Yeah there are exceptions to the triangular bladed arrrow. To be fair however these exceptions are not rare, in fact MOST european nations for much of there histroy used non-triangluar headed arrows. The reason? Armour..
A triangluar headed of barbed arrow has a lower armour penetraion than one with a smaller surface area, The dreaded english longbow, perhaps the single most effective missle weapon in europe until the invention of the rifle, fired an arrow called a "bodkin". It had no tip per se, because it was designed to be fired like an artillery volly, using gravity to add force. It could penetrate Plate armour at 500 hundred ketres, thanksto the slim, non triangluar tip. Lots of surgen in medevail europe DID pull out arrows, although this was in part from ignorance. In theory though, pulling out most european arrows would cause an exit wound no bigger than the wound it made in entry.
Of across Native American's never meet armoured opponent and therefor never developed the need for armour piercing arrows. Then pushing the arrow through might be a good idea (unless it was close to major arteries etc), Incidentlly many Perisan and Islamic surgen did not push arrows trhough, even triangular ones. They developed a special tool for removing arrow heads, ike a smooth spoon designed to cover the barbs, to prevent extra damage...
So in the right circumstances, pulling the arrow out is a good idea.
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Yeah there are exceptions to the triangular bladed arrrow. To be fair however these exceptions are not rare, in fact MOST european nations for much of there histroy used non-triangluar headed arrows. The reason? Armour..
A triangluar headed of barbed arrow has a lower armour penetraion than one with a smaller surface area, The dreaded english longbow, perhaps the single most effective missle weapon in europe until the invention of the rifle, fired an arrow called a "bodkin". It had no tip per se, because it was designed to be fired like an artillery volly, using gravity to add force. It could penetrate Plate armour at 500 hundred ketres, thanksto the slim, non triangluar tip.
Lots of surgen in medevail europe DID pull out arrows, although this was in part from ignorance. In theory though, pulling out most european arrows would cause an exit wound no bigger than the wound it made in entry.
Of across Native American's never meet armoured opponent and therefor never developed the need for armour piercing arrows. Then pushing the arrow through might be a good idea (unless it was close to major arteries etc), Incidentlly many Perisan and Islamic surgen did not push arrows trhough, even triangular ones. They developed a special tool for removing arrow heads, ike a smooth spoon designed to cover the barbs, to prevent extra damage...
So in the right circumstances, pulling the arrow out is a good idea.
Excuse any grammatical incoherence, I just got up