<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: E-Asia, amanye amabutho ahlomile aseChina asebenzisa ama-crossbow, kuhlanganise nebutho elikhethekile i-Snow Leopard Commando Unit le-Peoples Armed Police ne-Peoples Liberation Army. Esinye isizathu salokhu siwukuthi umcibisholo uyakwazi ukumisa abantu abaphethe iziqhumane ngaphandle kokubangela ukuqhuma. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: Imibhikisho yaseXinjiang ngoJulayi 2009, ama-crossbows asetshenziswa kanye nezinsimbi zesimanje zempi ukucindezela imibhikisho. I-Indian Navys Marine Commando Force yayihlomele kuze kube sekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980 ngama-crossbows ahlinzekwa nge-cyanide-tipped bolts, njengenye indlela yezikhali ezincishisiwe. 