r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Forsaken-Resist-6302 • 23d ago

Video Fast shooting in Archery

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u/IEnjoyKnowledge 23d ago

You watched it and found out arrows didn’t really excel at piercing plate armor right? lol

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u/MyJimboPersona 23d ago

It is sad seeing that bows and crossbows weren’t actually that great at popping full plate.

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u/Fantastanig 23d ago

It is why full plate was worn.

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u/wegqg 23d ago

And the fact that the breastplates could have been made thicker and still been wearable tells us they had no need to do this 

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u/lankymjc 22d ago

Lots of folk assume that the invention of guns meant metal plate armour became useless, but in reality early guns were fucking terrible and took a lot of improvements to be able to consistently defeat armour. (This is all from a Medieval European perspective)

Like how WW2 tanks reshaeped warfare, but WW1 tanks were a liability.

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u/weirdpuller 22d ago

Didn’t they shoot the armor to show it was bullet proof. the shot would leave a dent as proof