I've really been into the Greek war movies lately. I recently saw troy and really liked it. It spurred me to look into Greek mythology and all of that, Helen of Troy (schwing), Achilles (Schwing schwing), Paris, etc. anyway, I saw the 300 again recently for the umpteenth time and was wondering why the arrows stuck in the shield. what was the shield made of. Also, it appears that the phalanx was the predecessor to tank warfare. Am I accurate in this statement Dread? I know that you are somewhat of a military history geek so I thought of you while watching these movies.