| On the negative side, compound crossbows are more expensive, difficult to restring and keep in tune, physically heavier and noisier. |
| The Sultan's army was primarily light cavalry armed with crossbows that shot poisoned arrows. |
| That's assuming that the helicopters are equipped only with anti-tank missiles and crossbows. |
| The Chinese had brought new tactics to the battlefield for directing mass peasant armies armed with crossbows. |
| The snap of close on two hundred crossbows firing in a ragged volley was a sound like sharp applause. |
| It houses thousands of weapons, including guns and ammunition, knives, knuckledusters, coshes, crossbows and swords. |
