So cool that you reconstructed one in real life! Really interesting how you first showed the different types of crossbows in the region. The trigger mechanism looks very ahead of it's time. Loved the video man!
i would say they are about the same as a 1000lb european HORN crossbow. the steel crossbows are not even really medieval, it is more associated with late medieval history, a time period when gunpowder already started to replace crossbows. even the italian crossbowmakers at the time complained about steel craftsmen who stole their buisness for an inferior crossbow. the main advantage of the steel crossbow is its more durable than the composite ones...and of course its easier for modern people to make steel crossbows than horn crossbows
@@elchudcampeador5642 Yeah it seems we got a guy who confuse between pull weight and pull length. Hahaha I am more curious if you can design hybrid of both version. Like heavy composite crossbow with the aid of spanning device. Goat foots lever got mechanical advantage for about 30:1, with just 300 lbs composite crossbow you only need to pull 10 lbs. But the result would be immense more powerful than the heaviest western crossbow.
Its not just age of empires, also deadliest warrior and the kungfu magazines made the repeater a lot more famous than the humble but more powerful han crossbow
@@HistoricalWeapons lol I see you on the comments for AoE 2 channels now and then Deadliest Warrior was cool as a kid but now I can't help but shake my head at its historicity/methodology. Still dumb fun to look back on though.
@@HistoricalWeapons clothing, maybe autocorrect did something was trying to ask if u had the samurai bow that sounds like you me, I’m in love with that bow. Did u know that is native americans here in canada had a bow same design but very short with off centre handle. Reason why we did it is that it changes the trajectory to a straight one and u can aim with arrow. the other question was about the simplest design, i tried but the release is too awkward n hard to push, using my fingers along both edges worked well but I mean it needs a trigger or release mechanism.
@@mattconroy3918 hi regarding the simplest design it works for light bows up to 50lbs, anything more and it needs a trigger or else its too hard to flick with finger
Thank you for continuing this project! I can't wait to see the tests of heavier prods. Was the 95@31" Korean bow draw to 31" when mounted as part of the crossbow?
the korean is 31 for thumb draw and 31 for crossbow cuz at the time the stock was longer. im not surprised it had more fps cuz thumb draw with khatara by the way that carbon fiber machine is only 95lb but shoots faster than the 120lb wood+bamboo bow lol
Great video man! I’ve always wanted to know more about ancient Chinese army tactics, very little on the web about specifics like there are for the Romans. I think this weapon really makes so much sense when thinking about China’s historical relationship with northern nomads. It’s ability to adapt the common bows of the period into it and have it function perfectly makes repairs easy, and it’s relatively cheap so you can have two or three or 10 rice fed farmers shooting equivalently powered arrows at one nomad plucking from horseback.
yes historical records indicate the enemies of the chinese struggled against these crossbows. xiongnu and turkic cavalry armor was unable to stop these. they relied on hit and run tactics and ambushes instead to minimize the crossbow effectiveness. against chinese armor its difficult to say
You mention the Chinese crossbow dating back to around 600BCE, which is what I know of from the archaeological record as well, but an early writing, may be Spring and Autumn Annals IIRC, mentions the use of crossbows by the Zhou when they overthrew the Shang (though this was really just in passing and more as a reference to why it was "ok" to overthrow the Zhou, though they never succeeded, and less history). And it has always made me wonder; was this kind of like the early Greeks who wrote how the Homeric heroes fought, making things up entirely, or were crossbows actually already in use, probably without triggers or with a very simple design, as far back as like 1200BCE? You say this is "Han dynasty", but do you know when the design is from specifically, at least to century? I can only imagine in the about 400 years of Han rule crossbows went through a variety of experimental forms, like always happens with arms races, but the only changes I know of over time are use of harder, more Central China woods being imported up north. Xiong'nu technology, primarily horses but at least to some degree their bows, started to be adopted during the Han, is that 390# draw weight the one from the Han Dynasty armory from shortly after Wang Mang's short-lived dynasty, 50ish or something CE IIRC? Because I would imagine early Han crossbows wouldn't be nearly as powerful as once they had adopted Xiong'nu bow technology. You mention horn bows up in the northwest, but up in the northeast they were fighting against the Xiong'nu Confederacy too, I would imagine they would have adopted horn bows as much as they could too, no? Man, I could discuss the use of Chinese crossbows ad nauseum. My area of interest is primarily Rome and Greece, and as badass as I think they are and incredible as the Roman military was, I have no doubt the Chinese would have absolutely slaughtered the Romans because of this one piece of equipment. No armor, short of a lorica segmentata MAYBE is stopping an arrow from a 390# crossbow until the Middle Ages. I don't think even the Imperial era lenticular, rectangular scuta of the Romans, their "final form" if you will, could have held up long against the kinds of numbers of crossbows the Han put into the field.
