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Old 04-20-2008, 23:07 PM   #19 (permalink)
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The point of the xbow is that it's easy. If the crossbow dominates Roman Legionnaires, then we don't really have a discussion.

Besides, the Chinese apparently switched to extremely crossbow heavy armies during the Song dynasty, until the advent of Jurchen heavy cavalry, who could both wear heavy armor and close in rapidly against missile troops, so it's certainly possible that missile troops could defeat the armor of infantry soldiers.
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