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<blockquote data-quote="Dogbrain" data-source="post: 1362775" data-attributes="member: 14980"><p>Only a small minority of cavalry wore them.</p><p>They were only that effective against pistols and smoothbore muskets.</p><p>They were so heavy that only the front of the torso could be protected.</p><p></p><p>By the middle of the century, this armor was relegated to ceremonial use and backwards countries.</p><p></p><p></p><p>By the 1500s, firearms were good enough that limb armor was sacrificed. By 1600, it was good enough that all but the minimum (helmet and breastplate--and even then often helmet only) was light enough to wear.</p><p></p><p>After that point, armor that was any useful protection against massed firearms was so expensive that only kings could afford it. Those armies that relied upon hussars and dragoons counted upon unnerving their infantry targets. Steady infantry broke armored cavalry again and again in the 18th and 19th centuries. Cavalry was only effective against massed infantry if they caught the infantry on the flank or rear or had a great deal of supporting infantry and artillery.</p><p></p><p>The thing about firearms is that even very simple and crude models can reliably penetrate steel plate armor. This is why "bullet proof" (bullet tested) armore was invented. The ordinary armor (as in D&D Full Plate) was not worthwhile protection, even against mere matchlocks. Likewise, the velocity of the projectile meant that skill and agility (Dex bonus) was pretty much useless. Only inherent inaccuracy made such weapons less than mighty--and they still took over the battlefield before the innacuracy problem was conquered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dogbrain, post: 1362775, member: 14980"] Only a small minority of cavalry wore them. They were only that effective against pistols and smoothbore muskets. They were so heavy that only the front of the torso could be protected. By the middle of the century, this armor was relegated to ceremonial use and backwards countries. By the 1500s, firearms were good enough that limb armor was sacrificed. By 1600, it was good enough that all but the minimum (helmet and breastplate--and even then often helmet only) was light enough to wear. After that point, armor that was any useful protection against massed firearms was so expensive that only kings could afford it. Those armies that relied upon hussars and dragoons counted upon unnerving their infantry targets. Steady infantry broke armored cavalry again and again in the 18th and 19th centuries. Cavalry was only effective against massed infantry if they caught the infantry on the flank or rear or had a great deal of supporting infantry and artillery. The thing about firearms is that even very simple and crude models can reliably penetrate steel plate armor. This is why "bullet proof" (bullet tested) armore was invented. The ordinary armor (as in D&D Full Plate) was not worthwhile protection, even against mere matchlocks. Likewise, the velocity of the projectile meant that skill and agility (Dex bonus) was pretty much useless. Only inherent inaccuracy made such weapons less than mighty--and they still took over the battlefield before the innacuracy problem was conquered. [/QUOTE]
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