Range of The Crossbow
Compared to The Longbow
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The Crossbow
Chapter V
The Range of the Medieval Crossbow and How It Compared
in Respect to the Longbow
Fig 11. - Crossbowmen
The centre figure may be seen bending his crossbow
with a windlass, with his foot in the stirrup of the weapon.
The ordinary Military Crossbow of the fifteenth century,
with a thick steel bow, was able, if elevated to 45°, to propel its
bolt from 370 to 380 yards.
The so-called point-blank range of a weapon of this description,
was from 65 to 70 yards. The word point-blank must not, however, be read
literally, as the head of a crossbow bolt was usually inclined a little
upwards as it lay on the stock of the weapon, in order that it might have
a slightly rising flight at all distances at which it was used, an arrangement
in some measure applied to the sighting of our modern guns and rifles.
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