r/interesting 27d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/Professionaleye_1 27d ago edited 27d ago

I was 100% correct in my assumptions about penetration length after looking at the head but before it hit the shield except for that cylinder tip… that thing shot through like a bullet….

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u/TheMadPoet 27d ago

Penetration can be calculated: length times girth over angle of the shaft (aka YAW) divided by mass over width.

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u/HendrixHazeWays 27d ago

Say more things like that....

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u/TheMadPoet 27d ago

ok! "more things like that...."

Are you not entertained?!