 so limited the availability of arms and ammunition will you? This will only hurt legal and law abiding citizens. Those are the individuals who will obey the law, be disarmed and be vulnerable to criminals. Does a gun free zone sign make a building or area safe? No, it tells the bad guy that; hey these people are unarmed and easy pickings.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@Blueboy0316 The shooting statistics of the US vs countries with strict gun control policies tell you otherwise. Fact of the matter is: 1: The type of shooter who kills a lot of people usually suffers from mental issues and simply doesn't care whether or not he will get killed 2: The first person to pull a gun always has an advantage because they can threaten everyone else into not pulling out their gun 3: Ultimately, if the possession of firearms is restricted, then you have a different starting point to criminality. As soon as you try to illegally obtain a firearm and ammunition there's a chance you will be caught. If you transport it in public you can be caught. If you try to smuggle it past controls you can be caught. If possession of firearms is fully legal in all places, then the crime only starts when the criminal pulls out his weapon and points it at someone, meaning you miss out on the majority of opportunities to stop a would-be shooter. Of course, the US police is an incompetent, slow dumpster fire to the point where citizens don't trust police officers to arrive in time and actually stop the criminal rather than just shooting some unarmed black guy, so I can see why you might feel unsafe without personal killing tools at your disposal, but that is, and should be treated as, a separate issue.

[@tomweiland7904]

You've covered the subject very well. The only thing perhaps that was missed was crossbows could not be shot from horseback. At least multiple shots. Whereas with a bow mounted Cavalry was Force multiplier.

[@alternator7893]

15th century Prussia, Italy and France saw the use of mounted crossbowman and Tallhoffer's manual of martial arts has a drill for them, there's also a Burgundian depiction from about 1470 and an account of mounted crossbowman from Philipp Von Seldeneck's War book., Their tactics were largely the same and were borrowed from Asian horse archers. The idea was to demoralize and break-up the line of pikeman so that traditional calvary could engage in traditional tactics. The crossbows were ratchet or lever-cocked, making it possible for a horseman to reload while riding.

[@davidkermes376]

@@alternator7893 i read an article about a small crossbow used by scottish border reavers on horseback. it could be cocked with a built-in lever and fired with one hand. sort of a zip gun for the medieval days.

[@JRT140]

Trying to ban crossbows after literally one attempted murder in 20 years is so UK

[@WaddedBliss]

What's good for one is good for all.

[@j_o_h_n_d_u_n_n]

Were there not cases of commandos in ww2 using crossbows ?

[@mrtlsimon]

A crossbow is used a crazy man to shoot a neighbor. The government's answer is to regulate the crossbow. What way do you stop evil? Question 1- Are you going to kill people? Question 2- You promise not to kill people? Question 3- Are you a criminal? Register your crossbow. Pay a fee and keep it in a case when not in use. Remember what you promised. Cheerio! Evil can't be legislated away.

[@deejayvee]

Can we get a video about the chain mail hotpants at 11:44 ?

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Cool story bro. Time to go play a game of Lawn Darts!

[@archstanton6102]

A few years ago we ran some youth activities including Cross-bow firing at straw targets. We assumed the risk assessment levels were same as normal archery. Was only afterwards when talking with a senior manager we found out the risk and insurance levels were much higher.

[@seanbrazell7095]

Yeah, but VAMPIRES.

[@MrCaskwine]

under australian (NSW) law they're classed as "An armour piercing projectile weapon" and regulated under separate, but similar to, firearms law. You can buy them over the counter with an 18+ photo ID card in queensland

[@PatrickLeger]

Love these weapon Sideprojects! Learning so much, thank you 😊

[@johnlynch575]

10:20 you just gave me an awesome idea {art project} SIMON WHISTLER THE LISTENER, YOU AND YOUR CREW ARE TOPS, AND THE WAY YOU ROLLS THOSE FACTS OFF LIKE SO MUCH ACHIN BACON, THAT IT LULLS MY soul TO THE UPPER POSITIVE PLACE. thank you. With fleeting regards, WARDALEATH THE BLACKEST.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@barrybrooks1445]

Ask your local police department about the use against bullet proof vest...

