European Archery/ Agincourt/crecy/etc

[Chris Evans]

Timo,

Originally Posted by Timo Nieminen

ose quickly, save that last arrow for in close, wThis leads to two interesting points: charging attackers are on the receiving end of more energy. A war arrow might might moving at 40-50m/s. A 10m/s charging speed of an attacker can transform an arrow energy of, say, 125J into an effective energy of 180J. That's a lot of extra free energy for the archer.

An excellent observation of an often overlooked fact.

Cheers
Chris