King: Very well. Let me reward you. Sir Ilyn, bring me his head!

@@timothyswag3594 And that's how a Lannister king was transformed into a porcupine . . .

Dont forget Joergs signature bellowing laugh “HA HA HA!” Always three. Always wonderful

He would have been burned for witchcraft.

@@phantomarbiter176 imagine that sound echoing thru the long and dark alleys in a castle. You sure will run

Don't forget the laugh. *:)*

Thats not germanian.

@@turkoositerapsidi That's where you're wrong

@@onionring1531 Looks more lik english.

This fucking killed me XD

Not too late if added in games

Well if you look at modern archery, there have been plenty of improvements. Compound bows and such

only one way to pass a gun ban, frame it as a return to swords and bows

Not quite too late, ever heard of Mad Jack? We can do it again.

Arrows go through sandbags better than a lot of bullets.

Thanks for your support!

Yeah it has like an organic feel . Like we are learning with the host .. not just being explained at

I watched the whole thing because the good feeling that the presenter gave to his presentation.

and it's never too late to start something new.

Thanks, oh great engineering wizard!

I'm sure there are a load more "what if" devices you can both come up with. This was a very unexpected, but fantastic collaboration!

Have you patented this? Could it even be patented? I think I need to subscribe to your channel.

@@dbmail545 if you see one of his latest video, he goes into detail about why he wont patent these ideas. Sad, but thats the reality :(

You should send him the improved version to try out.

This is glorious! I will have to work this into my next game of D&D...

@Evi1M4chine Lol yeah, I kind of do, since English is not my native language. But you are right, that apostrophe was incorrectly placed by me. I hope that whatever people speak the first foreign language you are learning (if you do learn any) will be just as friendly and relaxed as you are now ;-)

@Evi1M4chine Also, I know festivities, but festures? Must be frickin festive... LET ME SHOW YOU 'TIS THE FESTURES!!!

@Evi1M4chine do you not fucking watch JoergSprave

for some reason mid way through this all i could think of was Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Tim the Enchanter saying "Get On With It!"

Very cool- this comment should be pinned!

Arrow guides, solenarion, tong ah whatever you call them aren't really like this though, they look similar but it is far far weaker and can be at sraw length

He makes a prototype of this on the slingshot channel for a historian.

It's still up for debate what the Solenarion actually *was* if I remember correctly. I've heard arguments for it referring to crossbows (Which seems to have some water, given the strange lack of historical records of Byzantine usage of Crossbows.) As far as I know, if the Solenarion is indeed an arrow-guide for a bow, it wouldn't function in a way terribly similar to Joerg's piece.

no it didn't allow a soldier to fire anything. You don't fire arrows, you loose or shoot an arrow. You fire bullets or cannon.

arrows are not cheap !

"Let me show you it's features!"

@@invadervim9037 "Ah ah ah ah aaaahhhhhh!"

@@invadervim9037 Yes, followed by ominous sounding laughter without the pinky...

@Terncote you must think not just the production the transport of more arrows is not Easy as well . if the arrows hit nothing there are offen just Wasted .

"The last thing the enemy hears is Joerg’s laugh"...........as SIX arrows pierce their bodies in V quick succession...."it can hold seven but the manufacturer only recommends six". LMAO.

redrock1963 yeah that made me chuckle too...maybe 8 with a squeeze 😉😊

As I bleed out on the battlefield, I hear a low chuckle in German... "It hits with authority!"

@@redrock1963 exactly hahaha.😂😂

"Let me show you it's features!" *unloads machine gun of arrows, laughing like a madman*

*Agincourt.....home...'least till I fucked errytang up*

Very late to the party but I feel like considering the device is also not entirely part of the bow, you could probably not attach it and simply hold it. Backline supporters could easily simply bring another loaded magazine to the rider thus cutting down on reload time. Similarly to how you can simply give someone a spare magazine for a rifle when they run out.

@@libsoric6693 as this device is build you need to detach the string and reatach it to change the magazine. but it looks like it could potentially be build with an open end for a faster magazine switch.

