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- From: vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg)
- Newsgroups: alt.archery
- Subject: Re: New deadly device?
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:43:38
- Organization: University of Uppsala, Sweden
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- In-reply-to: bblohm@boi.hp.com's message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:02:04 GMT
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- Bill asked, apropos 1000-pound Swiss crossbows:
-
- >Are these one-man, readily carried crosbows? Definitely need a
- >crank-type, waist attached claw to set the string on these!
-
- Actually, they are tripod-mounted, or at least they have a stick
- to support the weight. The ammo looked like 1/2 inch steel bolts.
- As weapons, I believe they were originally used to pick off sentries
- from the walls of besieged castles, from well beyond normal arrow
- range. Sorry, I really don't know any more.
-
- ]ke
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