Low-Tech Missile Weapon Range and Accuracy

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by nik1979

In regards with the Cercy. Although, I'm still looking for my friends references, it said that at 100lbs draw weight, the french would have been dead before they even been in melee range.

100 lbs was hardly an exceptional warbow draw-weight in any culture from the Middle East through to England. Fatalaties from arrows from any time period were always very low. Injuries could be fairly high but few were fatal.

Fief's 12C reference to the standard minimum equipment for a man-at-arms required by the king of france: haubergeon, cap, and shield were minimum defenses and these were probably the bulk of man at arms' had.

The French Wars occurred in the 14th and 15th centuries. How is a 12th C source relevant?