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- The Bodkin Arrow has a narrow lengthened pyramid shaped point, specifically designed to penetrate chainmail and thin plate armour.
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Computer analysis by Mariusz Magier, Adrian Nowak and others published in 2017 found that heavy bodkin point arrows could penetrate typical plate armour of the time at 225 metres (738 ft). The depth of penetration would be slight at that range but would increase as the range closed or against armour lesser than the best quality available at the ...
Bodkins aren't meant to cut plate, they're meant to penetrate maille, like voiders. Total war, all of them, is completely trash for any degree of historical accuracy for combat for that matter. Missile fire prior to gunpowder is fundamentally non-lethal in the level of death sown by it.
Apr 20, 2017 · This is because in order to travel farther, it is propelled at a faster speed. Effectively, the longbows at full vertical arc tend to lose their momentum. However, firing just above the defending troops would give the full power. The needle-like bodkin was able to shallowly penetrate most plate armor with a sufficiently good bow. More about it ...
- Now as a caveat I must warn you that the question you are asking is pretty specific but I'm going to give you a general idea of the efficacy of Fre...
- There have been many attempts at experiments over the last couple of decades as "experimental history" has gained respectability, but, it's very ha...
- Check out this video - it's far more scientific and historically accurate than the first video mentioned! There's a whole series of them testing o...
- Well, first of all a real longbow can penetrate steel armor, as long as the arrowhead is made of forged, hardened steel. Real longbows were made...
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- I would also suggest one thing. Whether or not longbows could penetrate plate armour, there are several accounts of knights or nobles being killed...
- The research done and performed into this subject is vast but as with all historic theories we approach it from a modern or 'present' though proce...
Aug 14, 2015 · Results against plate armour of "minimum thickness" (1.2mm) were similar to the coat of plates, in that the needle bodkin penetrated to a shallow depth, the other arrows not at all. In Bane's view, the plate armour would have kept out all the arrows if thicker or worn with more padding.
- In response to plate armor, a variety of anti-armor weapons and techniques have emerged. Different concepts were employed: Hammers and maces that...
- An arrow shooted with full power would have enough kinetic energy to penetrate it? Heavy crossbows could penetrate even heavy plate armor. Longbow...
- History for centuries past always depends on who writes it, and the Engineering behind the history is thus somewhat a matter of conjecture, but: Th...
Oct 28, 2005 · Could the English war bow (longbow is a later creation and was not used in medieval times) penetrate plate armour? Under ideal circumstances, yes. That means close range, probably less than 50 yards, and a very perpendicular hit on the plate. Most arrows bounced off the contours of the plate.
Jun 21, 2019 · Finally, I should note the existence of short, stubbier versions of bodkin point arrowheads for both arrows and crossbow bolts. These were a response to plate armor. But as the video I noted above (where Tod of Tod’s Workshop describes the arrowheads) they weren’t capable of punching through breastplates – that wasn’t the point.
Simply put, no bow would be successful in lethally penetrating steel plate, at least not reliably. 2. dandan_noodles. • 9 yr. ago. Bodkins are used against maille, not plate; the needle like point would slip between the rings and stick in the target.
