Which disadvantage appears when crafting composite crossbows with brittle ancient cast iron?

💡 Explanation

Cast iron's brittleness leads to increased fracture risk because the crack propagation mechanism is rapid under high stress, therefore bolts fired generate unpredictable weapon behavior, rather than harmonic frequencies, corrosion, or energy loss which are less direct problems.

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