Which is better, a compound bow or a crossbow?

I think the compound bow shoots farther than the crossbow.

The longest range of compound bow and longbow is over 600 meters. Because it is mostly used for projectiles, the killing distance is basically about 200 meters.

Crossbows are more complex, such as hand crossbows and even crossbows, which are lighter, but the killing distance is about 20 meters; A crossbow, a crossbow (actually a crossbow), a crossbow can reach a distance of more than 500 meters, but because the crossbow has no tail feathers, it is difficult to have a aiming head beyond 100 meters.

Bow is the oldest projectile weapon. It consists of an elastic bow arm and a flexible bow string. When the force accumulated in the process of pulling the bowstring is released in an instant, the arrow or projectile buckled on the bowstring can shoot at the distant target.

Bows can be divided into "straight bows" and "curved bows". "Straight bow" is to string a straight piece of wood or bamboo; "Bending bow" is to bend curved materials with large curvature in the opposite direction and string them together to make them more elastic. In addition, according to the manufacturing method, bows can be divided into three types: single bow, reinforced bow and synthetic bow.

In ancient China, there was a bow with a string tensioning mechanism (crossbow arm and crossbow machine), which could be launched in a delayed manner. When the shooter uses it, he decomposes the string pulling and archery into two independent actions, without aiming at the same time, which significantly improves the hit rate compared with the bow. You can also use other forces besides arm strength (such as pedaling) to pull the string, which can reach a farther range than the bow.

Crossbow is a deadly weapon, which is widely used because it can be operated without much training. Even novice recruits can quickly become experts in using crossbows, with a high hit rate.