Rapid Crossbow
I usually write about manual gunshot weapon, but in this article I will slightly change the specialization and try to make the material in a slightly different pattern. It will be a question of throwing weapons, namely a crossbow, but a crossbow with a design that is somewhat different from the already common variants, which has a higher rate of fire, albeit with its own nuances. I was interested in this sample primarily because it has rather compact dimensions during transportation and a relatively easy way to recharge, although this affects the maximum possible stiffness of the shoulders. Well, and besides this, I think that the topic will be quite relevant in the context of the wide use of bows and crossbows by the main movie heroes of foreign fighters. At the same time I will try and dispel a couple of myths about bows and crossbows, as there are quite a few misconceptions about them.
First of all it should be noted that the crossbow weapon is far from being silent, however, it depends on what kind of crossbow it is. In any case, those options that can compete with firearms in their effectiveness, when fired, create a noise level comparable to the slam of the car door when closed, so that, alas, silently do not fire. As well as it does not come out to shoot for many hundreds of meters. Even the most sophisticated samples can not provide the same range of fire that the poorest rifle. In general, samples that are not intended for room shooting can not compete with firearms, as the writers would not like. Although I do not argue that many of the hunting bow crossbows can hit a target no worse than a rifle at relatively short distances, but, to be honest, I wouldn’t have enough spirit to hunt a boar with such a weapon, although it is practiced in those countries where such hunting is allowed.
But let us return to the main topic of the article, namely to a multiply charged crossbow of increased rate of fire. The queue, of course, does not know how to shoot such a weapon, so the sample that Van Helsing has armed the Catholic Church in one of the movies can not be dreamed of, but still an interesting idea in its own way and has clear advantages over other designs. The basis of this crossbow steel turning shoulders. So, for cocking the weapon you need to take one of the shoulders and take it to itself until it stops, so that the string enters the clutch with the trigger shaft, at the same time the hollow drum of the weapon rotates on the surface of which the booms are mounted. After that, already with considerable effort, the crossbow's shoulders return to their original position and a shot can be fired. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of this sample will depend directly on the physical strength of the shooter, since here you can’t pull the string either with your back or weight, but with handles, so that, despite the significantly increasing rate of fire, the effectiveness of such weapons will be very, very small.
The second feature of this sample is that these same shoulders have the ability to fold. Each shoulder turns in such a way that both shoulders become parallel to each other upward, and after that they simply fit on the base of the crossbow. In addition, the crossbow has a retractable butt butt, which can also be pushed all the way, making the weapon really compact and easy to transport, especially in comparison with the classic crossbows.
Well, actually, the main idea was told, it is possible to sum up some kind of outcome. In general, I personally liked the design of such a crossbow, primarily the originality of the solution to the main problem of this weapon. On the other hand, the low effectiveness of the crossbow due to weak shoulders, increased wear of the bowstring due to friction make it a weapon, adapted only for recreational shooting, well, maybe even for hunting birds, but it is very unlikely that it will be worthwhile. It is also disappointing that in fact such a construction is devoid of further development. However, after some thought, the next thought on modernization came to my mind. And it consists in introducing a separate lever into the crossbow device, for the platoon, which would partially compensate for the force of the cocking due to its length, but the question of implementation and how much compactness will suffer from this remains open. In general, here and so briefly about one of the original ideas for weapons that are already many hundreds of years old.
First of all it should be noted that the crossbow weapon is far from being silent, however, it depends on what kind of crossbow it is. In any case, those options that can compete with firearms in their effectiveness, when fired, create a noise level comparable to the slam of the car door when closed, so that, alas, silently do not fire. As well as it does not come out to shoot for many hundreds of meters. Even the most sophisticated samples can not provide the same range of fire that the poorest rifle. In general, samples that are not intended for room shooting can not compete with firearms, as the writers would not like. Although I do not argue that many of the hunting bow crossbows can hit a target no worse than a rifle at relatively short distances, but, to be honest, I wouldn’t have enough spirit to hunt a boar with such a weapon, although it is practiced in those countries where such hunting is allowed.But let us return to the main topic of the article, namely to a multiply charged crossbow of increased rate of fire. The queue, of course, does not know how to shoot such a weapon, so the sample that Van Helsing has armed the Catholic Church in one of the movies can not be dreamed of, but still an interesting idea in its own way and has clear advantages over other designs. The basis of this crossbow steel turning shoulders. So, for cocking the weapon you need to take one of the shoulders and take it to itself until it stops, so that the string enters the clutch with the trigger shaft, at the same time the hollow drum of the weapon rotates on the surface of which the booms are mounted. After that, already with considerable effort, the crossbow's shoulders return to their original position and a shot can be fired. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of this sample will depend directly on the physical strength of the shooter, since here you can’t pull the string either with your back or weight, but with handles, so that, despite the significantly increasing rate of fire, the effectiveness of such weapons will be very, very small.
The second feature of this sample is that these same shoulders have the ability to fold. Each shoulder turns in such a way that both shoulders become parallel to each other upward, and after that they simply fit on the base of the crossbow. In addition, the crossbow has a retractable butt butt, which can also be pushed all the way, making the weapon really compact and easy to transport, especially in comparison with the classic crossbows.
Well, actually, the main idea was told, it is possible to sum up some kind of outcome. In general, I personally liked the design of such a crossbow, primarily the originality of the solution to the main problem of this weapon. On the other hand, the low effectiveness of the crossbow due to weak shoulders, increased wear of the bowstring due to friction make it a weapon, adapted only for recreational shooting, well, maybe even for hunting birds, but it is very unlikely that it will be worthwhile. It is also disappointing that in fact such a construction is devoid of further development. However, after some thought, the next thought on modernization came to my mind. And it consists in introducing a separate lever into the crossbow device, for the platoon, which would partially compensate for the force of the cocking due to its length, but the question of implementation and how much compactness will suffer from this remains open. In general, here and so briefly about one of the original ideas for weapons that are already many hundreds of years old.
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