Topic: "War Of Arrows" - Manchu arrows
I recently watched the DVD again, and noticed that in all cases, the Manchus used two-fletched arrows. At least, it looks like that.
Would that be historically correct ?
AFAIK, the Manchu knew such fletching, but I can't imagine they used it predominantly.
In the film the fletchings looks straight, and even with helical fletching, it is difficult to shoot and error-prone.
As an aside, the Manchu bows look a bit different than the late Qing dynasty bows I know.
But perhaps their earlier bows were like that.