Civil War & Ukraine War Article on Parallels/Anglo-French Intervention ACW

ShadowArxxy

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Samurai pre-Tanagishima Tokitaka and Medieval English Archers were pretty comparable: a whole shitload of "this is going to suck" got sent downrange in the form of 3ft long arrows in armour piercing clouds addressed "to whom it may concern" with up to a 1/4 of a mile away being where the arrows landed.

Not even remotely comparable.

While the yumi bow was similar in length to a longbow, its pull was much weaker at 110-120 pounds, versus 150-180 pounds for the longbow. The range of a yumi with war arrows was generally on the order of 150-200 meters with lighter war arrows and up to 100 meters with heavy armor piercing arrows; the yumi was very much optimized as a precisely aimed direct-fire weapon, with techniques prioritizing rapid aim-and-fire.

Yes, yumi could reach longbow-like ranges in exhibitions; this was with flight arrows, not war arrows. It's a very different weapon with very different optimizations for a different battlefield, and "armor piercing" for a yumi is relative to the kind of lightweight lamellar laquered armor typical in Asia, not European steel plate.
 

ATP

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Before rhat we have Assyrians
Indeed,first army which introduced mounted archers were them.Funny thing - becouse they replaced chariots,which was used as platform for archers by that time,first units was made from duo if riders - one was using bow,when other keep his horse in line.

First people who used mounted archers properly on bigger scale was,i think,scythians.
 

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