How effective were longbow archers against plate …
2017年4月20日 · It is quite common knowledge that longbows most likely did not penetrate the plate armor worn by the French chevaliers at Poitiers and Agincourt. However, how effective were these longbows in hampering the …
English Longbow Testing against various armor circa …
2011年12月19日 · “In tests against a steel breastplate, a bodkin-tipped arrow would dent the armour at 260ft, puncture it at 98ft, and penetrate right through plate and underlying doublet coat to the flesh at 65ft.” (Channel 4)
Could the English longbow penetrate plate armour?
2012年11月20日 · The english/welsh longbow has passed into folklore as the most decisive weapon of its era, with victories at Crecy and Agincourt being attributed to its armour piercing capability. At Crecy this was no doubt true, but …
The Longbow – Effectiveness, Reach, Use, and Rate of Fire
- Just like today, warfare in the Middle Ages was always a race between weaponsmiths and armorers. But until the late 13th century bows only played a minor role during a medieval field battle. Instead, the battle was usually decided by the infantry or the cavalry. Hereyou can find out more about how medieval battles worked. Especially groups of mount...
English Longbow Testing Against Various Armor Circa …
The purpose of this research is to determine the effect various medieval arrows have on various medieval armour types. The time period that I tested is around 1400, the time of the English longbow. 3/28 Procedure The National Institute …
Longbow vs. Armor « Isegoria
Matheus Bane decided to test a replica medieval longbow against period armor, because he had read so many conflicting — and poorly supported — opinions. First, he decided to use the …
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Testing Longbow vs Plate Armour (Agincourt) done …
The english longbow was one of the few bows that had enough power to actually do any damage to plate armor, and unlike in movies, archers would be shooting at point blank range. Depends on a lot of factors.
Longbow VS plate. - The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
2004年12月10日 · At long ranges, the longbow would have been pretty useless against a good suit of full plate armour, although given the sheer numbers of arrows the English shot, a few …
MEDIEVAL MYTH BUSTING - Arrows vs Armour : …
At Agincourt, the English archers were said to have shot their arrows "flat". Knowing the weight the arrows used as recovered from the Mary Rose , along with the 160# bow used by Gibbs, they could determine the distance in which …
The English longbow (warbow) vs plate armour: Are the tests on …
2020年8月5日 · Two of our historians discuss the popular Youtube videos, testing the English longbow (warbow) vs plate armour, worn by knights and men-at-arms during the late medieval …
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