• SaltyIceteaMaker
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    51 year ago

    I don’t think arrows were able to penetrate plate armor. At least from bows idk bout crossbows

    • Track_ShovelOP
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      111 year ago

      They were. Look up bodkin arrows. Also, a lot of the knights got mired, and then killed by the archers with daggers who didn’t sink as much.

      • @dessimbelackis
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        21 year ago

        Better yet look up Tods Workshop on YouTube arrows vs armour and then think of thousands upon thousands of archers piling shaft after shaft into the French knights

    • @ericbomb
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      101 year ago

      Long bows were much more powerful than most cross bows.

      Crossbows were easier to use though. First crossbows were seen in 500 bc and never really vanished.

      Long bows in a trained archers hand was just better.

    • @Astroturfed
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      11 year ago

      Plate was very vulnerable to arrows and piercing weapons. It was good against swords. Chain mail is what would stop an arrow from penetrating.