ARROWS vs ARMOUR 3 - Can Arrows Defeat Armour?

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‘Arrows vs Armour’ is back! This time we have an armoured soldier of 1450 in our sights. All of him. But not just one archer shooting at our target, a whole host! Every detail of the bows, arrows, armour and clothing will be correct and every moment, every spectacle, every discovery has been filmed. 7 warbow archers with bows from 120lbs – 160lbs shoot 15th century barbed arrows at our soldier so we can find out what happens in the chaos of an arrow storm! ‘ Steel tipped arrows shot from powerful bows and the latest addition to the battlefield, the ‘brigandine’, flexible steel body armour. It is thinner and cheaper than the old style breastplates but how will it hold up against the new hard steel arrows? TV companies have no interest in doing these tests for real with correct armour and real experts who talk about what they see, not about what the script tells them to say. We film it and we show it. No pre-written scripts, no hype, no fluff, no predetermined TV outcomes; just factual truth. All filmed by professional TV crew, but working for us, our way and only made possible by the generous funding of our backers. We have made two previous series and the main films can be found here. Arrows vs Armour 1 https://youtu.be/DBxdTkddHaE?si=3BChtTglj71z1zCC Arrows vs Armour 2 https://youtu.be/ds-Ev5msyzo?si=2Z_wyIEB9-WA2ZJh A preliminary research film in the Arrows vs Armour 3 series - Flat Plate Strike Tests - is available here. https://youtu.be/UBbVWqA45fI?si=AaUrlQZ6OHJb8-5p Further films will be coming soon; a full Damage Report, and watching Will forge and discuss arrow heads and their technology. Chapters 00:00 Start 00:36 Introduction 01:27 Introduction to the armour 02:17 introduction to the archers with bow data tables 02:56 Will explains the arrows 03:18 A brief look back at Arrows vs Armour 1 and 2 04:12 Toby Capwell talks about the armour in detail 09:59 Will Sherman talks about the arrow heads in detail 12:23 60m shooting and analysis 17:03 40m shooting and analysis 23:36 20m shooting and analysis 31:12 type 21b arrow type shooting and analysis 33:51 Massed archers shooting in their own time and analysis 39:00 Conclusion and thank you 43:15 Credits Presenters Tod Todeschini - https://todsworkshop.com Joe Gibbs - Gibbs Archery Will Sherman - https://www.medievalarrows.co.uk Dr Toby Capwell - tobycapwell.com Archers Al Pinfold, Tim Miller Robin Atherlay Chris Northrop, Chris Hood Leafy Green Arrow heads by Will Sherman of Medieval Arrows - https://www.medievalarrows.co.uk Sallet and bevor by Francois L’Archeveque - https://flarcheveque.wordpress.com Brigandine by Armour Services Historical - https://www.armour-services-historical.co.uk Mail collar by Phil Parkes - https://philparkesmaille.com Arming cote by The Sempster - https://www.facebook.com/TheSempster Music: Brave - by TwinsMusic - Licensed from Bensound.com