[@Adrian-jk4kx]

It is easier to span a a simple stirrupless crossbow by pushing down the cord towards the nut rather than sitting on the ground and pulling back...also much quicker....

[@lowthg123]

When I was a kid, my Dad bought a crossbow (I think motivated by some break-ins locally). After getting it home, he fired it at the garage door for a test. The bolt went clean through the door, through the engine of the car inside, and lodged itself in the brick wall at the back. Since then, I have always thought of crossbows as pretty serious things! Not to be messed about with!

[@StevenLockey]

I've got a 30lb roleplay Xbow and a 250lb real Xbow. I fired a pencil from the 30lb on and it went straight through a sofa (we use massive foam heads on the bolts for actually shooting at each other). I've not dared fire the 250lb one at anything but a target with a few feet of wood behind it. Lost a few of the bolts due to their metal shaft deforming under the impact.

[@ExistentialBordem]

Yeah it didn't go through an engine

[@StevenLockey]

@@ExistentialBordem yeah it will, not through the main block but if it misses that and structural bits it can.

[@lowthg123]

@@ExistentialBordem it did, although it probably missed the main block, as @Steven Lockey mentions.

[@ExistentialBordem]

@GEL yeah no it didn't. You've witnessed one shot from a crossbow as a kid and I hunt with them every summer. They're powerful yeah but bolts essentially explode if you hit anything harder than wood that's thicker than about a quarter.

[@Nick-fh4wd]

Amazing video I didn't want it to end, I wanted to hear about how guns changed things up

[@backdoorbursta2866]

Wow 2 likes at the time of posting yet the video has only been uploaded for seconds

[@clownbasher2911]

Simon is so consistent, I pre like!

[@PatrickLeger]

I run SimonTube all day, his new videos instantly queue up for me 😁.

[@backdoorbursta2866]

@@clownbasher2911 and your reply just exposes the very failings of KZbin.

[@paulmulcahy2250]

Actually, crossbows do have a modern military application -- they're much quieter than a so-called silenced weapon. But they're also not as lethal, and they're just another large piece of kit to carry around...

[@Nipplator99999999999]

You also have the benefit of not having to leave concealment for a quiet option, unlike an edge that makes it obvious that you are the wrong thing if not perfect.

[@iambetterthanyouseriously9811]

@@Nipplator99999999999 you play too much call of duty

[@Nipplator99999999999]

@@iambetterthanyouseriously9811 why would you assume CoD, it was just a option amongst many.

[@alancranford3398]

Missed something important, Simon: archery (including crossbows) were generally used as area weapons instead of point weapons. Crossbow precision is only possible at short ranges (20 to 60 meters, hitting a specific individual), so the 100-to-400-meter figure is for a number of crossbowmen polluting a piece of real estate with their massed bolt launches. English longbowmen also did that--launched a large number of arrows rapidly at long range into a piece of ground to inflict casualties. This technique of fire was carried over into the firearms age. The shoulder-to-shoulder Napoleonic-era musket tactics mimicked the crossbow formations of old. All the way up to the repeating rifle, infantrymen would form a firing line and shoot into a piece of ground at distances of a kilometer or more into a terrain feature. Shooting at point targets (individual enemy soldiers or putting bullets through a bunker slit) takes place at closer distances, often less than 100 meters.

[@melangellatc1718]

In West Virginia, brothers and sisters...... never mind.

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

I won a crossbow in a tournament in Toussaint once.

[@arieldahl]

and yet, mad Churchill marched into world war 2 with a bow and arrows... (and a set of bagpipes)...

[@rafaelriveramestre7976]

Projectiles to project!

[@cdfdesantis699]

Ah, the arms race! Will we ever stop trying to come up with better ways to kill each other?

[@slingshotwarrrior8105]

And that's why gun control doesn't work!

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@slingshotwarrrior8105 Hi! Gun "bans" don't work - gun "control" does. Thanks for your comment.

[@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER]

no? we find better ways to do everything, why would we stop here? if you try to stop than you will be killed by someone who outpaces you in the arms race.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER Not one group of people or another, friend - all humanity collectively. Gotta stop thinkin' "us or them", & try to focus on "we". Thanks for your reply.

