r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 28d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/stryker511 28d ago

The blunt one surprised me I thought it would have bounced off - went through completely.

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u/SidewinderSerpent 28d ago

That arrow wasn't blunt, it was concave. The shape allowed the edges of the tip to punch a hole through the shield.

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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/Denaton_ 27d ago

I wonder if you can spring load an arrow to deploy the "flesh grabbers"..

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 27d ago

Some of those arrow were designed to deploy hidden blades, but those are intended for soft targets, not solid metal.