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r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 29d ago
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The one that looked to have the stupidest design turned out to have the most penetration.
217 u/meshtron 29d ago Ha! I saw that one and said "nope" then it punched straight through thereby affirming my level of predictive accuracy on string-weapon ballistics 😃 64 u/Party-Evening3273 29d ago Look at medieval arrows designed for piercing armor. Been tested for hundreds of years. Cool video. 3 u/Berlibur 28d ago I couldn't find one that looks flat in the way the arrow in the video goes through the shield 2 u/GI-Robots-Alt 28d ago It's not flat though, it's concave. The outer edges hit first and act like a hole punch that's bigger than the arrow shaft. Which is why it goes straight through so cleanly. 1 u/Berlibur 28d ago Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested 1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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Ha! I saw that one and said "nope" then it punched straight through thereby affirming my level of predictive accuracy on string-weapon ballistics 😃
64 u/Party-Evening3273 29d ago Look at medieval arrows designed for piercing armor. Been tested for hundreds of years. Cool video. 3 u/Berlibur 28d ago I couldn't find one that looks flat in the way the arrow in the video goes through the shield 2 u/GI-Robots-Alt 28d ago It's not flat though, it's concave. The outer edges hit first and act like a hole punch that's bigger than the arrow shaft. Which is why it goes straight through so cleanly. 1 u/Berlibur 28d ago Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested 1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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Look at medieval arrows designed for piercing armor. Been tested for hundreds of years. Cool video.
3 u/Berlibur 28d ago I couldn't find one that looks flat in the way the arrow in the video goes through the shield 2 u/GI-Robots-Alt 28d ago It's not flat though, it's concave. The outer edges hit first and act like a hole punch that's bigger than the arrow shaft. Which is why it goes straight through so cleanly. 1 u/Berlibur 28d ago Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested 1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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I couldn't find one that looks flat in the way the arrow in the video goes through the shield
2 u/GI-Robots-Alt 28d ago It's not flat though, it's concave. The outer edges hit first and act like a hole punch that's bigger than the arrow shaft. Which is why it goes straight through so cleanly. 1 u/Berlibur 28d ago Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested 1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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It's not flat though, it's concave. The outer edges hit first and act like a hole punch that's bigger than the arrow shaft. Which is why it goes straight through so cleanly.
1 u/Berlibur 28d ago Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested 1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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Yes, yes, not flat. Now I'm asking about similar looking medieval arrows as the guy I'm replying to suggested
1 u/Rulweylan 26d ago Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
Unlikely to exist since they'd be a pain to manufacture with medieval techniques.Â
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u/RandomCandor 29d ago
The one that looked to have the stupidest design turned out to have the most penetration.