Did the Pilum Bend after penetrating a shield? - History Forum
网页2018年6月3日 · A pilum hitting a shield or armor and not penetrating could cause the point to deform or a bend in the shank immediately after the point. Overall, the pilum was designed and optimized for penetrating flesh (man and beast) and shields, to a lesser extent armor. Much more effective at this than a standard throwing spear or javelin, while cheaper ...
The Pilum: Throwing or Stabbing? - History Forum
网页Dec 2, 2020. #1. The conventional picture of the pilum is that every legionary carried two (one heavier and one lighter) and would be launched as a massed volley at the century/cohort level. There were designed to get stuck in shields and bend on impact so as to be hard to remove and throw back. This would break up the enemy formation and ...
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Were Pilums used post-Rome? | History Forum - historum.com
网页After having read a bit about the strategic use and effects of Pilums as a standard in the Roman army. How they would throw their Pilums at the enemies' shields, rendering them useless (Pilums having a long soft iron spearhead, often with a weight behind it, that would bend upon impact), before...
Can javelins pierce plate? - History Forum
网页2019年7月3日 · The standard weight pilum was often under 2 lb, but some models from the Principate era might have added lead weights attached to give it more penetrative power at close range. That wasn't for plate armor, but to better penetrate shields.
Kinetic energy of ancient and modern weapons | History Forum
网页2012年2月4日 · The original ammunition for the M16 was the 5.56x45mm M193 round. When fired from a 20″ barrel at ranges of up to 100 meters, the thin-jacketed lead-cored round traveled fast enough (above 2900 ft/s) that the force of striking a human body would cause the round to yaw (or tumble) and fragment into about a dozen pieces of …
Did the Pilum Bend after penetrating a shield?
网页From my reading, I recall that Pilums were not made of steel, but Iron. The tip was harder because it was made by hammering the end of the metal. Legionaries carried a tool to bend the shafts back with the baggage. It was an iron shaft with a loop on the end. You simply fit the shaft into the...
First File Or First Spear? - History Forum
网页2017年3月27日 · Not so long ago a forum discussion got around to the subject of the Centurionate in imperial Roman times. One member confidently proclaimed that the most senior rank of centurions, Primus Pilus, meant 'First File' and not 'First Spear' as I had asserted. I confess my knowledge of latin isn't exactly notable thus I merely accepted the …
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