dogstile said:
mad825 said:
dogstile said:
Gottesstrafe said:
Can't say for certain, but I would also think that a good old fashioned english longbow or a crossbow bolt wouldn't have too much difficulty penetrating leather either.
Considering the British longbow could pierce plate, I doubt leather really is going to stop it.
At point blank range yes however it's more likely to leave a nasty dent and knock over the knight. Most of them where more likely to be hit in the openings between the plates.
Leather(hardened) would reduce the damage it did to the wearer ^.^
Well i'm not arguing it would reduce the damage.
HOWEVER, I still think that damage would kill the wearer unless it hit it at an angle and deflected off. I THINK...
These scientists should do this next.
The leather armor Romans used (2 layers of hard leather with a section of plate armor in between) might work, although I would think the lack of plating along the sides would present a few problems.
Oh, and as for that bit about how plate armor would fare against a longbow...
Edit: Did a quick bit of research online. The heavier selections of plate armor in medieval times could weigh up to 100 lbs. A fully decked out marine fighting in the middle east carries on average around 90 lbs. of gear (40 lbs. in body armor, clothing, boots, helmet, etc. and 50 lbs. in ammo, batteries, food, water, etc.), not including personal items or supplementary gear. Although I'm sure that the modern counterpart is much better in terms of weight distribution, I wouldn't necessary rule out that a knight that had a properly fitted set of plate mail who had also trained in it most of their life would find it THAT bothersome in terms of mobility.