@@manakaua8369 it is probably easier to design an equivalent to a clip of bullets for reloading the magazine.

Oh yeah, the famous return volley with mates

It was uncontrollable!

5:36 is pretty much it

As opposed to 6 dead horses?

You are describing the XV century war wagons used during the Hussite wars.

Ever see the horse powered train? Pretty cool. And no, they didn't just drag a train down a track, they walked on a treadmill!

@@Imman1s Hey thanks for mentioning this! It sent me down a spiral of wikipedia pages, and it was awesome how some big names also came up during my wikipedia research on the Hussite wars. It's awesome how much influence some people had back in the day. Even cooler is that the events of Kingdom Come Deliverance make even more sense now (as in I know more about the historical background)

@@cassu6 Well, Jan Hus is explicitly mentioned during one of your dates with Theresa and again during father Godwin's sermon quest. Never underestimate KCD quest for historical authenticity and if you are interested in the background history, the codex is an excellent starting point. All relevant characters are based on actual historical figures and even relatively mundane issues discussed in the game are actually accurate. Also, I can't wait for a continuation of the story covering the Hussite wars. Defending Bohemia against the Crusaders and kicking arse against all odds is the perfect setting for a game. The knowledge that such game would be based on a true story would be simply the cherry on the top.

Actually Engilsh are more Viking than Germans :D

@@Oglumen Yeah. They would split hairs about it too. What with their inherited Dane axes and all ...

@Andrés Valverde And at what point did slingshots enter the picture?

@Van Ivanov 5:36

You forgot the very menacing but important " HA HA HA! " at the end.

The man is amazing

Yeah but it doesn’t assist even you’ve got the bow at it’s maximum draw. In fact it helps most when the bow is at its minimum and helps less and less as you draw it

How does it work?

@@MyCommentsRMaturelol go check slingshot channel, lots of fun there. Basically he installed counter-bow to the bow. Sort of.

@@GuinessOriginal Yes, nothing is for free and in the end it's just shifting energy around. But what matters is that biomechanically and biochemically, it makes it easier to use the bow of a given draw weight.

Crossbow in 40 watt range

*RPK with a long bayonet*

a pea shooter cant penetrate shit. so a kids play toy. So of no use in the mediewal world at all.

AK-47? What would you do with it when out of bullets?

Kalashnikov

@@alfiewebb9402 yes, that's what the K stands for. Good job!

Nah Joerg would not be that simple it would more along the lines of: Joerg: Okey no problem, I call her Lucy! Customer: but...... Joerg: Let me show you it features, hahahahaha

@@ibahalii653 sounds like joerg's going off the deep end... again.... get the ballistic gelatin so he can cool down

I totally read that in Joerg's voice lol

HA HA HA

Haha slingshot channel is fun

Logistics would be a bitch tho.

repeated bow is not new, the chinese had them for centuries, the problem with them is their range is shorter, they are design as shock weapon (think of them as SMG), in a ranged exchange you want range, which is why they design the longbow, to give their archer abit more range(think of them as rifle). if your arrow can't reach the enemy, they are not going to kill anyone. the machinery in a repeated bow can never outdraw a human since it is design to be operated with very little energy since it operator need to fire many shot, if you make the draw use as much energy, your archer would be too tired to use it.

Koreans designed short bolt shooting from long bow. No return fire and faster.

Lars Anderson has a series of videos where he shows how to rapid fire shortbows using different cultures' techniques (Comanche is different from Saracen for example). Granted, the shortbow has a range that's about a third that of the longbow, but Lars has proven it's possible to fire 5 arrows in the air at the same time with accuracy from a shortbow.

It does not give that significant ROF increase - I am quite sure a trained archer could do it just as fast. Also, the device makes the bow less wieldy and requires rather inconvenient reloading procedure after several shots. It could have some niche application, but I doubt it could "change history".

