Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28593934-20170309220411/@comment-26149161-20170314125601

Dragonovith wrote:

Celebrimbor of Eregion wrote: However crossbows probally existed like yeah at 12-13 century they did exist if im not entirely wrong. Crossbows are actually pretty old, ancient Greeks and Picts used them.

EDIT: I'm not sure if Tolkien ever clearly mentioned crossbows, but in the Hobbit, when the Dwarves are brought to the Great Goblin, it is stated that they, the Orcs, liked to tinker with machines, weapons of mass killing and other stuff. So I think it's ok to believe that they used crossbows, unless there's a quote somewhere that says "Orcs only used bows as ranged weapons!". It stated they invented them *in later day*, not at the time of the book. Furthermore, we know for a fact that the Uruk-hai used massive longbows. These at least should replace the Uruk Crossbows/

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 12:56, March 14, 2017 (UTC)