[@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER]

@@cdfdesantis699 it has and always will be us or them. that's evolution and change.

[@nickkevin6770]

And here I am in denmark where you need a license to have a slingshot 😂

[@willfuller5250]

Have you done anything on the black tom explosion

[@vasilerogojan4520]

That news about Anthony Lawrence should have been very sad for that woman's family.

[@PoeRacing]

@1:10 Uhhhh, Just a quick heads up: Your coin purse is hanging out in the breeze a bit there brother.

[@everythingisinfinite4602]

I'm not sure maybe it's different for crossbows but that repeating crossbow ( 3:15 ) wouldn't be semiautomatic it would be some sort of lever action or something describing the manual portion of the reload. With semiautomatic the forces used to expell the projectile is also used to re chamber the weapon. I own several repeating crossbows and wile thay shoot fast next to a normal crossbow it's slow even compared to a lever or bolt action firearm but compared to real semiautomatic it might as well be a turtle on heroin.

[@donaldcarey114]

Greater crossbow regulation? Useless, big sticks, rocks or even kicks can kill.

[@Noise-Bomb]

Well actually an arrow has a staggering armour piercing ability if you think about it. Small point with a massive projectile mass compared to firearms makes it a far better choice than you would expect.

[@TheRealHungryHobo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5uWop2Lr7qth8k Not really.

[@ehzmia]

KE=1/2mv^2 A bullet's advantage in v is so much more than an arrows advantage in m and the v is squared even.

[@Noise-Bomb]

@@TheRealHungryHobo Well ok, but there are also videos on youtube of Arrows going right through light kevlar vests and even steel chest plates, it just highly depends on the angle you are hitting at if you ricochet or if the tip bites. There are definitely cases of longbow arrows going through steel plating. Also I'm not saying that arrows are somehow superior to bullets in any way, just that they can perform much better than you'd expect from a technology this old.

[@anotherhistoryenthusiast5874]

@@Noise-Bomb What plates? It's not hard to shoot trough a flat sheet metal. But armor was hardened and domed.

[@TheRealHungryHobo]

@@Noise-Bomb For sure, bows are crazy powerful, way more powerful than most people would imagine. Like the video says, they used the bigger crossbows to knock down stone walls. I'm just saying that a set of proper metal armor will stop an arrow cold - that's why they wore it.

[@wpjohn91]

450 metre range? Half a KM? Nah sorry.

[@YaBoiJonesy]

Simon Whistler has to be some sort of British robot, idk how he hosts this many shows!

[@nodiggity9472]

I knew an old Gypsy who told me how he once saw a low flying Tornado Jet Fighter taken out by a crossbow. He didn't tell me the where, or the when, but he told me the 'how', and while I never knew the man to lie, I do believe him. Obviously, I can't verify he actually saw it. But the 'how' is certainly theoretically viable, and the same method has been used successfully on many paramilitary actions around the World against Helicopters.

[@Reepicheep-1]

Also a good weapon for stealthing in zombie games. Guns bring The Horde.

[@Beryllahawk]

Great video!!

[@joshse8709]

Not a single old parchment so far has had a crossbow haha

[@shagituz]

His unregulated crossbow. *laughs in American

[@anotherhistoryenthusiast5874]

How is your school shooting?

[@ChIGuY-town22_]

I've got a 80lb. pull, it can go through 2 car doors... silent kill.

[@compsmith007]

There is some guy named Darryl who might have something to say...

[@darcysimpson9006]

Who did your translations?

[@seanmorgan2356]

I just bought a crossbow.

[@Theanonymous133]

Keep it close. These are dangerous times.

[@evergreatest3316]

Whoever does your research should be fired

[@justaweeb9086]

I literally just did a quick google search and saw that most modern crossbows can't effectively shoot powerfully or accurately at 100 yards... Let alone the ranges described in this video... Are you sure your statements are accurate?

[@jayburn00]

Interesting side note, the crossbow equipped some of the early conquistadors in addition to having firearms. I'm pretty sure Cortez's force had crossbows in fact.

