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The reapeating crossbow is real
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:58 pm
by dutch206
Invented during the 4th century BCE, the repeating crossbow was perfected during the warring states period. It could hold ten bolts and had a rate of fire of one bolt per second:
http://www.arco-iris.com/George/chu-ko-nu.htm
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:04 pm
by DangerDwarf
Yup, pretty nifty stuff.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:13 pm
by James M. Ward
Just so you know, this repeating crossbow was first designed to shoot at flocks of birds. Against anything in leather armor, they would laugh at the bolts and cut the shooter down.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:17 pm
by Julian Grimm
How well does it do against zombies?
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:18 pm
by DangerDwarf
I use mine to mow down peasants.
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:21 am
by Lurker
I saw this on "weapons masters" a while back. They showed it as being fairly inaccurate, and prone to jamming.
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Just so you know, this repeating crossbow was first designed to shoot at flocks of birds. Against anything in leather armor, they would laugh at the bolts and cut the shooter down.
James M. Ward
Rgr, but if they used poison on the bolts (the show said as much, but I'm by no means an expert so take it with a grain of salt) and had a few dozen guys shooting at once, it could get ugly.
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I use mine to mow down peasants
Thanks I needed a laugh!
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:33 am
by seskis281
One could also perchance have explosive bolts.....
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