[Ansteorra-archery] Some Gulf War XIII Combat Archery Stats

jspinks at ix.netcom.com jspinks at ix.netcom.com
Fri Jul 30 06:47:02 PDT 2004


Having not been to Gulf War yet (maybe next year) and not knowing the procedure I would like to inquire of one thing- I understand the logic of getting equipment inspected in bulk but are there no direct records of authorized combat archers and marshals that could use the equipment?  If safety is the main concern then it would seem we should know who is using the equipment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eadric Anstapa <eadric at scabrewer.com>
Sent: Jul 27, 2004 4:48 PM
To: ansteorra-missile at ansteorra.org
Cc: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Some Gulf War XIII Combat Archery Stats

The Ansteorran Archery Marshallate has kept logbooks at our
inspection points at Gulf War for the past two years.  This past
year the Meridians joined us so now we have data that may or may not
have some meaningful information depending on how you want to look
at it.  For me at least it is interesting and may be useful to our
command and marshallate.



There appear to have been about 140 archers at war.  We say "about"
because sometime a unit will send one person down to get all their
gear inspected so it is difficult to get an exact count on the
number of archers.  Some archers would come and get 5 or more sets
of equipment inspected.  

There where 114 unique medalion numbers that came through the
inspection point so we are pretty sure there where at least that
many archers.

There where 174 distinct bows or crossbows inspected so there
theoretically could have been as many as as 174 archers on the field
at one time.

If ya go by where the bows or crossbows came from: 
31% of the archers where from Meridies
30% of the archers where from Ansteorra
28% of the archers were from Trimaris
5% from the Middle
3% from Calontir
1 archer each from kingoms of Atlantia, West, and Aethelmarc.

Ansteorra and Allies were outnumbered 3/2 with roughly 60% of the
archers with Trimaris and her allies and 40% to Ansteorra and our
Allies.


There were 103 crossbows inspected at war.  

There were 3 heavy crossbows over 600 IP.  All three heavy crossbows
were from our Midrealm allies.    

Average in/lbs for crossbows was 466.  Low was 228.  High was 782
(heavy crossbow, there was an 800 limit).  

It looks like the average crossbow by GW Kingdom was:

Meridies    425 Inch Pounds
Ansteorra   481 Inch Pounds
Trimaris    491 Inch Pounds   


There were 71 bows inspected at war.  There were 11 heavy bows over
30#.  One heavy bow was from Aethelmarc, the other 10 frm the Middle
and Calontir.  Average bow poundage was 30#.  Low was 16#; high was
48# (heavy bow).    


There 4237 total bolts, and 2417 total arrows.  

Of those 240 arrows/bolts where of the large tube designs for heavy
bows and crossbows.  


There were 321 wooden shafted bolts, none were from Ansteorra.  80
from Atlantia, 107 from Meridies, 174 from Trimaris.   


There were 104 wooden arrows of which only 6 where from Ansteorra,
80 where from Trimaris, 18 from Meridies. 


For APDs 41% were Asgard APDs, 31% were Siloflex APDs, 23% were Golf
Tube APDs, and 5% where some other minor types.



Regards,

-- 
Arcus Eadric Anstapa
Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
eadric at scabrewer.com


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