Infantry in the Middle Ages heavy toll on the English invaders of their lands. Adapted by the English, the longbow was nevertheless a difficult weapon to master, requiring long years of use and practice. Even bow construction was extended, sometimes taking as much as four years for seasoned staves to be prepared and shaped for final deployment. A skilled longbowman could shoot 12 arrows a minute, a rate of fire superior to competing weapons like the crossbow or early gunpowder weapons. The nearest competitor to the longbow was the much more expensive crossbow or Arbalest, used often by urban militias and mercenary forces. It required
P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon is a computer game for Amiga and Commodore 64 systems, developed by Traveling Bits Production. "P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon" is a platform game with puzzle elements. It is influenced by the earlier game "Lode Runner". In the game, the player controls a character called P. P. Hammer, who is on a quest to discover and acquire all treasures from a series of more than 60 levels. These levels are divided into four graphical themes: Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Medieval castles, and ice. A