@@HistoricalWeapons So the reference is just from memory, and it was a mention in History of China podcast, I think it was an episode on the Records of the Grand Historian, where he explain that Sima Qian was influenced by things like the histories of Lu and Jin, and mentioned that the reference to crossbows could be anachronism. He was basically explaining how Qian is like China's Herodotus, filling in the blanks with anecdotes and anachronisms rather than sticking to what we would now consider solid history. I kind of figured it was just "generic Han design" because the Han were really bad at keeping records of things that were just...everyday military minutia. Just like the Romans. And pretty much everyone until the Italian city-states. While I think you are right that geography, supplies and the like, would play a larger roll than anything in a war, I was speaking more about a battle. While I don't think the Chinese crossbows would cause many fatalities against Rome's heavy infantry, I think they could easily pin the infantry down, while obliterating any Roman cavalry and skirmishers. The Parthians against the testudo is a bit overstated though. Plutarch tells us that after an entire day of taking fire from the Parthians ~10-12k horse archers, most of the legionaries were still alive, though many were wounded through the hands, legs, and with facial wounds. This was absolutely enough to pin the Roman infantry down though, and the tactical benefit of that cannot be overstated; if your enemy cedes control of the field and all momentum, the battle is already nearly won for you. It is this reason I believe the Romans would be easily defeated; Rome had no answer to the Chinese crossbow because they couldn't field nearly enough horse archers to peel apart blocks of mixed ji/nu like the Xiong'nu did.
@@Nick-hi9gx the chinese crossbow could cause serious casualties. a typical parthian bow only does about 100 joules of energy. a 390lb@25 crossbow would generate around triple that energy. 100 joules of energy already penetrates shields. imagine what triple that can do
@@fatboy8420 dont forget a chinese bolt is shorter so the wood shaft could completely penetrate the shield and not shatter, unlike a long arrow that will continue to rub against the shield along the shaft, although the dimeter is large. its hard to say. 300 joules of energy is very possible with 390lb@25. in fact andreas bischer already made 300 joule european crossbow of horn composites 1200lb@ short powerstroke. in the end, i dunno why roman vs chinese keep getting discussed...lol they never met militarily. both empires adapt and had impressive generals and leadship to change tactics and equipment so its difficult to say but the easy answer is geography prevents either side from winning. against xiongnu cavalry those crossbows were devastating with Ji pike support. crossbowmen without pikemen are perfect targets for cavalry. pikemen without range support is perfect for horse archers.
@@fatboy8420 I think probably a Parthian bow would have to be fired at fairly close range to pierce shields, but reports say it absolutely did happen. So I can only imagine an arrow (does it become a bolt even if it is just being fired from a regular bow turned sideways?) with triple the power would be able to, on occasion, get through the shield enough to get into the arm beneath. Granted, this is why the umbo of a Roman scutum was steel, so it would have to come in at the right angle to get to the arm through the shield, but it WOULD happen sometimes. I think you would see a whole lot of life-threatening injuries, but more life-threatening from infection over the course of the next 2 weeks, without a ton of fatalities on the Roman heavy infantry from crossbows. But Roman auxilia would be sooooo fucked.
The crossbow is a Chinese invention. The first crossbows were found in China. and then it was used in middle east and europe. The chinese crossbow has the same trigger mechanism as the gun's trigger
Pretty sure it is more...Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is literally named after Zhuge Liang, "Chu Ko Nu" is a derivation of "Zhuge Nu", nu is just bow. Zhuge's bow.
hes talking about making it mainstream in western media, cuz 3K is relatively unknown in the west during this time, but age of empires, that is known by a much larger audience
they did have more pistol looking grips. my woodworking skills is miles away from the ancient woodworkers. my reproduction is a demonstration of what it generally looks but the intricate details are lacking. no stocks are needed because recoil is forward and then back. adding a stock would make it even more cumbersome and these are designed for volley fire not precision
The trigger with safety mechanism was from Zhan Guo period, and this kind of trigger with customized bronze case are rare even in that period. Most trigger system in Zhan Guo period are just three main parts fit in wooden case.
