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		lmm 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire Javelins continued to be used around the Mediterranean until the gunpowder era, so there's no reason volley tactics could not have been transmitted directly.

paleotrope 8 months ago [–]

Really? That's interesting, I can't recall ever coming across that myself. I have some research to do.

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