KÃ¤mpfe zu Ross mit Armbrust Gegen

ticeetal · Post by **ticeetal** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:21 am

Greetings,

I am researching the topic of mounted archery, in particular the German tactic of employing mounted Xbow archers. Think of the first time in history the use of a â€œride byâ€

brookswift · Post by **brookswift** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:22 am

weren't the mongols doing "ride bys" for ages and ages before that?

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:59 am

Parthians long before the Mongols...

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:26 am

The burgundians employed mounted Xbowmen as well.

brookswift · Post by **brookswift** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:20 pm

hardly the novel idea then, is it?

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:43 pm

So far as I know, you'd be nigh-unique working on this: there are FAR fewer people doing good work with crossbows than with bows.

For a general discussion of horse-archery, which may help you with practical matters, I suggest looking up ATARN.net, and floating the question in the general forums -- though it is relatively unlikely, the Chinese made enough use of crossbowmen that there may have been some mounted use. The other usage of which I'm aware is among the Arabs, though I know of know specific training en masse, as the organized training on that front via the Kipcaq/Mamlukes was very much the handbow.