Armor Breaker Tip
Armor breaker point is an arrowhead with a mostly rhombic cross-section for penetrating hard armor . Slender arrowheads of this type, such as the Bodkin point , are used to break open and pierce the chain links of a chain mail , more massive models are mainly found in the bolts of the crossbow with the aim of piercing metal plates.
The first mention of armor piercing arrowheads can be found in the descriptions of the Battle of Crecy on August 26, 1346, in which the English longbowmen were far superior to the armored knights.
literature
- Clifford J. Rogers, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2010, Page 443, ISBN 978-0-19-533403-6
- Aaron R. Kipnis, Knights Without Armor: A Guide to the Inner Lives of Men , Indigo Phoenix Books, 2004, Page XIII, ISBN 9780974509105
- Joseph Cummins, The War Chronicles: From Chariots to Flintlocks: New Perspectives on the Two Thousand Years of Bloodshed That Shaped the Modern World , Fair Winds, 2008, page 193, ISBN 978-1-59233-296-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dick W. Zylstra, Innovations In War That Changed History , Verlag Author House, 2004, page 35, ISBN 978-1-4140-3629-8