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Curious Aardvarkif the slinger is within the range they are shooting the bows (25m) then I believe the archer can shoot the face and the slinger can shoot the neck face area, the enemies' head & necks would be like a horizontal target at 25m.
the momentum of the arrow is around 4- 4.5 kg*m/s the momentum of a hurled heavy stone would be double that, similar to a shotgun recoil, it would be at least annoying. "concentrated fire" would be devastating.
I wouldn't expect penetration from a lead glande , but you never know, light lead projectiles can reach high velocities and it would be nice to see if and how they melt on impact.
at longer ranges i think the arrow will be useless but heavy stones not.
death by blunt force , death of Pyrrhus of Epirus :
Quote: During the confused battle in the narrow city streets, Pyrrhus was trapped. While he was fighting an Argive soldier, the soldier's old mother, who was watching from a rooftop, threw a tile which knocked him from his horse and broke part of his spine, paralyzing him. Whether he was alive or not after the blow is unknown, but his death was assured when a Macedonian soldier named Zopyrus, though frightened by the look on the face of the unconscious king, hesitantly and ineptly beheaded his motionless body.
death by blunt force aren't that heroic they sound like a tragic stupid joke. death by arrow doesn't sound like a joke .
I can't find a description of the death of Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta if you can find one post here.