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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5407274" data-attributes="member: 4348">Depends on how much reading you want to do.&nbsp; I don't have internet sources off the top of my head.&nbsp; Don't feel much like searching around the internet for them.Horses were also pretty heavily armored, but I imagine the guns were aiming more for the knight then the horse.&nbsp; Probably because most of those in the really heavy armor would have been leading troops, and getting close to them would have been easier to just shoot them, then to try to aim through the forces at the horse.Plus, horses are replaceable, the Lord is not.It should be added, this was specifically designed (the really heavy and thick armor), if I remember correctly, to survive gunfire...and the gunner typically will get one shot.&nbsp; Who do you try to kill, the Lord, or his horse.&nbsp; You kill the Lord you might end the war, you kill his horse you still have to get to him through his troops.&nbsp; If he was wearing this armor, he probably wasn't planning on getting into melee, though if he did, they'd still have to beat his own cavalry even if they did manage to knock him off his horse (and accordingly, with the tactics at the time, if they were close enough to fight him in melee, and actually cut through his forces to get to him, he'd probably be dead anyways...regardless of whatever armor he's wearing).The Lord invariably probably also had OTHER armor he'd wear for other purposes or reasons.&nbsp; Later, and even at the same time, many preferred mobility to armor...and that armor in many respects was LIGHTER than that of the plate before.&nbsp; In fact, the conquistadors and others wore plate that was remarkably less heavy than what you see on knights of previous centuries, lending more for mobility.&nbsp; Eventually, of course, I think it was determined that the drawbacks of making something thick enough to stop gunfire was not advantageous to the detriments it gave.In fact, eventually armor really stopped being worn at all until the last few decades (with the Kevlar vests, body Armor, etc. worn by modern military).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 5407274, member: 4348"] Depends on how much reading you want to do. I don't have internet sources off the top of my head. Don't feel much like searching around the internet for them. Horses were also pretty heavily armored, but I imagine the guns were aiming more for the knight then the horse. Probably because most of those in the really heavy armor would have been leading troops, and getting close to them would have been easier to just shoot them, then to try to aim through the forces at the horse. Plus, horses are replaceable, the Lord is not. It should be added, this was specifically designed (the really heavy and thick armor), if I remember correctly, to survive gunfire...and the gunner typically will get one shot. Who do you try to kill, the Lord, or his horse. You kill the Lord you might end the war, you kill his horse you still have to get to him through his troops. If he was wearing this armor, he probably wasn't planning on getting into melee, though if he did, they'd still have to beat his own cavalry even if they did manage to knock him off his horse (and accordingly, with the tactics at the time, if they were close enough to fight him in melee, and actually cut through his forces to get to him, he'd probably be dead anyways...regardless of whatever armor he's wearing). The Lord invariably probably also had OTHER armor he'd wear for other purposes or reasons. Later, and even at the same time, many preferred mobility to armor...and that armor in many respects was LIGHTER than that of the plate before. In fact, the conquistadors and others wore plate that was remarkably less heavy than what you see on knights of previous centuries, lending more for mobility. Eventually, of course, I think it was determined that the drawbacks of making something thick enough to stop gunfire was not advantageous to the detriments it gave. In fact, eventually armor really stopped being worn at all until the last few decades (with the Kevlar vests, body Armor, etc. worn by modern military). [/QUOTE]

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