@Dr.FragensteinM.D. not anywhere near as fast as these bows though

The Version that was send to shadiversity is a much bigger Gamechanger. But its more complex.

@@MaugriMGER This one is less prone to failure though (not saying that necessarily has to be a problem with Shads model, but there's less force involved here.) Both are very impressive and I do believe Joergs argument that reliability could be improved with better production quality for Shads bow.

@@irispettson MHTVs model isn't a gamechanger, because it is, simply put, a toy. A proof of concept. As mentioned he used a hunting bow, nothing that can really be used in a military function, so yeah it's less complex and less prone to failure, but it's also useless except for demonstration purposes.

Yes, remember that the roman legions weren't trained for very long before sending them into combat, but were fine because of the group tactics. And we all know how those guys ended up changing Europe's/ north african /middle Eastern map.

You didn't get it from the thumbnail?

Holy Roman Empire. holly is a type of plant, my friend, and quite a festive one during the Yuletide.

Me too. I even knew it was going to be this magazine

Joerg is a German Elon Musk... He'll be putting stuff into orbit soon.

"Let me show you its features"

repeating rifles and breach loaders were given to cavalry as a force multiplier. The traditionally fought dismounted and quickly engage and break off. I imagine this bow used the same way.

The repeating rifle: Just a scheme by Big Saltpeter!

A legitimate concern. Couldn't exactly overnight some more ammo back then. I imagine a similar issue had such a device been used. A quiver (24 arrows) could be shot at an alarming rate. A quiver might last a medieval archer up to 2 minutes through normal fire (and if he was particularly fresh). This device would make a quiver last barely 30 seconds. Not so bad if there's a load of quivers nearby but over a long campaign it would be unsustainable.

The issue would be retaining the zero, as bows while flexible do change as they are used, but it'd be a killer invention that would have made armies much less a hassle to train, now imagine Genghis Khan or his descendants gained this technology as they were moving westward. I doubt it would change much as the Europeans would have the technology, but it might change how the middle east was conquered.

LOL. Where have I heard that before.

lately he's been shying down with his trademark lines, but I'm sad about that. I want to make the trademark chuckles and lines like it's a theme song!! so what if it takes practice!! it's just a better show when he has the gusto.

you forgot to mention it with Joerg laugh hahahahahaha

tsmspace He is aware of that sentiment. His latest post is in response. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLaBgbCk09utaIk.html

Andrew Smith you could say the same thing about hand cannons

I see this as like an assault river. Less powerful but more volume at a shorter range. I suspect that you could have produced easier to train archers. Good ambush weapon. In some ways a way for the French to combat the English. Lots of lower skilled archers defending village against raiders.

You are right. As soon as you run out of bolts, detach device and start shooting back your enemies arrows.

Thats good. Props man thats an amazing point

Plus. If you were in a seige you could just have detachable magazines and fire insanely quick while your squires reload you magazines.

Another advantage this has over crossbows is how easy it is to unstring and restring it, which would be necessary to keep the string dry in case of rain. (Just something I read on Wikipedia's page about Genoese Crossbowmen.)

The thing that strikes me though, is this: The short bolt length and repeating fire capabilities come in handy at short ranges (compared to a longbow). Presumably, with some angry people heading your way, with the intent of doing uncharitable things to you. Assuming you just finished shooting all your arrows at those people, are you really going to have time to fasten the magazine to your longbow until they get to you? Now, you could argue that you're only supposed to use this in pre-planned situations, when you know that you're going to be deployed in short range (such as an ambush or a siege). But then the length of the longbow becomes a drawback. A shorter bow would work just as well with this length of bolts. And it'd be easier to use in confined quarters (hiding in the woods, or perched on a clifftop, or on a rampart). Not to mention, it would be easier to use a shield with a shorter bow length. But, then, it'd be practically a repeating crossbow for all practical purposes. So why not just bring one of those instead? This has practically the same problem that *all* multi-tools have. Yes, it works, but there are simpler tools that work just as well, and you can only use it for one thing at a time. As an individual weapon, for someone who could afford to commission a magazine and the bolts, it might be a fancy novelty to show off to your mates. Might even work well for hunting. As a weapon to be used en masse? I think it'd be safer and more convenient to issue every man a repeating crossbow in addition to the longbow. I suspect that a crossbow would only be marginally more expensive than this device.

