r/interesting • • 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/TheMadPoet May 29 '26

Penetration can be calculated: length times girth over angle of the shaft (aka YAW) divided by mass over width.

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u/bluelighter May 29 '26

Odd reference but I'm here for it.

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u/TheMadPoet May 29 '26

South Park T.M.I.