Ah, you intended the Mongol to be on horseback... well explained.
Well what are the circumstances? Is the Mongol rider charging straight at the Longbowman? At what distance and speed? Are they stationary? Who fires first?
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they are talking about different things though, the mongols only had to hit a stationary target at 500m, and the English page says that by Edward III's time, no range was under 400yards for the English.
I don't have an opinion either way, but I'm quite surprised about the mongols range.
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I was surprised as well, that is an amazing range.
Good point, archers wouldn´t be shooting at each other in battle, they are normally behind the lines and used in an artillery sort of way to take out the foot soldiers and cavalry.
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Weren't English Lowbowmen generally just peasants with bows? Of course they were also trained every day on archery so that could cancel it out - but Mongols were a very warrior-esque race of people, and the typical Mongol archer rode on horseback, so if the English Longbowman missed it could prove very fatal for him seeing as how the horse could quickly close the gap - and if both parties missed the horse could also just trample the man.
However, as was stated above, Longbow definitely outranges the composite bow, but Mongols have more speed due to the horse ... hmm, I'm going to have to say...
The Longbowman, just due to his superiour range and power of the longbow. He could easily get in two or three more shots before the Mongol could even come into range.
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