"HA HA HA HA HA"

Read as said

Please explain

@@theduchyofmilanball3157 there's a German who makes crazy crossbows

@@theduchyofmilanball3157 The guy who made this thing's catchphrase is basically "Let me show you its features".

The mongols did it well, the Japanese… well they tried.

@@ConernicusRex wdym

@@ConernicusRex The mongols didn't do this. They were using shorter recurve bows

especially since most of the time archers weren't trained as individuals but as a group of 50 or more because it takes a lifetime to get enough accuracy to shoot across the battlefield at an individual while they are charging with any sort of accuracy, so they were trained to shoot as a mass so you would hear 50 to 100 bows click together

Unless it was the first shot fired, you probably would not hear it.

Its like cocking a loaded gun lol.

Modern Olympic archers use a device called a clicker which makes a noise once the arrow passes a certain point to help with consistency between shots.... so this adds a modern archery development accidentally

Raider Thatcher reference?

I thought he was talking about Leonardo Da Vinci!

Let me.. Explain how this actually works. Now I'm disappointed.

As it opens it unleashes joyous laughter

I tnink a Westphalian peasant revolution could have stopped the Hundred Years War by defeating the Hanseatic League then going on to crush the Plantagenets and the Valois, if Jörg had been there.

@@pattheplanter Yes. Especially with the new upgraded version.

absolutly not... a crossbow would have been much better than this... way more portable and way more powerfull

​@@nicoloserri6071 I'm gonna say no to you aswell. cause explaining 'why' would take up my day, but you're wrong too aswell and I also accept your criticism for the portable part.

@@brovusmarillian3303 the why the hell did you even post?

@@nicoloserri6071 Let me Explain~ In some Alternate way that *'If'* this Bow device was created before the crossbow was even invented? There would have been More advanced versions of this being put on Historical Evidence that Tapestries today show what Knights wore or what they used in Combat. Just like today when you look up Historic Tapestries made by England, you see many different types of crossbows in use. Also I can pretty much damn well post what I think woulda been cool if this Device came before the Crossbow.

I think a hybrid between the 2 would have evolved. A ratchet that allowed the string to be drawn in 5 cycles and then firing the bolt.

You should see the upgraded one. He has made improvements and it is even easier to use now.

Several opportunities. So disappointing!

He did say it

4:26 he tries to do the laugh at least.

Actually I feel it's pretty obvious that he is intentionally avoiding saying that.

He did kiiiiind of say it.

Right? You could even stagger it. 2 lines sending arrows out while the third takes the time to reload from a quiver. It's only six shots and wouldn't take too long to do, so by the time the first line runs out, the next is loaded and ready to go. A formation firing this in a staggered pattern could sustain a constant rate of fire

@@VegetaLF7 sure, but they would have been out of arrows after 2 min ;)

@@VegetaLF7 sounds like muzzle loader drill :-)

@@ParanoidMaster and out of enemies in 2mins lol

You’d rapidly run out of arrows, you’d need much bigger logistics and supply lines and manufacturing, all of which would need paying for and protecting,, so it would get complicated and expensive

That's one of his best features

Just reading this made me laugh like him.

Augerman lol so true. I believe he was originally the owner of a very successful British game development studio, but now he focuses primarily on this type of thing. Literally living the dream, and I'm glad that he shares all of this awesome stuff and information with us in the videos!

Fairly certain he still works at said gaming studio. He does this in his off time. Makes me think I mismanage my time.

Kakashi Okazaki ah yeah looks like you were right. Idk why but I thought he had sold the company or something.

@@KakashiOkazaki Aha! I was quite shocked when I saw him in the footage of a videogame documentary video I was watching but I wasn't 100% sure that it was him. Now I know!

