In medieval times crossbows with 1000lbs draw weights were pretty normal; but how powerful were they compared with modern crossbows?
Here I test a 960lbs medieval windlass crossbow and a 150lbs modern compound crossbow, side by side and compare the two and why they perform so differently.
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