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Originally Posted by Olefin
Rainbow Six - I would love to see what you have on the UK as I agree with you on much of what was in the Survivors Guide to the UK - frankly some of the marauder groups in that guide made me wonder if a Monty Python writer had been part of its development.
And I agree whole heartedly about the Queen never abdicating and dying in London along with Charles in the attack. Especially considering she saw her father stay in London during the Blitz during WWII and what that meant for morale.
One thing I was expecting to see in the UK guide also was a lot of lets say unique hand weapons - while there arent a lot of guns in the UK there are a lot of museums and private collections full of some very interesting and fully functional medieval weapons. And you would be surprised at how many good archers there are still in some areas of the UK and Ireland. An English longbow, in the hands of a trained archer, is a very very dangerous weapon - and silent as well until the guy in your unit has an arrow sticking out of his chest.
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The problem is finding skilled archers.
The British did not train archers in the middle ages, we bred them. Boys would start from around the age of 10 to 12 and develop their skills over years. At one point archery was required by law and many games and pastimes where banned in order to keep the youth of the country practising archery.
It was the devlopment of the crossbow and later on the musket that allowed for trained professionals to be effective in a relatively short time.