ANST - Re: Anst - Slings

[j'lynn yeates]

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[mailto:owner-ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of H.L. Agnarr
Thorvaldsson


  .... The Bodkin tipped arrows are made just for that purpose.  They
manage to  pierce between the rings; splitting them open and they
just go straight in like a high-powered dart/needle. 
  ...  Now as to the effects of a stone launched from a sling, it
would cause hardly any cutting damage. IMOH I believe that it would
just make a real nasty bruise (similar to what we get now in
unarmoured areas).  

  [jyeates] 
  an excellent modern example of this is the standard bullet
resistant vest made of aramid or it's variants.  it's effective
against most preojectiles because the fabric weave catches the
rounded projectile in a mesh and disspates a grat deal of force
through the weave preventing the projectile from passing through. 
but it does not stop all the enegy transfer resulting in "blunt
trauma" (ie: large, deep bruising ... better than large holes
though).

  on the same soft armour, take a projectile with a hardened point
(even a dagger, knife, xbow bolt or arrow), and at the point of
impact this point creates a opening in the mesh, the energy of the
projectile pushes it through, spreading the mesh aside as it goes
(same as in mail).  

  side point, one important thing about modern soft armour, it has to
remain dry.  if it gets saturated, in mnay cases a projectile that it
would be stopped when armour was dry would pass through.  why?  the
impact point forms a "shock cone" on the water in the mesh that acts
as a penetrator, spreading the mesh aside.

  spacifiacally as to slings, unless they hit unprotected targets
(face, arms, legs ... as reported in the historic roman casulty
reports) they are essentially useless .. though annoying.  probably
good for the flock protection, surprise attack,  guerilla raid, or
early on in massed use when armour was not as common or advanced, but
not really that useful on the later battlefilds that gave rise toi
the scadian armour/combat standards.

  one plus is that they are easy to resupply after the lead pellets
are gone .. lot's of rocks out there.  and they are fun to try to
learn.  i can't really seeing a place for them on the scadian combat
ground, but in a well controlled *safe* range setting (ie
***nothing*** in a range that can be hit by a stray pellet in all
directions), they could be fun in the real weapons competitions.

  'wolf    

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