What is the range of the bow and arrow?

For a single bow, the English longbow has the longest range, and the estimated range of the medieval longbow is 160 meters to 220 meters. Modern longbow replicas can fire light arrows as far as 320 meters and heavy arrows as far as 250 meters. Of course, at a distance of 200 to 300 meters, the penetration of the arrow is already very weak. The so-called "can't be penetrated by Lu" can only be done with ordinary bows.

No matter how long the range is, the kinetic energy of the bow comes from the tension of the archer. The maximum tension that a good bow can bear is greater than that of a bad bow. The range of the bow basically depends on the archer's arm strength. If you want to shoot far, you have to work harder. So if you try your best to open your bow, ordinary archers can only stick to 12 or so, and then their strength is insufficient.

A crossbow is different from a bow. The crossbow can use the ratchet mechanism to store power, or it can be opened by stepping on it. By making full use of the waist strength, the crossbow can slowly wind up. This can accumulate more strength and have a longer range than the ordinary bow. Because the tension of the crossbow string is fixed, the range of the crossbow depends on the specific design of the crossbow. Because the cost of crossbows is high, and the greater the tension of crossbows, the slower the winding speed and the lower the firing rate, which is not necessarily cost-effective compared with bows, crossbows can only be used as weapons for a few soldiers in ancient wars.

Ancient and modern long-range weapons with sharp blades fired with bows. Bow consists of elastic bow arm and flexible bow string; Arrows include arrows, shafts and feathers. The material of the arrow is copper or iron (modern arrows are mostly alloy), the handle of the arrow is bamboo or wood (modern arrows are mostly pure carbon or aluminum alloy), and the feathers are carved, eagle or goose feathers. It is one of the important weapons used by the army and hunters.