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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were. Look up bodkin arrows. Also, a lot of the knights got mired, and then killed by the archers with daggers who didn't sink as much.

[โ€“] dessimbelackis 2 points 1 year ago

Better yet look up Tods Workshop on YouTube arrows vs armour and then think of thousands upon thousands of archers piling shaft after shaft into the French knights