Broken Arrow
No arrow was broken in the making of this article.
Recently, I watched a clip on youtube. It was a scene in a film war of arrows. The protagonist was making an arrow cradle for what appeared to be a perfectly normal arrow.
The good news about modern technology is that the internet will not only supply the entertainment but the explanation about the questions in the film.
So the arrow cradle was a Tong-ah. It was a Korean weapon but a few cultures also figured it out. So what was the purpose of the arrow cradle? Well, it fired out short arrows. You could notch a short arrow. You could draw the string back but you will hard time aiming it. The arrow cradle allowed one to guide the arrow to the end of the bow after the string was released.
So what was the benefit of the arrow cradle or the ability to fire short arrows? Short arrows flew longer. (Less mass)
But the real benefit was really in the battlefield. You could use broken arrows. You just needed to sharpen the shorten arrow and fire it back the enemy. Yes, fire back. The reason being the broken arrow was originally fired at the archer (intact but not all arrows survive the impact or the frequent reuse). If one could reuse an arrow, it was great. If not, an arrow cradle was a good way to reuse a broken arrow.
Secondly, the enemy could not fire the shorten arrows back. Game, set and match.
Recently, I watched a clip on youtube. It was a scene in a film war of arrows. The protagonist was making an arrow cradle for what appeared to be a perfectly normal arrow.
The good news about modern technology is that the internet will not only supply the entertainment but the explanation about the questions in the film.
So the arrow cradle was a Tong-ah. It was a Korean weapon but a few cultures also figured it out. So what was the purpose of the arrow cradle? Well, it fired out short arrows. You could notch a short arrow. You could draw the string back but you will hard time aiming it. The arrow cradle allowed one to guide the arrow to the end of the bow after the string was released.
So what was the benefit of the arrow cradle or the ability to fire short arrows? Short arrows flew longer. (Less mass)
But the real benefit was really in the battlefield. You could use broken arrows. You just needed to sharpen the shorten arrow and fire it back the enemy. Yes, fire back. The reason being the broken arrow was originally fired at the archer (intact but not all arrows survive the impact or the frequent reuse). If one could reuse an arrow, it was great. If not, an arrow cradle was a good way to reuse a broken arrow.
Secondly, the enemy could not fire the shorten arrows back. Game, set and match.
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