[@andyyang3029]

Yeah they had them during the siege of Tenochtitlan, they were much more powerful than the Aztec bow

[@jordinagel1184]

Yeah, the whole “firearms immediately made the crossbow obsolete” argument is kinda wrong. Obviously they had greater firepower, and the noise alone was a great psychological weapon, but firearms at that point were still far from being able to match a crossbow’s accuracy and range

[@justinschmitt5850]

@@jordinagel1184 yep I'd prefer a crossbow over a smoothbore matchlock aswell

[@josephcler3299]

They are also great for hunting With

[@philprice6993]

There was a Chap murdered by a Crossbow about 2 miles away from my home in Holyhead North Wales a few years ago .At the moment there are two people going through Crow Court for defrauding g him out of £225K. The Person who murdered him was found Guilty and Jailed for life about 12/18months ago.

[@harukrentz435]

How about the incident in Netherlands just few months ago?

[@davidkermes376]

has the gent in wales been released on good behavior yet?

[@Trag-zj2yo]

Firearms aren't a honorable weapon either

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Holy crap these was a painful episode to watch. Weapons focused episodes were never this channels strong suit, but this was far more egregious than normal, just all manner of technical, historical and just plain factual inaccuracies laced throughout the entire script.

[@mumtazsheikh690]

Eh. With how many videos he puts out through all of his channels it's no surprise some of the facts are iffy

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

I do so love a bow and arrows & crossbows..

[@Nick-Lab]

Omg the kid thinking he got away with it only to be flayed alive! I am glad I am alive today and not 500 years ago

[@brett4264]

No changes in crossbows since the intro of gunpowder? Come on man!

[@Al3xtheMeh]

Simon: mentions Genoese Crossbowmen Medieval 2 Players: get PTSD flashbacks

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

Drawing a warbow isn't something you *_have to_* have been training from childhood to manage. It requires long and regularly maintained training (skimp on it a while, and you loose it), but not decades of it …and you DON'T draw a warbow with your arms, but mainly with your back muscles. (hence why you draw a warbow with a completely different stance, compared to, say, modern sport archers) Try to draw it using your arms, and you will fail and/or hurt yourself.

[@darthplagueis13]

Well, not decades but it's still several months of training until you can even draw a bow of that strength for several consecutive shots, and then even longer until you start actually hitting your target.

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

@@darthplagueis13 At least …though when it comes to accuracy, bows and crossbows take the same amount of time.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@ZarlanTheGreen I'd say it depends. Crossbows have the advantage of letting you figure out the trajectory of the bolt depending on your aim more easily since you don't have to invest additional muscle once it's cocked whereas you can only keep a bow fully drawn for a few seconds.

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

@@darthplagueis13 Crossbows do give a bit of an advantage, in letting you keep it steady, but it's not like you keep a bow drawn for more than a brief moment. Any difference in training required for accuracy, isn't all that significant. (the benefits of the crossbow, is likely more pronounced in newbies, and quickly decrease into insignificance, as you train)

[@darthplagueis13]

@@ZarlanTheGreen Not keeping a bow drawn kind of was my point. Once you've fully drawn the bow you don't have much time to adjust your aim all that much. A crossbow on the other hand can be aimed like a rifle, though the exact ballistics are of course quite different

[@matthewcarr7495]

I just wanted to point out that the crossbow was the first handheld weapon in which recoil became an issue so this predates firearms.

[@Ensensu2]

But unlike firearms, in a crossbow, counterintuitively, the recoil goes forward.

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

Wow, imagine being a young boy, you watch your father and brothers be struck down by a crossbow wielding king, so you yourself take up the crossbow and loose a bolt that strikes him down. Then, you're brought before him, sure you're going to meet the headsman. Then he forgives you and lets you go on your way. That's amazing to me.

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

Op nvm, they flayed him. Geesh!

[@zaneferrin4659]

The Chu-ko-nu was not a semi-automatic crossbow because it is not auto-loading. But rather a repeater much like a lever action rifle.

