The Crossbow

by Mike Loades and E.J. Koh

Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanical ingenuity; advances that produced a battlefield weapon requiring comparatively little training to use. It was an extremely useful weapon, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472824601
• ISBN13: 9781472824608
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.6"