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minus-squareSaltyIceteaMakerlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think arrows were able to penetrate plate armor. At least from bows idk bout crossbows
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoThey 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.
minus-squaredessimbelackis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBetter 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
minus-squareericbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoLong 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.
I don’t think arrows were able to penetrate plate armor. At least from bows idk bout crossbows
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.
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
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.