PrairieVoice
Banned
I'm a big fan of archery and I've always wandered, why was it abandoned so quickly to be replaced by firearms. Certainly the bow and arrow was superior to the early matchstick and even flintlock muskets. Especially when using recurve bows. You can shoot arrows faster and straighter than early guns. Plus less smoke and one can often retrive arrows so less ammo. Plus archers can stay safe behind defenses and shoot over them in a parabolic path.
Even in the civil war I've often wondered how a regiment of archers could have been used being able to shoot over defenses. Plus bows are silent so they could be used by special forces.
What do you all think?
Even in the civil war I've often wondered how a regiment of archers could have been used being able to shoot over defenses. Plus bows are silent so they could be used by special forces.
What do you all think?