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  Arbalest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arbalest was a late variation of the medieval European crossbow.
Since an arbalest was much larger than earlier crossbows, and because of the greater tensile strength of steel, it had a greater force.
Arbalests were sometimes considered inhumane or unfair weapons, since an inexperienced crossbowman could use one to kill a knight who had a lifetime of training.
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 Full Metal Panic! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arbalest is significantly more maneuverable and faster than the M9 Gernsback and boasts the same ECS technology; rendering it completely undetectable to any sensor or radar.
Since the Arbalest was first piloted by Sousuke in episode 6, it refuses to recognize anyone other than him as its pilot.
A distinctive feature of the Arbalest is that its face resembles that of a ninja carrying a rolled-up scroll in its mouth.
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 Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sousuke's and Kaname's relationship is put to the test after he is withdrawn from protecting Kaname, her encounter with Leonard Testarossa and his hate for the ARX-7 Arbalest.
He is the only who can operate Mithril's ARX-7 Arbalest's Lambda Driver, but really hates the machine because it makes him feel like a tool of the organization.
, when Sousuke activates the Arbalest for the first time after it was sent by the TDD-1 inside an ICBM in that series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Full_Metal_Panic!:_The_Second_Raid   (1561 words)

  
 Part Two: Weapons of the Heraldic Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The longbow and the arbalest changed this, increasing the range to 300 yards with deadly accuracy and penetrating power.
Arbalest or Crossbow: The arbalest was introduced early in the 14th century.
The disadvantages of the Arbalest were its slow firing rate and cost of manufacture.
www.irishclans.com /articles/weaponsirish2.html   (820 words)

  
 Siege Weapons Article
Arbalests, ballistas and springals are direct-fire weapons, that is they fire their projectiles in a straight line.
Arbalests essentially are very heavy crossbows with greater range and hitting power than conventional crossbows.
Sometimes these cocking devices are built into the arbalest, as is the case with cranks and winches.
www.palladium-megaverse.com /cuttingroom/siege.html   (2606 words)

  
 Crossbow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Also referred to as an arbalest, the crossbow was seen as early as 1066 but didn’t become popular for about another century.
A crossbowman (also called an arbalester) was only expected to fire one bolt per six shots by an archer.
Further, they were very short ranged weapons and their bow strings (sinew or gut) were often useless in wet or damp weather.
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 TOFU : Mobile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arbalests are good as they can cause huge splash damage in a short amount of time.
Arbalest walk extremely slow, that's why, you should really get a Roc if you can swing it.
It's advisable that you get the highest possible sensor there is for Arbalest so that you can are a wide area.
www.sgtofu.com /units/mobile   (1997 words)

  
 Bow (weapon) - Psychology Central
A yumi is a Japanese longbow used in the practice of Kyudo (Japanese archery).
The mechanised form of the bow is the crossbow and its more powerful variant the arbalest.
An arbalest is a crossbow with steel prod (the "bow" part).
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Bow_(weapon)   (2243 words)

  
 Mongolia Today - online magazine | SPORT
Mongolian arbalest team made it to gold at the 111th World championship.
Since the team was already registered for the tournament, the organizers had no choice but to assign their best coach to train the Mongolian team.
As with any other new kind of sport, the Arbalest Shooters Association of Mongolia, set up two years ago, struggles with a shortage of funding, lack of proper equipment, training ranges and halls.
www.mongoliatoday.com /issue/2/taiwan_surprise.html   (238 words)

  
 Elite-Consulting: INVENTIONS FOR SALE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The most expensive thing in the arbalest is still its ammunition - arrows; besides, they are intended to be lost while shooting, they are unhandy and you should carry a rather dimensional quiver for keeping them while hunting, for example.
It is designed and offered for production the arbalest with special bullets instead of the expensive and unhandy arrows.
A hunter can cast them himself in the chill mould, which is complete with the arbalest.
www.elit-cons.com /Sale.php?param=st38   (111 words)

