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Crossbow

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Jaewon Choi

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500 BC

The first evidence of a crossbow found

400 BC

The repeating crossbow mentioned

300 BC

Written record of a crossbolt catapult in the 6th and 5 th century B.C.

200 BC

Crossbow remains found in the terricotta army

100 BC

the repeating crossbow and the multiple bow arcuballist was invented

1068

A powerful bow which can go through trees 140 feet away made

Now

1. Scientific tool

Biopsy samples are simply very small cores of skin and the underlying blubber. Samples are obtained from a whale by using a modified gun or crossbow to shoot a "punch-type" biopsy dart into the side of the animal.

2. Shooting sports and hunting

3. Military weapon

Crossbow

  • strong, but only shoots one at a time.
  • Sniper of their days.
  • peirces armour and can go through the person.
  • This led to the invention of a triple crossbow which fired 3 arrows and the triple bowed seige weapon

Automatic crossbow

  • weak, but shoots rapidly and also tips were poisoned.
  • no need of training to use and usually used in squads.
  • less accuracy
  • inbuilt clip of 10 arrows
  • dual machine crossbows were invented too

Crossbow

by jae won choi

Introduction

0 AD

The crossbow is a weapon which fired arrows at people and it requires less human power to use. It could be used for a long time without the archers arm aching. Later on the crossbow leads to the development of more useful weapons like the tri firing and the quick firing and the dual quick fire.

Sources

Types of crossbows

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"Military and Defence Technology." Military and Defence Technology. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://i-military.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-military-uses-for-crossbows-with.html>.

PBS. PBS. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/20040324_log_transcript.html>.

"The St. Lawrence." Go to WhaleNet. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://whale.wheelock.edu/bwcontaminants/st_lawrence.html>.

ThaPatrick100. "History Channel - Ancient Discoveries - Chinese Warfare." YouTube. History Channel, 10 Apr. 2012. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR8u-5bN0L0>.

"Weapon Masters: Military Channel." Military Channel. Discovery.com. Web. 14 Apr. 2012. <http://military.discovery.com/tv/weapon-masters/weapon-masters.html>.

http://www.grandhistorian.com/chinesesiegewarfare/siegeweapons-chuangzinu.html

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