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Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII (lemmy.world)
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Edit: Someone sent this to me, but I found a source discussing it.

https://greg.org/archive/2018/02/22/brickelangelo.html

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[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder which works better. Sandbags are certainly faster.

[โ€“] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Both would be ideal. Sandbags for fast, light projectiles, and bricks for slower, heavier ones. Sandbags will stop damn near any bullet, but you can shoot arrows right through them. I'd assume the same would be true for heavy shrapnel, flying rebar, etc.