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How fast could a medieval archer fire arrows from a bow?

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A bit late, but bah. I cringe at seeing that bloody Lars Andersen video, for two reasons: one, he states right at the credits that his bows have a draw weight of 30 and 35 pounds, and further, you can see in the video that his 'fast' techniques don't have him drawing back all the way. Sure, he's fast. read more

Not every medieval archer used a 100+ pound war bow especially outside Western Europe. There were recurves and lighter hunting bows. The flip side to this is that sure you can shoot arrows very quickly but then you have no arrows left. read more

So if an arrow catches a knight on the very edge of the left of his breastplate, covering his side and that part also happens to be weak from slag then the arrow might get through retaining enough force to injure the knight. read more

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