I doubt it was just bronze in wood, there must have been some bone or hardwood in between that decomposed as extra spacing since these wood parts wear out fast
What is the easiest working trigger, would u be able to make a diagram or help in some way, but be many crossbows, none of them had a suitable trigger.
Since 6 Dan (~387 lbs) consists of the majority most common of the Han inventory, when are you going to mount and make the standard 6 dan Han crossbow? I'm looking forward to it. Pew pew.
Brooooo, what happened to all your hitch hike videos? How's it going anyway, I watched your hitch hike videos 2 years ago and was wondering how you're doing
All have different purpose. Medieval European crossbows are more compact and it can be advantageous indoors. Thier shorter prods are easier to make. Their steel crossbows are also a lot more durable
@@HistoricalWeapons Huh, that is a fascinating idea. That essentially they were built with a tillering stick with the string JUST about to fire, so movement of an animal coming by will jiggle the string loose and loose the bolt? That makes a whole lot of sense, I love it!
In your opinion why did the Europeans restrict themselves to crossbows with short draw weights while the Chinese did not? Those were some mighty impressive performance by those Chinese crossbows!
i think the earlier european crossbows were also long powerstroke (for european standards), see some of the artwork of 10th century crossbowmen of europe, they used wood prods so the wood had to be long to be an effective weapon. the steel crossbow were short because steel is expensive and heavy. these later renaissance crossbow survived for 20th century archeologists to study the most, so our impression of european crossbows are short powerstroke steel crossbows when i reality that is a later invention after firearms
The crossbow has been invented separatedly in at least three places- China, Greece and the Congo basin (where the pygmies use it to this day for hunting)
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Good on you for not pointing out that the Chinese crossbows were about 3x as powerful as the European knockoffs. There's really no need for any sort of cringe historical elitism on the internet just because everything Chinese is better 🥹
Ironic posting a supremacist comment when your first name is Bruce in English. Both China and Europe have rich histories there is no need to denigrate either.
@@vgamedude12 Bruce Wang is a tribute to Batman. I also like Bruce Lee. Irony is you pointing out irony. Europe only has a few more centuries worth of history than the US. There's no comparison to China which has the best history in history. Stop searching for some middle ground that doesn't exist. The Middle Kingdom will continue to exist well beyond the expiration date of these barbaric upstart pretenders.
@@BWGPT I am so glad that you are writing this on the internet (invented by the Chinese during the Han dynasty), on either an Iphone or a PC (invented in China during the Song dynasty) in English (an ancient Chinese language), truly how can European inventions like antibiotics, rocketry or the radio compare with the Chinese crossbows
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So cool that you reconstructed one in real life!
Really interesting how you first showed the different types of crossbows in the region.
The trigger mechanism looks very ahead of it's time.
Loved the video man!
Omg it’s the legendary Epimetheus
thank you for watching
No way man, I used to watch your hitchhiking videos back in the day! Glad you're doing well
Haha I changed eh
It's interesting that these ancient crossbows seem to outperform later medieval ones.
i would say they are about the same as a 1000lb european HORN crossbow. the steel crossbows are not even really medieval, it is more associated with late medieval history, a time period when gunpowder already started to replace crossbows. even the italian crossbowmakers at the time complained about steel craftsmen who stole their buisness for an inferior crossbow. the main advantage of the steel crossbow is its more durable than the composite ones...and of course its easier for modern people to make steel crossbows than horn crossbows
A longer powerstroke is what does it.
@@HistoricalWeapons the chinese crossbow also has a very long draw weight lol, much more than any european crossbow
@@alifr4088 No? They have longer powerstroke, but the mean draw weight is lower.
@@elchudcampeador5642 Yeah it seems we got a guy who confuse between pull weight and pull length. Hahaha
I am more curious if you can design hybrid of both version. Like heavy composite crossbow with the aid of spanning device.
