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

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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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/Quiet_Shiba May 29 '26

it's designed best to defeat armor at an angle, in ww2 ap tips was blunt too

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u/Professionaleye_1 May 29 '26

Because it doesn’t ricochet off if it hits at a non perpendicular angle? It just grabs on I guess?

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u/Zwischenzug32 May 29 '26

its easier to use a cookie cutter to cut a hard cookie dough by pressing on one side of the cutter first and then the other rather than the whole thing at the same time.

The point of impact is tiny vs the whole circumference