Skeletons of users of this implement have been identified by deformed shoulder and arm bones on one side of their body, misshapen by the tremendous force--up to 900 Newtons--required to properly operate this implement.
Skeletons of users of this implement have been identified by deformed shoulder and arm bones on one side of their body, misshapen by the tremendous force--up to 900 Newtons--required to properly operate this implement. Its users had to train from childhood, but with an experienced operator it was vastly more efficient and accurate than its crank-operated or crude gunpowder Early Renaissance contemporaries. FTP, name this tall weapon used to especially great effect against bogged-down heavy cavalry by the Welsh and English, notably in 1415 at Agincourt.
Skeletons of users of this implement have been identified by deformed shoulder and arm bones on one side of their body, misshapen by the tremendous force--up to 900 Newtons--required to properly operate this implement.
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