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To: centurion316

Archers must have been transitioned to rifles in a fairly short interval, after having been crucial so many times. The Battle of Towton featured I forget how many archers, and the eventual winning side was firing with the wind, and recycling opponents’ arrows. That’s one reason it was such a bloodbath. Oh, and it was snowing, and the snow was blowing right in the losing side’s faces.


24 posted on 04/07/2019 8:15:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

When I visited the Mary Rose, I was struck by the large numbers of brand new longbows were found on the ship. Archer bodies are easily identified, their forearms (usually the right arm)are very different from the other arm. While Mary Rose had a large battery of cannon of various sizes, matchlock firearms were not so abundant.


25 posted on 04/07/2019 8:52:23 PM PDT by centurion316
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