For the most part I prefer generic name for ordinary units, because we don't usually see something like "windlass steel crossbowman" for other faction, just "crossbowman". Besides, the Song Chinese actually improved upon the 神臂弓 to create an even more devastating 克敵弓, quite a hassle ...
Generalization of a muscle-reflex control model to 3D walking S Song& H Geyer IEEE EMBC, 2013 [paper] The effect of foot compliance encoded in the windlass mechanism on the energetics of human walking S Song, C LaMontagna, SH Collins & H Geyer ...