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As I understand it, that's still not very historically accurate. It was not really a thing for archers to nock and loose together like they do in the movies.
Never really made sense to me, loose all the arrows at once and then give a break between volleys? Gives everyone a chance to hide behind their shield, and then advance when it's clear. Unless volleys are perfectly timed between multiple rows of archers.
Random arrows flying constantly never gives the enemy a chance to feel safe since it's a constant barrage, and there's no wasted time for the archers needing to wait for the command to fire.
Yeah, real warfare isn't a good spectator sport. It's chaotic, difficult to understand what's going on, things take way longer or way shorter to happen than would make sense for a film, and it's nothing like the orderly battles shown to us by Hollywood. The fog of war is a real thing. But that's why they do it, because if they did it realistically it wouldn't be very fun to watch.
Except if the movie is an anti-war one.
Yes indeed. Generation Kill is the only thing I've seen that got close to reality. I was in a unit that did exactly what was shown in that show, and for the most part they nailed it. They showed the confusion, stupid orders, lack of proper communication, the constant fatigue, and the crazy shit that just happens out of nowhere when you have a bunch of 18-20 year old testosterone rage machines running around with serious hardware.