Somewhat Bow/Arrow Related

[marksman1941]

Ugly and brutal,but effective. But English longbowmen far out ranged them and fired a shaft that weights about a quarter pound called a yard cloth. Fired in volley by fifty archers who can fire ten shafts in fifteen seconds. 500 shafts in the air! Awesome display of fire power in 1300 AD.

The English long bowmen were by all accounts "better". But they took a lifetime to train, whereas cross bowmen could be simpletons from the village with 2 weeks of training to be just as deadly from closer ranges. That's what really made them terrifying. Low skill threshold for high damage output.