Could the longbow penetrate plate armour or was Anglo propaganda?
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Austin Morales
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Carter Butler
There's no known instances of it doing so. Probably not, although not 100% certain that it couldn't penetrate period plate.
Henry Foster
Depends what era, very late armor there was no chance but it could penetrate earlier plate.
Oliver Brooks
under optimal circumstances, sure. No armor makes the wearer invulnerable.
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but it didn't completly BTFO plate armor either.
Sebastian Martinez
As I recall, there are modern tests revealing that it could be possible under some conditions, but that it would be quite unlikely. It is a matter of distance, angle, and the part of the armour being hit.
Luis Rivera
Not really, early armour there was a decent chance, but the main strength was the thousands of arrows could easily find a gap in the plate and cleanly btfo frenchies.
John Allen
Arrows and bolts even at very close range couldn't penetrate plate, however it could hit somewhere else and incapacitate the fighter
>arrow hits your leg
>can't fight anymore
Though most french knights were heavily armored the rest of the army wasn't and shields didn't cover the entire body, which made it very hard for soldiers to advance without getting wounded
Bentley Hall
Don't forget that a lot of the HYW period sources mention the danger to French horses as well, which generally would not have full armor.
Alexander Cruz
That too, horse armor was expensive as shit
Adam Flores
No. Armor was generally a LOT more effective than TV/movies portray.
Even gambesons provided reasonably good protection.