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Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my.
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as you say it depends on the head and weight of the arrow,i thought the roman bodkins much more dart shape while trilobites were larger.
also depends on the quality of shield and mail too.
the contributors in skirmish experimented with different type of head fired by a longbow against a piece of heavy plate and the result quite interesting.
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Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Ross Cowan - 07-10-2009, 07:42 PM
Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by marka - 07-13-2009, 04:10 PM
Why the bodkin? - by Gregg - 07-17-2009, 10:28 PM
Re: Why the bodkin? - by Matthew Amt - 07-18-2009, 01:33 PM

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