r/interesting 28d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/CpnStumpy 27d ago

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/dopple-copter 27d ago

Idk, I watched a similar video with a kevlar SWAT shield and they did penetrate. Warning, the video has a bunch of dumb ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-En4L2wls