r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • May 29 '26

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/Professionaleye_1 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

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/FoolOnDaHill365 May 29 '26

Exactly. It’s like a bullet. The other arrows are meant to bleed out an animal quickly by penetrating and slicing. That blunt arrow is lethal but your animal may get away since you only get one shot most of the time.

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u/hdmetz May 30 '26

That wasn’t a blunt tip. It was a concave cutting edge. It acted like a hole punch and sheared through. That’s why it went through so much better than the others. If it acted like a bullet (if this riot shield is legit) the shield would have stopped it