![]() People were still coming up with new ideas for hunting crossbows, recreational crossbows, etc., etc. Even the high-quality crossbows of the time were incapable of piercing it, though they could dent it or knock you off your feet on impact.) I don't think you can vastly improve crossbow laths all that much, even with 18th and 19th century technological improvementsīear in mind, the crossbow was still under further enthusiastic development even long past its military prime. Some of the high-poundage laths used already in the 15th and 16th century were powerful enough to shoot a bolt through someone, or pierce through most lighter types of armour, with the major exception of plate armour. ![]() Even without any further mechanical tinkering. With improvements to steel manufacturing in the industrial era, providing improved steel quality, you could raise the potential performance of a steel crossbow lath a bit more. Like a good barrel is integral to a gun, so too is a good lath integral to later types of European crossbows. You can get good spring steel crossbow laths (bows), but even those from the OTL early modern era were already reaching the upper limits of their effectiveness as an integral part of military shooting weapons. This is also why revolvers were invented in the 16th century, but only became viable for mass production some three centuries later. The tech, materials and necessary economics just weren't there yet. You might as well ask why 15th century people didn't figure out Henry rifles. Compound bows being invented in OTL was a bit of a fluke, and fully relied on materials science advances and industrial manufacturing advances made in the 150-200 years prior, during the various stages of the industrial revolution. You could theoretically invent them in the 19th century, but they'd be more cumbersome and have potential issues with the cables acting as bowstrings. It's a good discussion, though one where there is a lot of ground to cover, and from multiple possible angles.Ĭompound bows designed and manufactured prior to the 20th century are a pipe dream. Am sorry I didn't react to this discussion earlier, though I was meaning to.
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