Quote (Peter * 13.8.2010, 18:04) 346520

And war is generally a deep economic thing. Do you think if n hiking archers were more efficient than m chariots for the same price, there would be a long chance as a genus of troops?

They had too different goals and opportunities to be between them as kingdoms of troops came competition and alone outstretched others.
Well, yes, the city defend the chariots is certainly not too handy
The fact is that in the ancient / antique armies, hiking archers were very rare birds. Yes, and in medieval in general, except for the British. If the archer is so equestrian / on an elephant / chariot. How do you explain this phenomenon? I expressed my version).

Quote (TUR1537 * 13.8.2010, 21:10) 346536

Or the distance will be such that the FIG itself to get.

when shelling dense accumulations of the infantry, it was not particularly required to fall somewhere, the main thing is pool and more accurate. The infantry in the heyday of the chariot again from the protective armament had at best shields and leather caps. And how do you cover up, sooner or later you will be lost. See the adventures of legionnaires in Parfia.
Hiking archers, even if they give them high-quality bows, can not act freely in the field, because There are already hosting chariots / cavalry, which simply gives them. If they try to hide behind the infantry - it will upset the combat order and then the chariots are transmitted to the principle and infantry. Hiking archers and other dot throws in ancient times performed a purely auxiliary role of the pokers before the collision of the masses of infantry and some important role in battles were not played. As an exception, it is possible to take that the Peloponnesian War - but it was carried out in such a place where the cavalry and the more chariots could not get raised, so the light and middle infantry was performed there in essence of its function.

Quote (TUR1537 * 13.8.2010, 21:10) 346536

1) Hearing about something "Old Russian" I am not going to fall into reverence and rejoice in the fact that it does not carry the semantic load in the text.

very even carries. 50-70 meters - the combat distance of Luke "From Stick".

Quote (TUR1537 * 13.8.2010, 21:10) 346536

2) archery or learn for a long time (and why not learn recruits in the regular army ??

so they taught the regular army from the onions to shoot. which traveled on the chariots. Only recruits there and did not smell. All the recruits are already a century of 17, and we are talking about 17th BC.

Quote (TUR1537 * 13.8.2010, 21:10) 346536

And "Cultural Hunters" may well for themselves and composite onions to collect or buy (Egypt-Matryoshki, they are hunting, and not the eggs lick, for them it is an important thing), it's still not a horse and not a steel shell, and a tree, glue And the string, with carbon frame there is nothing in common)

well, yes, I went to the stationery bought glue, in the construction materials of the rail, I sat for an hour - here's the onions! Making a composite onion is a complex process, wood is not needed anyone as certain breeds growing in different places. Special people were engaged in the production of onions, the masters of their business, a simple peasant to jerk such a bow "on the knee" was not under power. And for hunting enough and wanders.