  
 Glossary
A linen or leather jacket, worn under the mail hauberk, or if made sufficiently thickly, it could be used alone.
Arbalest An extremely heavy crossbow, usually with a metal bow.
Arbalests were too heavy to draw by hand, and required a windlass or cranequin.
www.ceu.hu /medstud/manual/SRM/gloss.htm   (6563 words)

  
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It is chiefly to the use of the cross-bow that we propose to confine ourselves upon the present occasion.
Now, the long-bow, when unstrung, may be conveniently covered, so as to prevent the rain injuring it; nor is there scarcely any addition to the weight from a case; whereas the arbalest is of a most inconvenient form to be sheltered from the weather.
It is also stated[4] that, at Crecy, "the Genoese archers, fatigued by their heavy cross-bows, in a sultry and tempestuous march, rushed forward with loud cries to attack the English bowmen, who were the strength of Edward's army.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/1/8/8/11886/11886.txt   (10113 words)

  
 Crossbows by Siegfried
This is a style of crossbow that was popular much later on (15th - 16th centuries), and is commonly known as the Flemish Arbalest.
It is characterized by it's stocky square cross section, as well as by the flat section on the bottom beneath the nut, and that the trigger comes out from the curve behind the flat section, and stays very close to the stock.
This crossbow could have been seen across Europe as crossbows in this time were often manufactured and then shipped around to different countries.
crossbows.biz /gallery/flemish.html   (89 words)

  
 Armor  RE: Armor Angles - T25, 26 armor-Sandomierz Arbalest Reply StrategyPage.com
Arbalest  1/8/2006 7:00:39 PM RE:Standards vs Data-M4 Sherman  
Arbalest  12/28/2005 9:08:06 PM RE:Standards vs Data  
Arbalest  10/15/2005 8:27:50 PM RE:Standards vs Data  
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 The Mirror of Literature, Volume XIX. No. 538.
The arbalest is said by some writers to be of Italian origin.
The circumstance alluded to is as follows:—Previously to the engagement there fell a heavy rain, which is said to have much damaged the bows of the French, or rather the strings of them.
"An ARBALEST of Foheman's construction, bearing the date 1579, 3 feet 3 inches long, exquisitely carved out of fl oak, is now in the possession of A. Nossoc, Esq., the proprietor of a rare and valuable collection of paintings by ancient masters.
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 NG BBS - The Artists Club
This is arbalest, and i decided to make the united artists club.
Posted: 5/5/03 12:13 AM I wasnt planning on making a site for the club, more like a community right here, maybe the artists can make a webring based on this club, that would be neat.
Posted: 5/5/03 12:20 AM Once we get enough people posting on the "The Artists Club" thread with "Member of the Artist's Club" in their sigs, then we'll use your forum in a split sec.
www.newgrounds.com /bbs/topic.php?id=67092   (508 words)

  
 PvP weapon - Anarchy Online Bulletin Board
When killing dynas today looking for an arbalest I found a Senior Eye Wind Onehander.
I'm trying to find a weapon that is fairly easy to selfequip at my level (194) and will still perform ok in pvp.
If you like to rely less on crit for a nice AS, and don't mind hotswapping to other weapons, then the Union Arbalest would be for you.
forums.anarchy-online.com /showthread.php?t=367472   (871 words)

  
 Event Announcement - EK Siege U. - Build an Arbalest 101 **UPDATED**
We will be starting the weekend out on Friday night by going over the siege rules and the engine we will be building.
Not only will you be leaving with a working arbalest, but also the material you need to make more strings including a jig, the book you used to make your arbalest, materials for upkeep, bolts, complete working knowledge of your engine and, if you didn't have one before, a siege qual card.
The materials fee for each engine is $250.00 and includes everything to make your arbalest and all the materials you will be taking home with you.
www.eastkingdom.org /event-detail.html?eid=1031   (957 words)

