|
Armbrust (Crossbow) is a German man-portable, shoulder-fired, recoilless, disposable anti-tank weapon. Armbrust fires a 67 mm calibre HEAT round with a muzzle velocity of 220 metres per second to a range of 300 metres and can penetrate more than 300 mm of armour.
 Research Armbrust
A bolted arrow was a blunt arrow used for shooting young rooks. The bolted arrow was fired from a crossbow.
Research Bolted Arrow
The crossbow (arbalist) is a bow fastened across a stock (hence the name
crossbow). The bow string was cocked and fired by way of a trigger, projecting a bolt. The crossbow was invented by the Normans but went out of fashion when the long-bow became popular, mainly because twelve arrows per minute could be fired from a long-bow compared to only three bolts per minute from a crossbow.
Research Crossbow
A gaffle was a steel lever used for bending (cocking) a crossbow.
Research Gaffle
Operation Crossbow was the Allied defensive measures adopted against flying bomb attacks on the British Isles.
Research Operation Crossbow
Bandook was British army Great War and Second World War slang for a rifle.
Bandook was old British slang for a musket.
Bandook was old British slang for a crossbow.
Research Bandook
Bundook was British army Great War slang for a rifle.
Bundook was old British slang for a musket.
Bundook was old British slang for a crossbow.
Research Bundook
|
The Probert Encyclopaedia was designed, edited and programed by
Matt and Leela Probert
©1993 - 2009 The Probert Encyclopaedia
Southampton, United Kingdom
|
|
|
Abbreviations
