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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7828751" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>Steel plate armor digs itself only into the gambeson worn underneath it and the only weapon which would penetrate is a warhammer / halberd / poleaxe / spiked mace (the piercing side), a mace might dent it though and some very strong crossbow might penetrate. A knight in full plate is a guy who can take on 20 : 1 in melee vs unarmored / lightly armored. It makes you close to invulnerable except in those places where there are openings.</p><p></p><p>so 2)</p><p></p><p>refers to either weak parts or openings (helmet slits joints etc of an armor) there are no horse armors enclosing the animal so much like a full plate, most are rather akin to banded armor or thalf plate at best.</p><p>An arrow will not penetrate normal to high quality plate armor no matter if you got a 200 Lb draw weight bow and no matter if point blank. it will make a slight dent eventually.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">" English longbow killing a knight's horse by going through his armor, his leg, his armor again, his saddle, and then the horse itself"</span></p><p>Yeah sure, and the ten unarmored enemy archers standing on the other side of that poor horse dropped dead also with the arrow only loosing momentum after exiting the last of them. That is called fishermens / hunters latin in Germany. Those are storys from the twilight zone you would say.</p><p></p><p>3)</p><p></p><p>It did exist as cuirboully cured and hardened in oil leather armor, but it was not that widespread and it certainly is a stiff armor, not the thing people are imagining on the agile stealthy rogue. It probably was better versus blunt weapons than a breastplate but it might have been less comfortable.</p><p></p><p>Normal buff jackets (padded armor) could have outer layers of leather, but again the armor effect was from layered linen. The leather protected from dirt and water and abrasion a little but it was not contributing much to the effectiveness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7828751, member: 6895991"] Steel plate armor digs itself only into the gambeson worn underneath it and the only weapon which would penetrate is a warhammer / halberd / poleaxe / spiked mace (the piercing side), a mace might dent it though and some very strong crossbow might penetrate. A knight in full plate is a guy who can take on 20 : 1 in melee vs unarmored / lightly armored. It makes you close to invulnerable except in those places where there are openings. so 2) refers to either weak parts or openings (helmet slits joints etc of an armor) there are no horse armors enclosing the animal so much like a full plate, most are rather akin to banded armor or thalf plate at best. An arrow will not penetrate normal to high quality plate armor no matter if you got a 200 Lb draw weight bow and no matter if point blank. it will make a slight dent eventually. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]" English longbow killing a knight's horse by going through his armor, his leg, his armor again, his saddle, and then the horse itself"[/COLOR] Yeah sure, and the ten unarmored enemy archers standing on the other side of that poor horse dropped dead also with the arrow only loosing momentum after exiting the last of them. That is called fishermens / hunters latin in Germany. Those are storys from the twilight zone you would say. 3) It did exist as cuirboully cured and hardened in oil leather armor, but it was not that widespread and it certainly is a stiff armor, not the thing people are imagining on the agile stealthy rogue. It probably was better versus blunt weapons than a breastplate but it might have been less comfortable. Normal buff jackets (padded armor) could have outer layers of leather, but again the armor effect was from layered linen. The leather protected from dirt and water and abrasion a little but it was not contributing much to the effectiveness. [/QUOTE]
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