  
 Imperial Arbalest Class Battlecruiser - Port Maw - Starport for Battlefleet Gothic Players   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Imperial Arbalest Class Battlecruiser - Port Maw - Starport for Battlefleet Gothic Players
The Imperial Arbalest was commissioned in M40.382 to counter the numerous powerful Hades-class Heavy Cruisers found in the Chaos warfleets of the time.
It was based on the "Lunar"-class cruiser, with additional lance turrets added to the dorsal and ventral positions, and higher-capacity plasma reactors to increase the range of its weapons systems.
www.one-end.com /portmaw/imperial/shipdesigns/cruisers/arbalest_battlecruiser.htm   (261 words)

  
 Dynasty Tactics Cheats, Walkthrough, Hints, Q&A for Playstation 2 @ CheatsGuru.Com
If you have an item that increases the EXP of a certain unit category (for example, Arbalest - Archery EXP +30), equip it on a person with the corresponding unit category.
Plus his skill is Menace already, so you can give somebody else the "Crescent", which will give them Menace.
Arbalest - Archery EXP +30), equip it on a person with the corresponding unit
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 Guest blogger arbalest: The "Orwell administration" concept expands | Needlenose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Guest blogger arbalest: The "Orwell administration" concept expands
However, occasional commenter arbalest emailed to let me know that Karl Rove and crew's search for political instruction extends to Animal Farm as well, as these examples demonstrate:
The speech bristled with new zingers that laid out in harsh and personal terms why Bush thinks Kerry is unfit to be commander in chief.
www.needlenose.com /node/view/485   (769 words)

  
 'Die Kleine Gilde II: Training game for arbalest contest available'
Die Kleine Gilde II: Training game for arbalest contest available
The next version of the game Die Kleine Gilde II will include a little arbalest shooting contest that will be held about all five years.
There is a trainig mode game for that contest available now which is downloadable at my homepage.
www.amiga-news.de /en/news/AN-2004-03-00074-EN.html   (167 words)

  
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* * * * * [Illustration: THE ARBALEST, OR CROSS-BOW.] THE ARBALEST, OR CROSS-BOW.
The Bow would appear to have been in most ancient nations the principal implement of war; and to keep alive this "mystery of murder," archery, or the art of shooting with a bow and arrow, seems to have been a favourite pastime in days of peace.
The arbalest, or cross-bow, was not only much shorter than the long-bow, but fastened also upon a stock, and discharged by means of a catch or trigger, which Mr.
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 War of Lathina v.2 - RPG Chat
Last edited by Arbalest : 08-24-2005 at 09:52 PM.
These were the people in the town, and are the people that should know.
Last edited by Arbalest : 08-24-2005 at 10:04 PM.
forums.rpgchat.com /showthread.php?t=53538   (2568 words)

  
 KMC Forums - Mecha Wars.
As long as the pilot concentrates the Arbalest can do anything.
Weakness: If pilot doesn't concentrate the Arbalest can be crushed by the others easily.
The Arbalest has a good chance since as long as the Pilot concentrates hard enough one shot from his rifle could theoretically kill everyone else.
www.killermovies.com /forums/f74/t301682.html   (954 words)

  
 Song steel arbalest - aka Divine Armed Crossbow - - China History Forum, online chinese history forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Song steel arbalest - aka Divine Armed Crossbow - - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics.
Song steel arbalest - aka Divine Armed Crossbow - 神臂弩;
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=1760   (765 words)

  
 Guild Wars Forums - GW Guru - View Profile: Lenneth Arbalest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Guild Wars Forums - GW Guru - View Profile: Lenneth Arbalest
Send a message via email to Lenneth Arbalest
Lenneth Arbalest is not a member of any public groups
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 D2 Diablo 2 Guide - Diablo 2 Arbalest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
D2 Diablo 2 Guide - Diablo 2 Arbalest
* Arbalest may be available for purchase at Lewt.
All other images and website are copyright ©2004 D2 Guide.
www.diablo2guide.com /database/items/arbalest-id232.php   (48 words)

  
 Another WoWer jumps ship! - Guild Wars Forums - GW Guru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
With any luck I wont get killed by the first giant rat I meet.
Last edited by Arbalest : 04-27-2005 at 05:06 PM.
Yeah, when I played the beta events the game was clean and everyone seemed friendly.
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 MisticRiver :: For iriver Enthusiasts - View Profile: arbalest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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