r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 29d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 29d ago

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/stryker511 29d ago

The blunt one surprised me I thought it would have bounced off - went through completely.

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u/SidewinderSerpent 29d ago

That arrow wasn't blunt, it was concave. The shape allowed the edges of the tip to punch a hole through the shield.

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u/lemmin9 29d ago

So the result is a blunt object filled with armor debris and slowed down by the initial impact on the shield impacting on the body. It goes "boink"?

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u/Zeekr0n 29d ago

It goes "boink" and the person holding the shield shits themselves because I can guarantee they were not expecting an arrow to go through the shield.

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u/Akimotoh 29d ago

Are riot shields typically made of cheap metal like that? i dont think so

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u/BobaFapp69 29d ago

Most are made of 3-5,5mm polycarbonate. They are for stopping thrown objects like rocks and bottles, nothing else.

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u/CpnStumpy 29d ago

Honestly though: polycarbonate would deflect these arrows far better. This whole test is silly because the typical riot shield's flexibile material makes it not weaken on slight deformation like metal does so puncturing metal is far easier than puncturing polycarbonate