From a layman’s point-of-view it seems like the Bow & Arrow would be better for war since they, shoot much more efficiently, are cheaper to make and in even some cases significantly stronger.
I know that learning to shoot a bow is no easy task so would that be the main reason muskets became so popular?
In my simple man’s brain I’m wondering why you don’t see or hear anything about bows being used during something like the American Revolutionary war. Could it be that by then muskets had reached a certain level of design that made it more useful than a bow?
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> shoot much more efficiently,
Nope
>are cheaper to make
Very much debatable.
>in even some cases significantly stronger.
Lol no.
Add in the fact that even a smoothbore musket is more accurate, at longer ranges, than a bow, and muskets win out pretty handily.
Muskets took over from bows *because they were “better” weapons*
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