Performance of Turkish Bows

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:59 pm

Also, Crusading archery was negligible at Nicopolis, where Bayazid played an average hand very well (his forces were somewhat weaker than those arrayed against him), and the Burgundians' failure to listen to heed Sigismund's warnings turned the battle on its ear. Ottoman tactics in this period were very similar to those of the English (or perhaps we could say that those of the English were a similar but much less mobile variant on that of the Ottomans).

I have always, always been surprised that nobody's made a movie out of this one, as there were heroic actions on all sides. Perhaps the actions of the Serbs on behalf of the Sultan are simply too politically incorrect nowadays. Anyway, the English longbow was a complete non-factor in that fight.

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:04 pm

Murat, what about 13th-century Kipcaq bows? I've been told that the Cuman weapons best equate to those of the Crimean Tatars, but perhaps that is later? Should I look to the C-T, or the Seljuks/Ottomans for parallels?

Thanks.