Goat foots lever got mechanical advantage for about 30:1, with just 300 lbs composite crossbow you only need to pull 10 lbs. But the result would be immense more powerful than the heaviest western crossbow.
excellent video man! Thank you for your existence.
Glad you enjoyed it!
any feedback?
Its not just age of empires, also deadliest warrior and the kungfu magazines made the repeater a lot more famous than the humble but more powerful han crossbow
good old OG days, i miss deadliest warrior, one of my favourite shows when i was a teenager lol. still playing AOE2
@@HistoricalWeapons lol I see you on the comments for AoE 2 channels now and then
Deadliest Warrior was cool as a kid but now I can't help but shake my head at its historicity/methodology. Still dumb fun to look back on though.
@@perrytran9504 ya it’s childhood fun back then we don’t understand the history either
@@perrytran9504 i still rember that scene when the chukunu penetrate the butted chainmail but the medieval crossbow bounched off the leather LMAO
this deserves more views
Impressive job making such a complex metal trigger mechanism.
unfortunately i didnt make the trigg. i contacted a machinist from china
keep up the good work
that is awesome, before i knew it existed i built one but couldn’t get the trigger right.
heavier M shape prod coming
Tunic?
@@mattconroy3918 no clothing
@@HistoricalWeapons clothing, maybe autocorrect did something was trying to ask if u had the samurai bow that sounds like you me, I’m in love with that bow. Did u know that is native americans here in canada had a bow same design but very short with off centre handle. Reason why we did it is that it changes the trajectory to a straight one and u can aim with arrow.
the other question was about the simplest design, i tried but the release is too awkward n hard to push, using my fingers along both edges worked well but I mean it needs a trigger or release mechanism.
@@mattconroy3918 hi regarding the simplest design it works for light bows up to 50lbs, anything more and it needs a trigger or else its too hard to flick with finger
Any chance you're selling a Han style crossbow like the one in this video?
Heck, a 360 pound prod with that longish power stroke would shoot like a demon.
Yeah for sure
360@25. not 28 inch
Thank you for continuing this project! I can't wait to see the tests of heavier prods. Was the 95@31" Korean bow draw to 31" when mounted as part of the crossbow?
the korean is 31 for thumb draw and 31 for crossbow cuz at the time the stock was longer. im not surprised it had more fps cuz thumb draw with khatara
by the way that carbon fiber machine is only 95lb but shoots faster than the 120lb wood+bamboo bow lol
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If you notice something is forgotten then it is no longer forgotten?
Yeah that’s the entire dilemma of Ian lol
@@HistoricalWeapons agrred
Great video man! I’ve always wanted to know more about ancient Chinese army tactics, very little on the web about specifics like there are for the Romans.
I think this weapon really makes so much sense when thinking about China’s historical relationship with northern nomads. It’s ability to adapt the common bows of the period into it and have it function perfectly makes repairs easy, and it’s relatively cheap so you can have two or three or 10 rice fed farmers shooting equivalently powered arrows at one nomad plucking from horseback.
Yes not only that you can mount heavier than humanly possible bows and span them with mechanical device to outrange horse archers
Cant wait to see your heaviest bows on this thing!
i dont plan to put the 300lb here cuz its d shape and would look out of place. i will put it on ming design yao kai nu
@@HistoricalWeapons What about the Tiron?
195lb, was it?
@@dan_the_dj 145@28
@@HistoricalWeapons my bad 😆
But still, impressive..
@@dan_the_dj yeah that tiron would probably outperform a 200lb flatbow
This video was quite educational 👍🏻
Would you say these han crossbows were effective anti armor weapons?
yes historical records indicate the enemies of the chinese struggled against these crossbows. xiongnu and turkic cavalry armor was unable to stop these. they relied on hit and run tactics and ambushes instead to minimize the crossbow effectiveness. against chinese armor its difficult to say
Good job, Jack. You might need these crossbows, since nuclear WW3 may kick off at any time, these days.
nah id rather stick to lars anderson style with horsebows. portable and fast
in ww3, you do lars anderson style and people still gonna complain its historically inaccurate
@@少年阳光 lol
Very nice! Awhile ago i saw that same design in a history show, very amazing crossbow and powerful powerstroke.
