"While it's all well and good to debate whether or not a broadhead arrow fired from a longbow could penetrate a French knight's plate armour and mail, all that is moot if the arrow doesn't actually kill him. A hollywood-ised view seems to dictate that if someone is hit by an arrow they clutch at the wound then fall over dead immediately.
In reality an arrow creates a self-sealing wound that doesn't allow for near as much haemorrhaging and tissue damage as a bullet, and can easily deflect off bone, lodge in cartilage, or penetrate to a shallow depth after coming through body armour. Generally infection or slow blood loss is the cause of death with arrow wounds."
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