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Expert mounted archery while fleeing
The Persian king Hormizd II hunts a lion by a Parthian shot.Relief from the "Hephthalite bowl", depicting a Parthian shot
The Parthian shot is a light cavalry hit-and-run tactic made famous by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people. While performing a real or feigned retreat at full gallop, the horse archers would turn their bodies back to shoot at the pursuing enemy. The maneuver required superb equestrian skills, since the rider's hands were occupied by his composite bow and his body was twisted around. As the stirrup had not been invented at the time of the Parthians, the rider relied solely on squeezing pressure from his legs to stay mounted and guide his horse.
The Parthianshot is a light cavalry hit-and-run tactic made famous by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people. While performing a real or feigned retreat...
The Parthian Empire (/ˈpɑːrθiən/), also known as the Arsacid Empire (/ˈɑːrsəsɪd/), was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient...
north-eastern of Greater Iran Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD) Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language Parthianshot, an archery skill famously...
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term Parthianshot refers to the widespread horse-archer tactic of shooting backwards over the rear of their horses as they retreated. Parthians inflicted...
The Parthian army was the army of the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD). Having no standing army, the Arsacid king mainly relied on his vassal kings, regional...
the wind (refers to a storm-tossed sailing ship) To take a parting shot (Parthianshot) Patching code (refers to paper tape) Pull out all the stops (in...
is similar to other cavalry manoeuvres such as the caracole and the Parthianshot. Flavius Arrianus. Táctica, 40 Adlocutio CIL. VIII, 2532 Collado Hinarejos...
cavalry used their javelins in a tactic similar to that of horse archers' Parthianshot. The Gauls knew how to turn on horseback to throw javelins backwards...
pronunciation: [ˈkarrae̯]) was fought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae (present-day Harran, Turkey). An...
which the Saxons were not ready. The Parthianshot is another example of a feint retreat in which mounted Parthian archers would retreat from a battle...
maneuvers, or such a flexible line of skirmishers" In the tactic of the Parthianshot the rider would retreat from the enemy while turning his upper body...
Short Stories Title First Publication Most Recent Collection Note "The ParthianShot" The Smart Set, October 1922 Lost Stories (2005) "Immortality" 10 Story...
infantry, the Parthians were too hard to defeat, as both types of cavalry were much faster and more mobile than foot soldiers. The Parthianshot used by the...
surveillance and immediate fire support for another friendly unit. Patrolling Parthianshot Phalanx Pickets (or picquets): sentries or advance troops specifically...
much pressure to them during the retreat that they didn't even use the Parthianshot to harass their pursuers. After the defeat the Huns fled back over the...
difference in the aforementioned shot accuracy by aiding the Japanese spotters to make an easier identification in fall of shot observation. The Makarov proposal...
was turning on horseback to throw javelins backwards, similar to the Parthianshot with bow and arrows.[citation needed] Stirrups and spurs improved the...
the Iranic Parthians and Sarmatians. Together with a core of armoured lancers, these were predominantly horse archers using the Parthianshot tactic. The...
Master's Edge, and British climber Seb Grieve falling from high up on ParthianShot (E9 7a) on very thin protection. The film also features several important...
the Sasanian art show different forms of horse archery: frontal shot, Parthianshot, shooting with stirrups and shooting while riding the horse backwards...
Parthian force during the key engagement. However, an ambush, the heavy armor of the Cataphracts combined with use of horse archers and the parthian shot...
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