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In essence, the typical image of a classic elf in fantasy is based on the English archer of the 14th-15th centuries. It's a good thing elves don't exist; they could have wiped out humanity with their bows.
The long Welsh bow (which originated in Wales) was the most fearsome weapon; there was no defense against it at the time. Only then comes the mounted steppe archer with a light bow and a halberd.
I've seen reenactors fire 3-4 arrows in one minute. Considering that archers were trained from childhood in the Middle Ages, they could fire 10-12 arrows per minute. Such units were killing machines.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C1%E8%F2%E2%E0_%EF%F0%E8_%CA%F0%E5%F1%E8The Battle of Crécy confirmed the military superiority of the Welsh longbow over the French combination of the crossbow and heavily armed knight – due to the much higher rate of fire and greater range of the bow in the hands of a skilled yeoman archer compared to the crossbow of that time.
Again, training such an archer required too much effort, while anyone could fire a crossbow with little training.
Yes, I've heard something about archers like that. If I'm not mistaken, they even appear in Total War: Medieval. The English have good archers in that game.
Knights are just one-tenth of the army. Their main purpose is field battles, face to face. What use is guerrilla tactics for them if they won't even go into the forest? Let other types of troops handle that. Lighter, more maneuverable, and not so narrowly specialized.
Did you even read what the conversation was about? It wasn't about which troops can walk through the forest the easiest, but about forest knights-crossbowmen in heavy armor.
There is a breed of horses called destriers. 800-1000 kg. They don't jump. They get tired quickly. They are only used in battle, just like combat armor. The horse is tall, so an infantryman can't reach it with a sword - and even if they could, a wall of such horses would easily break any formation not equipped with polearms.
You can cut off their legs with a sword in a pinch, and besides, we're not really talking about swords and infantry. Is this horse very maneuverable? Does it carry a lot of armor? "The main problem with the breed was its huge mass, which made it impossible to jump (so ditches, swamps, and similar obstacles were difficult to overcome), and its rapid fatigue, which meant that the cavalry suffered unjustified losses from overhead fire from bows and from artillery fire[1]." - wiki It simply won't reach the archers, and it will be completely useless against pikemen. And of course, it's easy to shoot at it from a crossbow.
The myth about the impossibility of getting up originated from tournament armor, which weighed about 70 kilograms. Even plate armor weighs half as much and is much more comfortable. And it appeared only at the end of the era of knights. Before that, chainmail, lamellar, and scale armor were used, which were even lighter and restricted movement less. Moreover, the head and torso were protected first. Most knights did not have greaves and gauntlets, at most chainmail shirts and trousers over leather.
Are we talking about heavy armor that cannot be pierced by arrows, or about light chainmail? Tournament armor is practically immobile; it would be of little use on the battlefield. Heavy armor is heavy; if you don't break a couple of arms, legs, and your neck, then find the strength to get up, and don't forget to dodge, in this very comfortable armor, from the hooves of other warriors' horses.
In fact, the typical image of a classic elf in fantasy is based on the English archer of the 14th-15th centuries. It's a good thing that elves don't exist; they could have destroyed humanity with their bows.
Skill in using a bow is just one trait of elves.
Lol, you missed the mark and immediately started making excuses. Soft hands.
I'm not making excuses; I'm just saying how it is
Tomorrow holds no promises Except the ones we've made
His advantage lies in this – any peasant can shoot.
But that doesn't mean they can shoot well.
Even in the Ice Battle, neither mounted crossbowmen nor heavy armor helped them.
Were elves also involved there?
And in general, what do archers have to do with it? Look at post 86 of this thread; where do you see an archer there?
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