You can kill a fully armored knight with less than a month of training. Crossbowmen were paid almost double wages because they were seen as morally bankrupt. and no one else wanted to do it.
Crossbows aren't any stronger than a longbow and I'm fairly certain longbows already can't penetrate knight armor of that time, you may be thinking of the later archebusiers?
Projectile energy is comparable, but you need to train for 10 years to be an effective longbowman, but a couple months with a crossbow will let you achieve the same results.
You will achieve the same killing ability maybe but crossbowmen were deployed differently due to the size of their weapons and the difficulty of utilizing it in the same way. I dont know much about crossbowmen were used tactically though.
You can kill a fully armored knight with less than a month of training. Crossbowmen were paid almost double wages because they were seen as morally bankrupt. and no one else wanted to do it.
Crossbows aren't any stronger than a longbow and I'm fairly certain longbows already can't penetrate knight armor of that time, you may be thinking of the later archebusiers?
Projectile energy is comparable, but you need to train for 10 years to be an effective longbowman, but a couple months with a crossbow will let you achieve the same results.
You will achieve the same killing ability maybe but crossbowmen were deployed differently due to the size of their weapons and the difficulty of utilizing it in the same way. I dont know much about crossbowmen were used tactically though.