02-28-2009, 01:39 PM
Quite right. And a 60 gram arrow hitting on a .5 sq. mm point has quite a bit of hitting/penetrating power and can kill if it pierces a large blood vessel or vital organ, but a 1.5 kg weighted pilum hitting with the same sized tip will knock the person down, and possibly pin them to the ground.
In other words, an ice pick and a sledge hammer both can kill or give serious injury, but the sledge doesn't have to be quite so specific. Imagine having your right bicep totally pinned down to the ground by a pilum whose point is stuck in the dirt a foot deep. You're pretty helpless and utterly vulnerable to the next guy who comes your way carrying a pointy thing in his (or her) hand.
In other words, an ice pick and a sledge hammer both can kill or give serious injury, but the sledge doesn't have to be quite so specific. Imagine having your right bicep totally pinned down to the ground by a pilum whose point is stuck in the dirt a foot deep. You're pretty helpless and utterly vulnerable to the next guy who comes your way carrying a pointy thing in his (or her) hand.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
