blujay said:

At one point crossbows were banned at one point, but only specifically when used against Christians. They were deemed inhumane because they had superior penetrating power that could pierce a knight's armor and required dramatically less expertise to accurately use than a longbow. I think they had greater range, too.

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blujay said:

At one point crossbows were banned at one point, but only specifically when used against Christians. They were deemed inhumane because they had superior penetrating power that could pierce a knight's armor and required dramatically less expertise to accurately use than a longbow. I think they had greater range, too.

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composite bows such as the Manchu bow are designed for use with heavy arrows
which also great for penetration against the armor of the day, it was even
capable of penetrating what was considered some of the toughest armor known as
'mountain armor' which was interwoven steel plates, the korean bows were
designed for velocity