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Cavalry dominated until the English started using the longbow en masse to kill the mounts of the cavalry.

On a castle tour in the UK there was a discussion about the advantage the longbow gave the English.

Well the Anti longbow fear was that some English middle class yeoman could defeat a (french) knight.

It's like choosing to shoot somebody with 15-century longbow - possible, but who really would do it?

There were reactions just like yours when the longbow was introduced in the 1300s.

Historically medieval armies included heavy cavalry like knights and crossbow and longbow archers.

Swimming Archery - Longbow Reading - Mostly fantasy and sci-fi, a few technical and history books or books on whatever my interest happens to be then.

And if short-bows and non-Western-European archery are the topic of the day, then what's with the long digression into The Queen Of All Archery, the English longbow?

No one can use a longbow the way medieval british could, but anyone with a bit of training and a modern compound bow could probably match them.

Crossbows suffered from similar issues, in a less dramatic sort of way.) However, becoming really good with a longbow was a serious undertaking, one that took up a significant portion of your time over a lifetime.

My understanding was that someone skilled with a longbow was a more effective fighter, especially in terms of rate of fire, but also in terms of armor penetration and range than someone with a crossbow or a early firearm.

With the Apaches as well, the advent of the Longbow mast (360º radar mounted above the main rotor) after Desert Storm gives it an incredible ability to stay out of view, and pop up just long enough to get a weapon off.

I think "Mad" Jack Chirchill who hit the beaches on D Day with Longbow and Broadsword wins that one.

I'm still wishing I could find a helicopter simulator to equal Janes AH-64 Longbow.