Talk:Shoukaku/@comment-26293410-20150916025549/@comment-26460664-20150916041222

In theory, the bow is the best ranged weapon of all.

Crossbow still requires strength to pull the string back and takes more time to reload and shoot than a bow.

The slingshot is basically inpractical for launching planes cuz it is one of the weakest ranged weapon. Also it shoots round objects not arrows(with planes).

Taihou is using a repeating crossbow which somewhat similar to the chinese invention except for the trigger and magazine. I'm not sure about Taihou though, the chinese repeating crossbow is capable of holding up to 10 rounds in one magazine however its weak in impact which can be compensated with a poisonous tip.(which is based on what type of aircraft used) It can fire rapidly though.

However a bow is somewhere inbetween the crossbow and the repeating crossbow except for firepower and rate of fire. Therefore i think its going to be a Yumi bow or a repeating crossbow.

Joke: I'm also thinking of the Japanese matchlock muskets, nah that won't work.