I would argue Jeorg is the happiest

Would you not laugh in such a way if somebody handed you that device? i know i would...

It’s the essence of german engineering that tickles your very soul

@@ibahalii653 probobaly

@@aaron-gz that was probably what spawned wwii

It's like a passive stat effect on a D&D item; "All weapons and artifacts crafted by JeorgSprave cause the user to chuckle uncontrollably whilst in use."

Yeah, its greatly improved from this.

True

Not really Invented more developed. Dont forget the Chinese chukonu.

@@dazaspc his most recent designs aren't at all similar to the chukonu, other than the fact that they're both repeating bows. I think it's fair to say that the pump action bows are an original design.

Red dot sights and laser sights are two different things.

There's a similarly inaccurate assumption about the samurai as well. I think the aristocratic and romantic status of these historic warriors gives them a conservative and static reputation

@@Rynewulf People forget that there were Samurai on both sides of the Satsuma Rebellion. Some of them were perfectly happy to wear western uniforms and officers' epaulets in the service of Emperor Meiji.

Firearms???

@@guilhermehx7159 Firearms(as we know them) have been around since the early 1400s.

@@draconite1018 yes, that i know! But knights being the first ones to adopt them i doubt. Foot soldiera were the first to use them. The hand Cannon and musketa were used by foot soldiers or mercenaries. Knight didnt like firearms for they "would remove the glory of them". They didnt want an ordinary man to shoot them down easily. One knight even wrote that the gun was a devil's invention

Georgius Spravius von Zwuschelheim

Archimedes: Eureka! DaVinci: Learning never exhausts the mind Joerg: *Let me show you its features!*

@@diegoveloso3rd +creepy hearty laugh

And all books would be written in german.

Unfortunately not even close.

My thoughts exactly😊👍

I'm quite interested in how the mule has been doing.

the mule voted labour ( small brain and all) and is currently not a happy camper

the Greeks were playing with steam powered toys and gadgets. imagine if they had envisioned it powering a ship or other vehicle. and the rumor that they had built a large polished mirror to use the sun's energy to light ships on fire which there have been a few recreations made and it is very plausible

@@daxconnell7661 i sense they knew the potential, but i also sense there is more to the industrial revolution than just inventing the steam engine, i assume many other inventions and many social factors had to be just right.

probably did 😂🤣it's humans smashing that is the obstacle not the great ideas. I currently have a design for a new type of laser.

@@strangescience3414 burn him! It's a wharlock! Witch! Witch!

@@coreymerrill3257 yeah that. my brother accused me of being a witch when I was drinking tea and holding singing notes to clear my throat 🤦‍♂️just imagine how much we've lost. smh

yes sorry, I thought it would be impolite to use his catch-phrase, LOL!

I was literally waiting for that phrase through half the video. Especially since we came quite close three times I think.

@@ModernKnight Canadian?

@@ModernKnight It is a tribute to his work, you can't go impolite by saying it and crediting him.

bwhahaha

"B-baka, it's not like I want you to show me its features or anything!! -B-But please show me its features..."

I'd watch that~

I feel pity for the poor generic soldiers that Joerg would crush with his feature-rich weaponry

The crazy weaponmaker in a Konosuba style isekai.

Bruh, that would be awesome.

I actually watched Shadiversity and Sprave's back and forth about the Instant Legolas then this got recommended for me. Looks like I have a new channel to watch! :)

😂

Totally agree, he's clearly an expert of his own sector, and as every other expert, you automatically have to ignore other things. In this case modern firearms and modern sighting systems. 😅

@@j.c.d.3399 Gee, I have the same Van Gogh's painting (a reproduction, obviously, sadly) hanged on my wall. I love it. 👌

I liked "calibrating" when he should have been referring to zeroing.

You people are hilarious in thinking the difference between calling a red dot laser sight a "red dot" or a " laser", or calling "zeroing" "calibrating" is in any way shape or form any indication of expertise XD You're just anal, not experts.

