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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 5940109" data-attributes="member: 2518">Source? Because I have found no sources describing medieval elephant hunts and the equipment used. But they did use shields for hunting rhinos.Wrong. Good luck dodging an elephant trunk swinging at you especially that the dexterity advantage of light armor is not so big than what you seem to believe. You forget that animals behave much more offensively in combat as they have no concept of parrying. And when hit by the trunk "and sent flying" the guy in heavy armor has a much higher chance of survival as the armor absorbs force (less broken bones) and he is also protected from being impaled/wounded by stones and other debris when he lands. And despite what hollywood tells you, heavy armor was flexible and light enough so that you can easily stand up while wearing it.That each blow kills from a larger opponent is simply wrong. That only applies to bludgoning weapons. But slashing weapons have quite a lot of trouble to penetrate armor, even when the enemy is bigger. Heavy armor also protects you from many glancing hits which kill/disable an unarmored combatant.</blockquote>