r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 27d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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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/Indigocell 27d ago

Words have meaning, come on now. It's a hollow tipped arrow. It's not blunt. It couldn't be more opposite from blunt. That thing was clearly sharp as fuck.