yes they are efficient but bulky, a tradeoff but worthwhile behind walls
You mention the Chinese crossbow dating back to around 600BCE, which is what I know of from the archaeological record as well, but an early writing, may be Spring and Autumn Annals IIRC, mentions the use of crossbows by the Zhou when they overthrew the Shang (though this was really just in passing and more as a reference to why it was "ok" to overthrow the Zhou, though they never succeeded, and less history). And it has always made me wonder; was this kind of like the early Greeks who wrote how the Homeric heroes fought, making things up entirely, or were crossbows actually already in use, probably without triggers or with a very simple design, as far back as like 1200BCE?
You say this is "Han dynasty", but do you know when the design is from specifically, at least to century? I can only imagine in the about 400 years of Han rule crossbows went through a variety of experimental forms, like always happens with arms races, but the only changes I know of over time are use of harder, more Central China woods being imported up north. Xiong'nu technology, primarily horses but at least to some degree their bows, started to be adopted during the Han, is that 390# draw weight the one from the Han Dynasty armory from shortly after Wang Mang's short-lived dynasty, 50ish or something CE IIRC? Because I would imagine early Han crossbows wouldn't be nearly as powerful as once they had adopted Xiong'nu bow technology. You mention horn bows up in the northwest, but up in the northeast they were fighting against the Xiong'nu Confederacy too, I would imagine they would have adopted horn bows as much as they could too, no?
Man, I could discuss the use of Chinese crossbows ad nauseum. My area of interest is primarily Rome and Greece, and as badass as I think they are and incredible as the Roman military was, I have no doubt the Chinese would have absolutely slaughtered the Romans because of this one piece of equipment. No armor, short of a lorica segmentata MAYBE is stopping an arrow from a 390# crossbow until the Middle Ages. I don't think even the Imperial era lenticular, rectangular scuta of the Romans, their "final form" if you will, could have held up long against the kinds of numbers of crossbows the Han put into the field.
"but an early writing, may be Spring and Autumn Annals IIRC, mentions the use of crossbows by the Zhou when they overthrew the Shang"
@@HistoricalWeapons So the reference is just from memory, and it was a mention in History of China podcast, I think it was an episode on the Records of the Grand Historian, where he explain that Sima Qian was influenced by things like the histories of Lu and Jin, and mentioned that the reference to crossbows could be anachronism. He was basically explaining how Qian is like China's Herodotus, filling in the blanks with anecdotes and anachronisms rather than sticking to what we would now consider solid history.
I kind of figured it was just "generic Han design" because the Han were really bad at keeping records of things that were just...everyday military minutia. Just like the Romans. And pretty much everyone until the Italian city-states.
While I think you are right that geography, supplies and the like, would play a larger roll than anything in a war, I was speaking more about a battle. While I don't think the Chinese crossbows would cause many fatalities against Rome's heavy infantry, I think they could easily pin the infantry down, while obliterating any Roman cavalry and skirmishers.
The Parthians against the testudo is a bit overstated though. Plutarch tells us that after an entire day of taking fire from the Parthians ~10-12k horse archers, most of the legionaries were still alive, though many were wounded through the hands, legs, and with facial wounds. This was absolutely enough to pin the Roman infantry down though, and the tactical benefit of that cannot be overstated; if your enemy cedes control of the field and all momentum, the battle is already nearly won for you. It is this reason I believe the Romans would be easily defeated; Rome had no answer to the Chinese crossbow because they couldn't field nearly enough horse archers to peel apart blocks of mixed ji/nu like the Xiong'nu did.
@@Nick-hi9gx the chinese crossbow could cause serious casualties. a typical parthian bow only does about 100 joules of energy. a 390lb@25 crossbow would generate around triple that energy. 100 joules of energy already penetrates shields. imagine what triple that can do
@@fatboy8420 dont forget a chinese bolt is shorter so the wood shaft could completely penetrate the shield and not shatter, unlike a long arrow that will continue to rub against the shield along the shaft, although the dimeter is large. its hard to say. 300 joules of energy is very possible with 390lb@25. in fact andreas bischer already made 300 joule european crossbow of horn composites 1200lb@ short powerstroke. in the end, i dunno why roman vs chinese keep getting discussed...lol they never met militarily. both empires adapt and had impressive generals and leadship to change tactics and equipment so its difficult to say but the easy answer is geography prevents either side from winning. against xiongnu cavalry those crossbows were devastating with Ji pike support. crossbowmen without pikemen are perfect targets for cavalry. pikemen without range support is perfect for horse archers.
