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Information desert

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I was looking for information about the performance envelope of crossbows compared to bows. Seems to me you got straight, reflex, and recurve bows, crossbows, and compound bows. How about a table comparing weight, (draw length), pull (force), range, energy, projectile speed, and rate of fire? Maybe even by date, since the technology of all of these weapons has improved compared to the bows and arrows of prehistoric times.98.17.181.251 (talk) 07:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Modern advances

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China's crossbow use tech for time delayed shooting- crossbow doesn't need to aim at the target while drawing the string. Not sure what that means in practice bit I think it would be good to cover. 46.188.177.195 (talk) 13:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Modern use, other

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don't have the sources as of right now.

  • Both sides use them in the Ukrainian war - granades rigged to arrows, crossbows that launch molotov coctails
  • 3rd detachement of the armed police yunnan contingent,
  • people's armed police have allegedly used crossbows against kamikazi bombers
  • PLA rocket force uses crossbows to guard the arsenal,
  • China's second artillery special forces sharp blade,
  • security forces of I believe PLA use crossbows with nonlethal bolts during protests (2009, 2016)
  • India/China dispute (malicious compliance to the legal agreement) - Indian military commando force and some PLA regiment that is stationed there on the opposite side near the border
  • India's jungle warfare specialists

46.188.177.195 (talk) 14:00, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crossbows in Islam

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Quoting Needham's "Science and Civilization in China Volume 5", it is claimed that crossbows were not mentioned by Muslim sources before the 14th century. That cannot be right. According to Cosman and Jones' "Handbook to Life in the Medieval World" p. 307 crossbows were first mentioned as "foot bows" (qaws al-rijl) in 882, were used by the Muslims in Tarsus in the 10th century and the Fatimids in the 11th century. In the 12th century al-Tarsusi wrote a treatise about various types of crossbows (Heath "Armies and Enemies of the Crusades" p. 144-145). In addition the Byzantine Greek term for the crossbow was tzangra, very likely a Persian dervitation (Pryor & Jeffreys "The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ. The Byzantine Navy Ca 500-1204") p. 381. LeGabrie (talk) 03:00, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]