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| (...) Historically speaking, a military longbowman had to be specially trained from a very young age - it's not a skill you can just pick up in a few months' training. Musketeers, on the other hand, could be conscripted at a moment's notice from the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| (...) I'm the one who started the move towards having LBow stats in BrikWars. When I was discussing them with Mike, I was only comparing with other bows. As I understand it, the big advantages a musket has are portability (a LBow is easily 6' long) (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| I'm not an expert, but I think that being proficient in the longbow was difficult, and it was much easier and faster to train soldiers to use muskets. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Howse" <jehowse@yahoo.com> To: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| Not particularly being a history junkie and being a bit of a lazy git. I'm asking a question here that I probably should be able to answer for myself. Anyway, What are the diffenences between a longbow and a musket in terms of range, damage caused, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| (...) say (...) That would also be the day I go back to school :-b.. I hope I do get to come to the next one; I'm already building ludicrously over armed mecha just in case you decide to bring your mortar again.. Greg "And my accomplace here is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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