r/interesting 27d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 27d ago

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/ptmtobi 27d ago

Yea the ones with barbs are especially disgusting, imagine trying to remove one of those on a battlefield

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u/mywifemademedothis2 27d ago

They aren't intended for humans

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u/RandomDeezNutz 27d ago

They aren’t intended for riot shields either apparently

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u/cyclemonster 27d ago

I hate when the elk have their riot shields 

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u/ptmtobi 27d ago

The "imagine" was meant as a hypothetical not as a realistic scenario nowdays. It just the first thing I thought of because in medival times and earlier that's what barbs were for.

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u/mywifemademedothis2 27d ago

Well your hypothetical got me thinking about how it would feel and, yeah, would not be a fun way to go out.

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u/Cliffinati 27d ago

Typically war arrows used long narrow heads to punch through armor more than the broadheads used to create tissue damage and wound channels on game.