05-22-2009, 02:18 PM
Hi Nerva,
Great test!
Great test!
Quote:Now here's a bolt fired on the last stop, 526 lb's or so, right through the shield, but would it have done any harm to the person weilding it? Probably not...Any idea of the force with which that bolt hit? It might perhaps have toppled the person over?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)