1/ Over in the Asian Traditional Archery Research Network (ATARN) on FB, there is a lively debate on arrow penetration in armor. I'm providing some relevant links here for those interested in running some of this to ground.
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Here are some others opinions to throw on the wall: here's one useful discussion https://acoup.blog/.../collections-punching-through-some.../ … To set against or compare to the work done my Mark Stretton here: http://markstretton.blogspot.com/.../does-arrowheads …... The results were published in Arms and Armour in 2007:https://doi.org/10.1179/174962607X177436 …
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This week's blog post is actually also on the topic - how range might impact penetration: https://acoup.blog/2019/07/04/collections-archery-distance-and-kiting/ … The conclusions here are tentative. There's surprisingly little attention to the speed and angle of arrows at the *end* of their flight. More research needed.
