Late in the Western Roman Empire they developed a hand spanned crossbow called an arcuballista, that consisted of a wood or composite bow on and a short stock with a hand grip on the butt end and used a rotating nut trigger system. The design is taken from two stone reliefs of the weapon.
This medieval crossbow is typical of many 15thC munition quality war crossbows so it is plain and rather blocky. Bow irons came in around 1400 though lashing was also still...
This crossbow is typical of many medieval 15thC munition quality war crossbows so it is plain and rather blocky. Bow irons came in around 1400 though lashing was also still...
This medieval crossbow is typical of many 14thC munition quality war crossbows so it is plain and rather blocky. Bow irons came in around 1400, so this crossbow only comes with...