The Composite Bow
Mike Loades, Peter Dennis
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium B.C., the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks, and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, and Chinese. Offering high power and portability, the composite bow was an ideal cavalry weapon, though it was also used by infantry in open battle, and as a siege weapon. In this important study, an expert on Eastern military technology tells the story of this extraordinary piece of military hardware: how it was made and how various cultures developed differing tactics for using it. He explains why the composite bow achieved such stunning successes, and how it endured as a weapon of choice for thousands of years.
年:
2016
出版商:
Osprey Publishing
語言:
english
頁數:
80
ISBN 10:
1472805917
ISBN 13:
9781472805911
系列:
Weapon
文件:
PDF, 48.78 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2016
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