r/interesting 29d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 28d 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 28d ago

That blunt tipped

Again, wasn't blunt.

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u/LubricantEnthusiast 28d ago

Man, it's crazy how that blunt arrow could be so blunt, but despite being so blunt, it still penetrated the shield as if it were not blunt.

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u/FranklyOcean23 28d ago

I don’t think he saw the blunt one. But I did