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Birb_at_Arms @birblib.bsky.social

Shooting arrows in volleys is fairly common in reenactments, so you can totally get a bunch of archers to do a synchronized "nock, draw, loose" with a bit of practice. I suspect, however, that this is done mostly out of modern safety concerns that a battlefield commander wouldn't care about so much.

may 5, 2025, 6:25 pm • 21 0

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Birb_at_Arms @birblib.bsky.social

If you give the commands as "nock!" and then "draw and loose!" rather than "nock, draw... loose!" it's even easier, though you won't get the same level of synchronization. I could imagine this being used at very long ranges when shooting to provoke rather than "for effect," to borrow a modern term.

may 5, 2025, 8:41 pm • 10 0 • view