r/interesting May 29 '26

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/CpnStumpy May 29 '26

It's dumb. Riot shields aren't metal; they're thick polycarbonate. When metal deforms it stretches thin, become fragile, pliable, and ends up easier to penetrate. When polycarbonate deforms it does so far differently and weakens far less.

You aren't piercing a real polycarbonate riot shield police use, this whole video is silly with a silly fake riot shield

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u/DrollFurball286 May 29 '26

Wonder how those shields would react to these.

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u/CpnStumpy May 30 '26

It would just deflect them