@@fatboy8420 I think probably a Parthian bow would have to be fired at fairly close range to pierce shields, but reports say it absolutely did happen. So I can only imagine an arrow (does it become a bolt even if it is just being fired from a regular bow turned sideways?) with triple the power would be able to, on occasion, get through the shield enough to get into the arm beneath. Granted, this is why the umbo of a Roman scutum was steel, so it would have to come in at the right angle to get to the arm through the shield, but it WOULD happen sometimes.
I think you would see a whole lot of life-threatening injuries, but more life-threatening from infection over the course of the next 2 weeks, without a ton of fatalities on the Roman heavy infantry from crossbows.
But Roman auxilia would be sooooo fucked.
Many a times I have mistaken your voice for Henry from 9 hole reviews.
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as your in canada, you need to do a colab, with kevin hicks, the warwick bowman :)
this took u like 2 years to make bro
Awesome video. Very well done great research and well communicated. Great job dude!! 👏👏👏
crossbows were independently invented multiple times in different parts of the world.
he literally said that in the video mate
The crossbow is a Chinese invention. The first crossbows were found in China. and then it was used in middle east and europe. The chinese crossbow has the same trigger mechanism as the gun's trigger
The ancient Chinese crossbows dating to around 600 BC. while Europe and the Middle East only used it from the 4th century
you can thank AGE OF EMPIRES for making CHU KU NU famous
Pretty sure it is more...Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is literally named after Zhuge Liang, "Chu Ko Nu" is a derivation of "Zhuge Nu", nu is just bow. Zhuge's bow.
hes talking about making it mainstream in western media, cuz 3K is relatively unknown in the west during this time, but age of empires, that is known by a much larger audience
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why don't they have stocks or more solid grips which would have made them easier to aim
they did have more pistol looking grips. my woodworking skills is miles away from the ancient woodworkers. my reproduction is a demonstration of what it generally looks but the intricate details are lacking. no stocks are needed because recoil is forward and then back. adding a stock would make it even more cumbersome and these are designed for volley fire not precision
There is so much work out into this video!!!
thanks plz share it if you can
where can i share it. mainland people cannot see. taiwan people small percentage
I think the reason the repeating crossbow gets so much discussion is that it's uniquely Chinese, while regular crossbows made it all over Eurasia.
You can round out or thin out the string track to make the contact area as small as possible.
The trigger with safety mechanism was from Zhan Guo period, and this kind of trigger with customized bronze case are rare even in that period. Most trigger system in Zhan Guo period are just three main parts fit in wooden case.
I doubt it was just bronze in wood, there must have been some bone or hardwood in between that decomposed as extra spacing since these wood parts wear out fast
What is the easiest working trigger, would u be able to make a diagram or help in some way, but be many crossbows, none of them had a suitable trigger.
hi i dont recommend this one for simple trigger. i recommend roller nut of european design, it easier to make
@@HistoricalWeapons thank you neech!! means friend
I suppose the power loss can be compensated by accuracy when overall performance is considered
yes not to mention a hand bow can only go up to 200lbs. after that your legs are stronger and can reach 800lb
Thanks for the information
Since 6 Dan (~387 lbs) consists of the majority most common of the Han inventory, when are you going to mount and make the standard 6 dan Han crossbow? I'm looking forward to it. Pew pew.
awesome!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
When you said wahh, your chinese ancestors clapped in happiness lol.
who came here from his twitch?
Amazing work
Great info
thanks
Ancient Chinese crossbows were verry effective against and very feared by the Huns!
Awesome video
Thanks for the visit
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bro this video is legendary
nice work
How fast can you shoot this crossbow alongside lets say a longbowmen
How did you construct this? Wow.
check my DIY videos of han crossbow
Cool video!
Thanks for the visit
Could we use a big lever to reload quickly a powerful large draw length crossbow?
Too long
You can use windlass probably.
