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The 11 pages that link to Bow and arrow, each with the reason it gives.

• FirearmCompared with: It launches a projectile mechanically rather than with expanding combustion gases.

• CrossbowCompared with: Unlike a crossbow, it generally requires the archer to hold the string drawn while aiming.

• HuntingRelated: The bow made hunting projectiles compact, repeatable, and effective at greater distances.

• Cooperative huntingRelated: Ranged weapons can let groups intercept prey from different positions.

• ArcheryBroader topic: Its limbs and string store and transfer the energy behind every shot.

• MesolithicRelated: Its use is evidenced at some Mesolithic sites and suited mobile hunting.

• MicrolithRelated: Microliths could be mounted as points or barbs on arrows.

• ArrowRelated: The bowstring accelerates the arrow when released.

• BlowgunCompared with: A bow stores elastic energy, unlike a blowgun’s direct use of exhaled air.

• Repeating crossbowRelated: The bow supplies the energy that each repeating-crossbow shot releases.

• History of weaponsCompared with: It offers a useful comparison with firearms, which replaced it in many armies.