[@michaelpipkin9942]

Can you do the history of The Thunderbirds? The airshow, not the TV show. Their history is decades long, tragic, and they've entertained millions. Thank you from the YF-23 guy, and Nellis AFB, home of The Thunderbirds!

[@BMWE90HQ]

Only a place like England would try to regulate crossbows. Crazy people always will exist if you don’t have a crossbow he probably used a knife.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

My last name is Armbruster. This is just family history

[@JustinGladden]

* goes off to play Civilization 6 *

[@NerdWorldEmpire]

I do some archery, I own 3 crossbows and a stone bow in addition to my bow. They are fun to hit targets with, like any weapon within reason, they’re as deadly as the person wielding it. I don’t hunt I have no need to harm any animal for pleasure, just to be clear.

[@everythingisinfinite4602]

The joy of hunting isn't in taking a animals life it's about becoming a part of the food chain, not just bringing home food but actually providing for your family, and knowing that you are part of one of the greatest conservative efforts in human history. Humans my have started the problems in the first place but the fact is without hunting almost the entire world's ecosystems would collapse.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Greater crossbow regulation, cause its not like people in the Uk don’t get murdered with everything from kitchen knives to pipes, to medium sized rocks. It’s the crossbows that are the problem, not the fact that people are willing to murder each other with common household objects.

[@pamelamays4186]

As long as you're discussing ancient weaponry, may I put in a suggestion for the humble slingshot?

[@reggiep75]

Joerg Sprave tends to agree with you too. 😉

[@BigCroca]

slingshots are not ancient, slings are

[@RinksRides]

Don't bring a crossbow to a gunfight, unless you have the HE tips...

[@celter.45acp98]

The English crack me up 1 dude uses a crossbow to murder someone it makes the news so they scramble to regulate them meanwhile hundreds use acid or knives as weapons and not a single eyelash is batted 😂

[@mtranchi]

These days i'll check a channel's vids for annoying outro music and won't bother watching if it has it. Am about to go to sleep, not dealing with it.

[@larchman4327]

Cross bows are cool but I think long bows with highly trained bowman would be much more effective. Because of much longer range and can shoot more arrows

[@darthplagueis13]

It's all in the logistics. Also, the range is maybe slightly longer but not significantly. Plus, a crossbowman can shoot basically all day until he runs out of bolts. Actual archery on the other hand is a straight-up workout and a longbowman will be shooting for maybe an hour, before his efficiency goes way down due to exhaustion.

[@larchman4327]

@@darthplagueis13 well what about the Comanche bow. Check out one of archery expert Lars Anderson's videos pretty cool not long range but cool all the same.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@larchman4327 Well, the Comanche bow is a short bow, for one. It should also be noted that it developed in a very different context to european crossbows and longbows, which were locked in an arms race with advancements in armour technology. In other words: the effective range for crossbows and european longbows is shorter because you need to shoot an arrow or bolt at a relatively short range to have any chance of penetrating armour (and even then, late medieval plate armour was nigh impenetrable with actual kills mostly being the result of hits into the face when the visor of the helmet was up or just generally lucky shots/material failure with the armour). In the americas, metal armour was not a major factor in warfare and thus an arrow could be considered effective at a far greater range.

[@muic4880]

It takes a long time to trained a skilled archer, its not so much an issue for crossbows.

[@cedhome7945]

Please see tods workshop for medivel reproductions and actual real distance and penitration tests .all the claims made by people just repeating what they read somewhere don't always match the realaty of real life testing

[@Evinthal84]

I would LOVE to own on of his reproduction crossbows, those things are so gorgeous!

[@Theggman83]

That's funny, about modern soldiers using crossbows... My call sign in OEF09 was crossbow.

[@GothelGrigore]

I thought you were the vsauce guy

[@ExistentialBordem]

Did you guys get a new writer? If he doesn't have the same accent as you it really shows tbh. Not talking shit. Love the show but some phrases don't come natural to you n it shows in cadence.

[@jean-sebastienlatouche3678]

Hopefully no one gets attacked with a butter knife in the UK or they will get regulated!

[@FortuneZer0]

Not to mention the crossbow being a central piece in the swiss national origin story.

[@cashizcashiz1955]

Lol love it