If it was a .45 it...

[just Warren]

...blown that shield apart!

[RoadKingLarry]

If it was a .45-70 it would have blown the shield apart and then taken out 4-5 guys behind it.

[MechAg94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36NMCLbf_7o
Roman Pilum Throwing - Javelin & Shield Roman Army Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYFCH5Ae50

Scholagladiatoria has done a couple videos on the Pilum lately.  The iron shaft looks thicker on his.  The one on the first video looks so thin it wouldn't be straight by the time soldiers got it to the battle. 

[MechAg94]

I have seen videos testing longbows against armor.  I have never seen a video seeing just how well a typical pistol or rifle bullet would penetrate armor from the middle ages.  Penetrating a wooden shield makes sense, but what about chain mail, plate armor, or just heavy cotton behind it?  Of course, from what I have heard, most soldiers didn't full armor. 

[230RN]

Force ÷ Area = Pressure

The smaller the area, the greater the pressure:

That's why people use needles to sew with.  The near-zero diameter point makes the pressure enormous.

Even the Romans knew that.

In Roman numbers,

Force  Ã· Area = Pressure
XV ÷ V = III
But with a smaller-area point,
XV ÷  III = V

Obviously the smaller area III gives a higher pressure V, thus allowing the small pointy thing to penetrate better than the large pointy thing with the same force of XV applied in both cases.

 

Terry runneth and hideth

[WLJ]

Force ÷ Area = Pressure

The smaller the area, the greater the pressure:

That's why people use needles to sew with.  The near-zero diameter point makes the pressure enormous.

Even the Romans knew that.

In Roman numbers,

Force  Ã· Area = Pressure
XV ÷ V = III
But with a smaller-area point,
XV ÷  III = V

Obviously the smaller area III gives a higher pressure V, thus allowing the small pointy thing to penetrate better than the large pointy thing with the same force of XV applied in both cases.

 

Terry runneth and hideth

Beware the ides of March

[HeroHog]

Anyone else notice that "shield" was made of particle board and not the solid wood that would have been used at the time?

[MechAg94]

Anyone else notice that "shield" was made of particle board and not the solid wood that would have been used at the time?

I have seen videos criticizing that show's testing before.  One that stuck in my head dealt with chain mail.