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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Dragon" data-source="post: 1858676" data-attributes="member: 1115">Firearms were not the reason that the use of medevial armor decreased after centuries of use.An arrow fired by a longbowman could easily penetrate a knight's armor (the french knights suffered a bitter defeat at Azincourt in the 15th (?) century by english longbow archers), as well as a heavy bolt. The spanish conquistadors still used a type of breast plate, but fire arms were quite common at that time.Maybe it is just how warfare has changed: new tactics, simpler, but still effective weapons, the upcoming of cannons (a hit by a cannon ball normally kills a soldier outright, regardless of his armor) and so on.And the production of a full plate, the costs to pay the knight, his horse and barding were in no relation to the role of the knight during battles at the end of the medevial age.</blockquote>