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Post by tigereye on Feb 6, 2011 11:44:40 GMT 3
Why Grey old friend, is that you? I'm assuming you are the greyknight I'm familiar with eh?
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Post by tigereye on Feb 13, 2011 10:20:03 GMT 3
;)Dont pay him any attention when he does this it just feeds him. He will hate me now and understand later for saying this but as a friend of his I can do this. He feels the need to prove everything to everyone. Even when he doesn't need to. He is a very talented metal smith yeah, but trust me Hjernespiser he is not the source when it comes to history. He does have some awesome bows and he can pull those bad boys back, hes a big strong dude, which is why I think sometimes it goes to his head. The absolute historical accuracy of said bows, is debatable. And dont worry I will get an earfull about this when he reads it Ha! He wont write about it here! And I wouldnt be a true friend if I didnt say this but, he really is a decent guy who would give the shirt off his back to help you, he just needs to evaluate the things he says and does a bit better.
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Post by irelander on Nov 25, 2011 8:40:40 GMT 3
Just because they couldn't shoot through it doesn't make plate armor effective. Shooting the horses out from under them was effective. Ambushing them was effective.
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Post by shouri on Jan 14, 2015 17:26:40 GMT 3
Uhm, i see that this is an old topic, but just for making it clear i have quite a few replica bows, crafted traiditonally, while plate armour offer quite good protection againts these bows when both the archer and the knight is mobile, it still wouldn't change the outcome, neither mongols nor huns continue battles they are disadvantegous for them, they just retreat and pillage elsewhere, if knights leave their infantry/archers and pursue retreating steppe horse archers, than they'll probably fail, since their horses will die even if they don't and usually europeans (excluding history academicians) belittle steppe people's skill with lance. Steppe people will never stay in prolonged melee if there is enough resistence, they just retreat regroup and attack elsewhere, gradually increasing disorder and forcing the local authorities to pay them for their leave.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jan 14, 2015 22:16:06 GMT 3
True, that is correct.
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