Any idea what he would use this for?

[Martial]

Snailhunting, maybe?

Yes! FTW!

[pascalywood]

Silent sentry elimination would be my only guess. My question is -Why carry one on patrol without a bolt and with the string untensed. They take forever to ****.

Ha, you said "****".

[Paul85]

Silent sentry elimination would be my only guess. My question is -Why carry one on patrol without a bolt and with the string untensed. They take forever to ****.

in that case, what are the (much better effective) silencers for???

[BLUE THOR]

Ive seen Spanish SF in pictures with Compound Bows, so this isnt far fetched. Crossbows were used by US SF in Vietnam to take down NVA/Vietcong guards on at least one occasion.
no muzzle flash

waiting for Aussie SASR to bring in the Multicam Boomerang or a Woomera with MOLLE on the back incase you want to attach a pouch or 7...

[Martial]

Silent sentry elimination would be my only guess. My question is -Why carry one on patrol without a bolt and with the string untensed. They take forever to ****.

I don't know about you but I would probably scream like a bitch if someone shot me with a crossbow. Not very silent.

[Blackburn]

I've seen a picture a few years ago, with a Brazilian soldier carrying a crossbow too.
So we can add one more nation that uses or used crossbows, at least tested them.

[Clear_blues]

I don't know about you but I would probably scream like a bitch if someone shot me with a crossbow. Not very silent.

I laughed, and all these college girls looked at me like I was an idiot.




Why would you use a crossbow? To counter and enemy larpers of course.

But really the only application I can think of is lack of muzzle flash and mostly quiet use.

[Greek soldier]

I've seen a picture a few years ago, with a Brazilian soldier carrying a crossbow too.
So we can add one more nation that uses or used crossbows, at least tested them.

Add also Hellenic Navy's Underwater Demolition Command

[Victor1]

Mad Jack Churchill, he also carried his sword on raids

And took a mortar team as prisioners with his Claimore sword.

[Bro Jangles]

I laughed, and all these college girls looked at me like I was an idiot.




Why would you use a crossbow? To counter and enemy larpers of course.

But really the only application I can think of is lack of muzzle flash and mostly quiet use.

Supressors are not silent. still an audible noise, but still

[Mein Teil]

It's for splitting the a$$es of defectors?

[Bro Jangles]

It's for splitting the a$$es of defectors?

explosive bolts. i used one when i was infiltrating a Soviet launch facility. worked great.

[MN_Air]

The crossbow is an excellent weapon. Silent, easy to manufacture, bolts can be made relatively cheaply, and the most important thing is that you can attach very large explosives to the front, and get some excellent results.

[martinexsquaddie]

we had a lunatic officer brought a suppoused special forces crossbow with armour piercing bolts
made a nice hole in a snatch result way more extras as usual.
without some wild geese style poison attached all the crossbow is going to do is make a sentry make a lot of noise.

[Ipkiss]

we had a lunatic officer...

No need for pleonasms here..