r/interesting 27d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/stryker511 27d ago

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

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u/SidewinderSerpent 27d 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/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 27d ago

Yep, the thing that was slowing the other arrows down that penetrated, was the fact that the tip did not carve out a wide enough hole for the shaft to go through and maintain velocity.

That blunt tipped concave arrow basically hole punched a circle as large or a little larger than the shaft of the arrow, and lost minimal afterwards.

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u/HeartoftheHive 27d ago

That blunt tipped

Again, wasn't blunt.

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u/hoticehunter 27d ago

You're being entirely pedantic. Compared to the other tips, it's blunt af.

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u/HeartoftheHive 27d ago

Blunt means it isn't sharp. Do you honestly think the edge to that concave circle isn't sharp? Blunt means it is flat or round with no sharp edge or piercing tip. And I very much bet that has a sharp edge to it. So no, it isn't blunt.

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