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Originally Posted by Triple C
Putting a a painful hole on the legionaire's arm, yes. It wouldn't break it, though, and I won't count on it to take my enemy out of the field. The thousands of arrorows the Parthians had to use to have the paralysing effect is telling.
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If you have a crossbow bolt sticking out of your forearm, you cannot weild your sword or sheild effectively. If it hits your leg, calves, or feet, walking let alone fighting is difficult. If one of your men is hit like that, he is out of the fight. My point is that a crossbow bolt does not need to kill to take a legionaire out of the fight.
Think how the crossbow changed warfare in Europe in the middle-ages. How devastating it was to armored knights that even the Pope banned their use. Similar changes in warfare occured in China when the crossbow was introduced in the Warring States period.
As for the others, I think we got off topic. I would gladly discuss them with you if you open a Rome/Greek vs Persia topic.
