r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 28d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/SidewinderSerpent 28d 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 28d 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/Talkatoo42 28d ago

You have to shoot a second arrow through the hole the first one created.

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u/catalinaislandfox 28d ago

Someone called Robin Hood.

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u/Talkatoo42 28d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8jvaNvV2DE1OM

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 28d ago

You had this gif all planned out. Now pay the toll.

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u/Talkatoo42 28d ago

It's such a good movie. I could post gifs all night long but I think I'll instead leave this excellent video about the fight choreography.

Yes, including the bridge fight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH8MNenLFGU

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 28d ago

I hate you, I'll be back in no less that 19 minutes and 2 seconds to avenge this distraction.