The Scythians were able to win a battle against the Huns by putting a solid "nock" on the two ends of the short bow of which the top and bottom were asymmetric, and they changed arrowhead from iron to small bronze arrowheads.
スキタイ人は上下がやや非対称の短弓の両端に硬い『弭』を取り付け、また鏃を大きな鉄製から小さなブロンズ製にする事で、フン族の弓に勝った。