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> the compound bow wasn't invented until 1966

Err.. doesn't the Mongol bow count? I distinctly recall reading how the fact that it was made of multiple materials made it a lot more lightweight and efficient than bows made out of one piece.

EDIT: NVM, I confused "compound" for "composite"

EDIT2: And this passage on Wikipedia explains my confusion

> In literature of the early 20th century, before the invention of compound bows, composite bows were described as "compound".[2] This usage is now outdated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_bow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_bow



"The last recorded use of the longbow in war was by British Lt. Col. Jack Churchill, who used it to kill a German soldier in World War II"

That sounds distinctly like something from a Neal Stephenson novel...


It's a pity that's how the naming went. I would kept "Compound Bow" for the multiple materials bows and called the new bows "Pully Bow"s...




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