Kat said: > That being said, I'm still not clear to what extent the crossbow (outlawed > at some point by... the Pope? not sure... because it was so effective > against heavy armor [so I have to ask here - was the crossbow really more > effective than the longbow because of its massive draw weights, or some > other factor?]) firearms, and rapiers each influenced the outphasing of > heavy plate armor. I read somewhere that some archbishop, after watching a demonstration of the crossbow, declared that it was the most terrible weapon on earth and that it would end warfare completely. 640k ought to be enough for anyone, right?