archers

He probably used his companion cavalry to chase the horse archers against a river or into a forest.

It's like complaining that rifles aren't accurate, because expert archers hit more targets with bow and arrow.

How ever, it took a lot of arguing to get those archers from 1904 to be included.

Maybe they should be because the general public is comparing regular, boring archers to this guy now.

Alexander the Great reputedly defeated Scythian horse archers, but he left no records as to how this is was achieved.

Some archers definitely slung their quivers on their backs for when they were marching, just like soldiers did with shields.

Can't remember) saying these archers had to be able to loose three arrows in 1.5 seconds.

Technological advantage existed long before industrialization: the macedonian pike, the persian archers, the roman phalanx.

The side with longer spears generally did better, then the side with the better archers.

Or was it simply more powerful longbows that meant archers would shoot from further off?

The Mongols conquered more territory than anyone, ever, with mounted archers and ready retreats.

Swords are great against lightly armoured and unarmoured targets, like peasants, archers and civilians.

Modern recurve archers generally spend time "tuning" their setup.

"But Dolly comes from a family of archers so she's capable of a lot." eeks.

When archery was essential to war, it was still only "stand and loose" - foot archers typically planted stakes in front to ward off cavalry, or would be on hills or in front of woods.

I doubt many HN readers are also fans of serial radio melodrama, but if you listen to "The Archers" podcast and think about the sound effects it's pretty incredible how you can feel like you're, say, outside on a working farm when all the sounds are being generated by a talented sound artist/editor.

Though I have to admit, a part of me wanted 'The Archers' to be about the continuing adventures of Sterling and Mallory.