• SaltyIceteaMaker
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    1 year ago

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

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 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.

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        1 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

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      1 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.