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In real life, longbowmen were amazing. For one thing, they were extremely well trained. Skeletons of longbowmen show they had terrible problems with their backs, they'd be curved like the bow. For them, archery was a way of life. But the main reason they were so deadly was the bows themselves. Longbows could fire six times a minute and could kill someone with heavy armor from 200 yards out-no exaggerations. At the battle of Agincourt during the 100 years war, 5,000 sick English longbowmen were marching through marshes and were ambushed by 15,000 fresh French knights. The longbowmen were in a terrible situation but still massacred the French. They lost less than 500 men and killed an estimated 12,000 French. That's truely amazing. And well into the 19th century, the longbow was still unmatched in their speed in firing, their power, and their accuracy. The reason they disappeared by the 15th century was not because they became obsolete, but because no one took up archery as a profession at that time. Longbowmen made the English a superpower. It should be there UU and should be WAY better. Any suggestions to what their ratings should be?
In real life, longbowmen were amazing. For one thing, they were extremely well trained. Skeletons of longbowmen show they had terrible problems with their backs, they'd be curved like the bow. For them, archery was a way of life. But the main reason they were so deadly was the bows themselves. Longbows could fire six times a minute and could kill someone with heavy armor from 200 yards out-no exaggerations. At the battle of Agincourt during the 100 years war, 5,000 sick English longbowmen were marching through marshes and were ambushed by 15,000 fresh French knights. The longbowmen were in a terrible situation but still massacred the French. They lost less than 500 men and killed an estimated 12,000 French. That's truely amazing. And well into the 19th century, the longbow was still unmatched in their speed in firing, their power, and their accuracy. The reason they disappeared by the 15th century was not because they became obsolete, but because no one took up archery as a profession at that time. Longbowmen made the English a superpower. It should be there UU and should be WAY better. Any suggestions to what their ratings should be?
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