Magyar

Regino, the Abbot of Prüm describes them in 908 this way:
"They don' kill many with swords, but they do thousands with their arrows, which are shot so skilfully from their bows made of horn, that it is scarcely possible to find protection against them."

Magyars, the name by which Hungarians call themselves, arrived to the Carpathian basin in 896 from the southern region of the Ural. They did not pursue a settled way of life for an additional 100 years, they led looting expeditions to Western Europe and Byzantium.

"They find great pleasure mostly in distant fight, lying in ambush, encircling the enemy, imitating back out and then turning back, and dispersing fighting units... They are attracted to machination, they fight from their horses galloping forward or turning back, they often imitate running away as well... Most of the times they stop fighting in the middle of a fierce combat, then a little later they turn back from running, and when you think that you have defeated them already, you find yourself in a mortal danger." (Leo, the Wise) The uniting Holy Roman Empire stopped their marauding lifestyle (933, 955).

Taking up Roman Christianity ended the Western campaigns. From this time on the horse archery tactics were followed by the Western warfare.

Average weight: 600 g (depends on the draw weight)
Total length: 150 cm
Length strung: 141 cm
Length of string: 54"
Draw length: up to 32"
Draw weight: up to 60#
Brace height: 7 1/2 - 8"

Partly horn at the bow tips (static recurve)