Also no stopping power. There are accounts throughout history of men being "feathered" with arrows, literally shot so many times that they look like they have feathers... but they continue to fight for quite some time before succumbing to the wounds.
While I'm not arguing that even a 120 pound bow would have the stopping power of most bullets I think armor may also have played a part in that. Almost everything except an iron plate will be penetrated by an arrow, but the depth of penetration will be far less on someone wearing mail and gambeson than it would be on unarmored flesh.
Also no stopping power. There are accounts throughout history of men being "feathered" with arrows, literally shot so many times that they look like they have feathers... but they continue to fight for quite some time before succumbing to the wounds.
While I'm not arguing that even a 120 pound bow would have the stopping power of most bullets I think armor may also have played a part in that. Almost everything except an iron plate will be penetrated by an arrow, but the depth of penetration will be far less on someone wearing mail and gambeson than it would be on unarmored flesh.
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