Long time required for archer training was mainly due to intuitive aiming one needs to develop - you need a lot of practice to reliably hit remote targets taking into account the wind etc. For this you need to fire a lot of shots. As you fire a lot of shots you also naturally practice getting the arrow from your quiver and nocking it. So the device that automates quiver and nocking process would indeed eliminate the need to learn it, but it would have no effect on time required to develop aiming intuition, so it would not save training time. Hard to tell for certain, but it is very likely that this improvement would do virtually nothing as trained archers could ready the next arrow very fast after shooting the first one.

I think that was Nu Sensei? great channel

@@ModernKnight Nu Sensei actually said he thought it wouldn't have been that practical, but mostly in context of skilled asiatic archers. It does seem to do a lot for longbows in the mounted archery department and it could fill the same role as a crossbow, but cheaper - aka. unskilled users would have a great advantage with it, compared to using a regular bow.

@@GamelessOne i get the point of the trained asian archers not seeing it as practical, but its just as you also said it would reduce the incredibly difficult task of spending years training archers down to a few months at best; the possibilities are incredible in terms of producing more troops and more likely they would of spent the extra time in hand to hand training. allowing soldiers to be more versatile. i.e. you wouldn't have a regiment of melee and another for archers you could have your entire army doing both which would skyrocket your forces lethality

Well there would still be the strength training to reach warbow level of at least 90-100lbs which this device wont help with.

@@GamelessOne i dont even know what they would do to build strength back then besides intensive farmwork or possibly stone lifting

Thee, bro. "Show thee".

how long before you're fighting against your own weapons though? the boys in the back room?

Who else would love stick Jorg, Da Vinci, and Archimedes in a room together with some translators?

Well, I mean, the Chinese made repeating crossbows back in the early iron age so I don't think he'd be conquering them.

Andrés Valverde umm I THINK you mean black powder....

More likely he would have been robbed or swindled by his local lord and not payed a single coin.

The Cumans definitely used bows from horseback, but the Magyars were using mounted archery for hundreds of years before the Cumans ever considered migrating into Hungary.

Kcd intensifies

The Japanese ended up inventing an asymmetrical longbow specifically for horseback use. You hold it about 1/3 of the way up so that you're not poking the horse with the bottom of it as you draw.

@@colbunkmust but the Mongols did most of the Cuman confederation in, sad to say.

@@mckittensificationit's hard to be sympathetic to the Cumans since they had a history of pillaging their neighbors lands for hundreds of years prior to the Mongols. I'm sure that the Byzantines, Bulgars, Hungarians, Kievans and Poles probably thought the subjugation of Cumania to be Karmic irony. Also, many Cumans and Kipchaks joined the Mongols in their conquest of Eastern Europe.

Honestly I'd just call it a "surewood."

"I call this the piecemaker"

I Like the warbow Version of shadiversity more.

lol, thanks!

Chris Dively I pondered on ‘Dave’ first, he looks a bit like my cousin - not a well favoured man; then ‘Marengo’ , realised as that was Napoleons horse it probably wouldn’t go down well (Lol) ended up suggesting Sancho Panza, then realised he was the manservant to a delusional knight so that probably wouldn’t have gone down well either (oops) but I could live with Jasper. I also need to know what he’s called his Mule, I’m well over invested Lol

I vote "Rocinante"

Same question! I want to hear more about the mule. He seemed like such a hard-working sweetie.

He's named it 'Elmer'.

We the people, demand to see the mule! please, pretty please😊 Also how did that bit work out? We need answers! I'm way overinvested in this, aren't I ?!😁 Maybe name the mule Camión the Spanish word for truck or Corcel which means steed but is also a car!

No. You get purposely misleading alien nonsense and a scripted antique roadshow knockoff and you'll like it.

I still find it a little insulting to our ancestors that these "historians" believe our ancestors were incapable of carving stones into spheres. I'm not upset or anything but they act like the humans before us were stupid. You don't survive ice ages by being an idiot. I think they need to get out of their musty offices and try some historical stuff like the man in this video. It may give them at least a little perspective.

