The english archers are called Longbowmen, maybe<br>Chang Gong is more suited than Da Gong.<br><br>It is said because of the form of the arrowhead,<br>the arrows from english Longbows could pierce<br>the thick armour of the heavy cavalery.<br><br>Beside, all english bowmen are trained from<br>childhood.<br><br>Both superior training and the strong english yew<br>make longbowmen the finest archers in the middle age<br>england.<br><br>The longbow itself is about 6 feet, while the average<br>height of the archers at that time is about 5 feet.<br>A well trained longbowman could fire 10-12 arrows<br>per minute. in a effective range of 200 yards.<br><br>In the 100 years war between england anf france,<br>the frenchmen cut off two fingers from every<br>english men they capture, so they could no longer shoot<br>arrows. And in the battle fields, the englishmen show<br>the 2 fingers used to draw the longbow to the enemy as<br>a sign of defiance and honour.<br><br>THe characteristic of the longbow is still unclear,<br>for only very few longbows survieved the ages of war.<br>That make longbow a weapon from legend.<br><br>There are no longbows in existence from the Early Middle Ages. There are, however, five surviving Renaisance weapons.<br><br>These weapons are the one with which the mighty deeds that rendered this country renounced in by-gone times were performed."<br><br>Silver |