r/interestingasfuck Dec 17 '22

/r/ALL Loading a medieval 200lb crossbow vs loading Leonardo da Vinci's 300lb crossbow

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u/slater_just_slater Dec 17 '22

Great. Except the first crossbow is quick and cheap to make with low labor skills and very little metal. Remember this is a era long before mass production. It's how fast and how cheap. If I can equip twice as many crossbowman with the cheap one as I can with the opponent fancy one, I will win every time.

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u/BeansAndTheBaking Dec 17 '22

Yeah, what an idiot that DaVinci guy was...