@@isaiahcampbell488 too right, I think people at that time were as smart as we are today. They were just further behind in technological Advancement.

We need a new history channel. Just like in history, to create a dynasty you need to murder and plunder the old leadership. Honestly who wouldn’t want a history channel cue, and a historically appropriate violent one at that.

I've been watching a little bit of "Found" on the History Channel, where archaeologists travel America looking at historic artifacts random people have found and determining if the artifacts are interesting or not. It's kind of comical in a way, as they lead the people into saying all kinds of things. Archaeologist: "So, where do you think this artifact came from?" Owner: "Well, there were Native Americans in the area, so I figure this was a piece of ceremonial jewelry or something." A: "In our research, we found that Chinese explorers may have reached this area. And at the depth you said you found it, it would place them here before Columbus." O: "Wow! Really?" A: "If this belonged to Chinese explorers, it would be the first proof of Chinese explorers reaching the Americas before Columbus. What do you think?" O: "That seems pretty crazy if you ask me. But it'd be neat" A: "So we took the artifact back to the lab to see if the owner was right about this artifact being from ancient China!" In the show's defense, at least in the first season, you can tell the Archaeologists don't buy the crazy they're trying to push either (a few times you can see them half-smirk at some of the nonsense). But somebody higher up seems to have to told them they have to make things more exciting to keep people watching.

Me too. When I saw the thumbnail, I thought two guys from two channels I really like together in spirit if not in body.

Jörg: shoots something Also jörg: hahahahaha

Now he is up to version 3, works by rotating a handle and shots up to 30 arrows automatically.

At least when at fairly close range.

@@garethbaus5471 . Well he did say he was a newbie to the weapon.

@arnold jayeola Actually, it would not be hard to carry another bow of the same size so that you can shoot their arrows.

@arnold jayeola could make a cut on the top that will have an arrow rest on the device

@@keshlalish5586 or just make some kind of clamps to attach the device that you can release after you shoot all arrows. Or you can cut off strings with a knife. Since you only get their arrows, you won't be needing the device since your arrows are not flying back.

This is essentially what a modern assault rifle is to a breech loading musket. The later requires years of training to fire and reload competitively, but the former can be fired and reloaded by any person strong enough to carry it. This device would have dramatically reduced the skill required to operate a longbow, and yet I can only imagine what a life time of training with this device would look like.

@@sam23696 _"This device would have dramatically reduced the skill required to operate a longbow"_ Would it _really,_ though? As the host points out, despite firing bolts and being crossbow-shaped, this is not a crossbow. And that's a problem, because the main advantage of a crossbow is its ability to use mechanical force in order to dramatically increase the draw weight of a bow. A Joerg-style Longbow has no such mechnical advantage; it would still require the same amount of upper body strength to draw, and thus, would still require the same amount of time to "train" ("training" with a longbow, being predominately a function of physical conditioning). As for the "not being able to fire arrows back" thing, sure. That's true... unless the enemy happens to have crossbows, in which case you're basically sending them free ammo. And, in all likelihood, the army your longbowmen are facing will have quite a lot of crossbows. Longbows were actually fairly rare in medieval armies, and their "normal" arrows were too long to be use effectively with smaller bows and crossbows, so in actual fact, longbows-firing-bolts would be far more likely to _give your enemies more ammo_ than would longbows-firing-arrows. The only real advantage here is in how quickly an archer could notch a new arrow. But I'm not even convinced of THAT. It only takes a second or two to grab an arrow, raise it to your bowstring, and notch it. I suspect, just by looking at it, that any second or so saved by having an "auto-loading" longbow magazine would be more than negated by the time required to reload the magazine. With six bolts, you might save six seconds over a conventional bow - but after those six bolts, you'd lose at least a good twenty, thirty seconds (or more!) trying to reload the thing. It's a fun idea, but I think the only way this device would "change history" would be making the armies who adopted it lose faster.