Brooooo, what happened to all your hitch hike videos?
How's it going anyway, I watched your hitch hike videos 2 years ago and was wondering how you're doing
Hi man I was applying for jobs so I private them temporarily
in regard of crossbows, undinieably the chenese made the best ones.
All have different purpose. Medieval European crossbows are more compact and it can be advantageous indoors. Thier shorter prods are easier to make. Their steel crossbows are also a lot more durable
What is the effective range on this
depends on the draw weight, they had 60lb-1000lb
@@zhangtony3372 Hmm but what is the range on the one you are using in this video.
id say about 200 meters is the range for shooting at infantry formations/cavalry formations, volley fire
@@HistoricalWeapons Wow that is pretty huge considering it isn't one of the giant draw weight crossbows.
@@Nick-hi9gx those giant draw weights are typically made of steel which is inefficient
bro thats awesome
impressive!
Why the chinese seem to have many unstocked crossbow variants? It seems to me you dont really see many in the west. Is it a horseback thing?
Because it’s already so long there’s no space for more buttstock
@HistoricalWeapons oh yeah I suppose it would be hard to draw if it was longer
lol he talks about africans being first to invent crossbow in stone age to make blak community happy
i genuinely think the stone age people who first invented bows invented the crossbows as hunting traps. no evidence
@@HistoricalWeapons Huh, that is a fascinating idea. That essentially they were built with a tillering stick with the string JUST about to fire, so movement of an animal coming by will jiggle the string loose and loose the bolt? That makes a whole lot of sense, I love it!
you cant even spell black community properly
@@Nick-hi9gx yeah such traps are proven to work with stone age tech. was it done? we cannot be sure
thats sick
The Chinese crossbow is lighter than a rifle...? Whhaaaa? THat thing look so thick and heavy...
lighter than some- guns
great work man
In your opinion why did the Europeans restrict themselves to crossbows with short draw weights while the Chinese did not? Those were some mighty impressive performance by those Chinese crossbows!
i think the earlier european crossbows were also long powerstroke (for european standards), see some of the artwork of 10th century crossbowmen of europe, they used wood prods so the wood had to be long to be an effective weapon. the steel crossbow were short because steel is expensive and heavy. these later renaissance crossbow survived for 20th century archeologists to study the most, so our impression of european crossbows are short powerstroke steel crossbows when i reality that is a later invention after firearms
Surely you mean draw lengths?
@@elchudcampeador5642 yea, typo
Varry interesting
do u have a simple design for good trigger
follow the vietnam design with side lever
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i bet the crossbow can kill 5 northern barbarians at the same time
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i did say that is my hypothesis as well, but we have no archeological evidence
Pygmies have one model
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The crossbow has been invented separatedly in at least three places- China, Greece and the Congo basin (where the pygmies use it to this day for hunting)
Romans laugh at this
romans and chhinese would never fight
im pretty sure romans would admire the trigger and stock design. but they would not use it in their military
Porque tanta palabra. Una imagen vale más que mil Palabras. Video muy aburrido, corto y cierro.
este video se centra en la historia de las ballestas chinas en ingles. es un video educativo similar a los libros de texto en la escuela. Si quieres ver videos emocionantes y no aburridos, hago muchos Shorts de TH-cam.
Good on you for not pointing out that the Chinese crossbows were about 3x as powerful as the European knockoffs. There's really no need for any sort of cringe historical elitism on the internet just because everything Chinese is better 🥹
Ironic posting a supremacist comment when your first name is Bruce in English.
Both China and Europe have rich histories there is no need to denigrate either.
@@vgamedude12 Bruce Wang is a tribute to Batman. I also like Bruce Lee. Irony is you pointing out irony.
Europe only has a few more centuries worth of history than the US. There's no comparison to China which has the best history in history.
Stop searching for some middle ground that doesn't exist. The Middle Kingdom will continue to exist well beyond the expiration date of these barbaric upstart pretenders.
@@BWGPT I am so glad that you are writing this on the internet (invented by the Chinese during the Han dynasty), on either an Iphone or a PC (invented in China during the Song dynasty) in English (an ancient Chinese language), truly how can European inventions like antibiotics, rocketry or the radio compare with the Chinese crossbows
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