User blog comment:123chaseyoung/Knights Hospitaller vs Sohei Monks/@comment-422690-20171101042159/@comment-17814994-20171101140616

Its the first time i hear a crossbow being more effective to use on hirseback than the bow. There were medieval mounted crossbowman but before the advent of the goat’s lever, crossbows were one shot projectile weapons when used on horseback. A hand cranked steel crossbow would have been too heavy and cumbersome to be used more effectively while riding a horse than the yumi bows which were easier to reload, faster and were primarily designed for horse archers (google yabusame for more info).