Hunters Bow v1.12
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History / about the weapon:
Longbows were ideally made from yew, but white woods elm, ash, hazel and Brazil were commonly used according to availability. Longbows were often built to be as tall as the archer, and a well-made bow could shoot well in excess of 300 yards (275 meters) using light arrows. A longbow archer could shoot up to 10 arrows per minute; a crossbowman or arbalestier of the Hundred Years War could only shoot up to three.
A famous example is the English longbow, carried by English (and Welsh) soldiers to great effect in the Hundred Years' War. At this time it was called the "war bow". At close range the longbow was capable of penetrating all but the very best plate armor of the time. At a distance, groups of archers would loose mass volleys on a high, arching trajectory at enemy formations. The arrows used were heavy, up to 4 ounces (112 grams) or more, with narrow heavy bodkin pointed heads and thick arrows often made of ash. This style of bow was used up until the time of the English Civil War but was almost completely replaced by the musket, mostly because of the years of training involved with archery.
Construction of a longbow begins with a stave of yew or another suitable wood. The stave is worked down a few growth rings on the back to ensure that the bow has some sapwood and mostly heartwood. White woods such as elm or ash need not be worked down a growth-ring, the sapwood in these woods are as strong as the heartwood. The stave is then "tillered" so the center of the bow is thicker than mid-limb, and mid-limb is thicker than the tips. Nocks are filed and the stave is braced low and rasped or planed more to ensure that the bow bends evenly. The bow is tillered eventually to full brace and then full draw, allowing the bow a few extra pounds to make up for poundage lost when the bow is broken in.
This bow is working with DCS / DCS2 / CCS / WARPS and BLC combat meters.
IM Sanja Guyot inworld for details!
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