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History doesn’t exactly let us know when and where the crossbow made its debut. There is some evidence to tell us that crossbows as weaponry made their appearance around the fourth century and it was onward and upward from there. It’s been found in Greece, in Rome, and even in parts of Europe by this time.

It was referred to in ancient Greece by the term belly bow, because it was typically held by the person shooting it against the abdomen in order to cock the crossbow. Crossbows were widely used in war as well as for hunting not long afterwards, and was even used in an early version of the sharpshooters. Crossbow groups of snipers were in place by the 1500s.

Today, the crossbows are far more well built and able to be shot for even greater distances, typically taking a lot less effort for hunting and target shooting than bows such as compound or recurve varieties. They are also able to be loaded more rapidly so that firing time is decreased.