četvrtak, 4. veljače 2016.

Medieval bolts





Tods test of 15th centery incendiary recipe for fire arrow. Burn 1,5 minute and it can burn under water.


Basic stirrup traditional crossbow speed test


Windlass crossbow

Windlass crossbow 1250 lbs:



Windlass crossbow 1000 lbs against plate armor:



Windlass crossbow is the most powerfull traditional crossbow used. We can see that crossbow of 1000 lbs can hardly to penetrate plate armor, but certainly it can penetrate if it is 1250 lbs, but we dont have test videos for 1250 lbs crossbow, but informations is that it could penetrate.

Also there are comments that test is not good because armor falls over and it is not tight in place. Better tests should be used, I must say that probably it would penetrate if armor is on some kind of manequin to stay on place and dont fall off.

Balestrino, latchet crossbow




Eleven century hunting crossbow


Video about twelfth century crossbow


Gastraphetes


Goats foot lever crossbow



This is great crossbow, easy to use, can be used by kneeling (in medieval times they used it in wars behind pavise shield).

Good video about croosbow (he use goots foot lever), he is not right about range.


Goot foot lever crossbow against very thick leather (that kind of leather is not used in middle ages).


Belt crossbows

Belt and puley crossbow 350 lbs:



Belt and claw crossbow:


Tod of Todsstuff about crossbow


Video about Chu ko nu crossbow


Video: Development of Crossbow

This is from Weapon that mede Britain.



Cranequin crossbow

Cranequin crossbow is very interesting.

Replica cranequin crossbow 700 lbs:




Replica cranequin crossbow 450 lbs: