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True. However, I will qualify the statement a little. There are distinct differences in accepting visually two different-sized shields or swords (eg Roman...
The Berthier campaign management software is free software that helps run campaigns for wargames with miniatures. The latest version of Berthier (v5.15.3) may...
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey's The Crossbow (original 1903, modern copies are still in print ) includes a fair bit of experimental data, and is on my 'must have'...
Wow what a busy time we have had between Historicon and Fall In! Fall In! the third jewel in the triple crown of Historical Miniature Gaming in the United...
Interesting, yet most of my knowledge outside of reading the books comes from practical use of both as a younger man. With the exception of the Arbelast I find...
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... Read it recently - very good it is too. You are ... No, I'm researching the technology. A lot of statements are made about missile weapons as regards...
As you may know, last Saturday saw our annual wargames show - "Warrior". We had a good number of attendees for both the show and the competitions. I've now...
I'd second that. It a major work and much of what has been written since is just a re-writing of P-Gs work Above all honour Jonathan EHCG www.ehcg.net Sir...
A windlass x-bow can at most get about 2 shots per minute, a longbow can get off up to 21! Even other cross bow types don't come up to that and in achieveing...
... If longbows aren't that much harder to use than crossbows, how come so many attempts to introduce the longbow into other armies (without the stringent ...
I liked a cartoon with two knights dubiously inspecting a crossbow, one of them saying 'of course, if everyone has them they will be too scared to use them' ...
Hi, Does anyone know of an online version of Plutarch in Greek (specifically the Lives of Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey). Livius and Perseus don't seem to as far...
... I nuked that one earlier - there were two spam emails that got through, both looking like they were sent by Tony De Lyall (the Berthier guy), but it...
Attalus is the great meta-site for tracking down online texts: http://attalus.org/info/sources.html If you after the Mithridatic Wars, Appian is the go. ...
The use of the bow is not that hard. The French and Scots both produced reasonable archers in the end. The problem was that they didn't have the numbers of...
Sergei, Very interesting.... Is there anything in English concerning Russian cavalry in the 12th and 13th centuries. In particular, I'm wondering whether the...
21 Arrows a minute... Yes and Hiawatha could put ten arrows in the air before the first hit the ground. When I was involved in archery I tested the idea of ...
... the bit about how Mith reformed the army has been lost, but the bit ... I'm always meaning to track down the parts of Strabo that deal with Pontus. Alfred...
... Strabo is mostly useful for the bits which don't involve the Romans. He also mentions a suit of Sarmatian armour at a temple in Athens - this could have ...
For my test I used a 60lb pull bow and, as you remarked, had a constant supply of arrows. The strain rapidly tells after long term firing, but at the rate of...
