Crossbows vs. Longbows

[Lingchih]

I don't think we have properly expounded on the actual arrowhead used. That alone could make quite a difference. A nice, aerodynamical head, or a killing head? Stone, bronze, or iron? Explosive, flaming, or conventional?

[rdonj]

Arrowheads with spinning drillbits?

[Eximius Sus]

Originally Posted by rdonj

Arrowheads with spinning drillbits?

That's silly. It's clearly known that the spiral mounting of fletchings was develop to increase the spinning penetration of arrows. Archimedes began his invention of the screw pump with a helical arrow head designed to spin it's way through bronze breastplates.