How effective was medieval scale armor? - History Forum
Sep 16, 2014 · The scale / lamellar design in theory is better than mail in terms of pure strait up protection, but mail on average covers a wider portion of the body, where as lamellar / scale designs often only cover the torso and shoulder (and sometimes waist / thigh ) so it is a matter of trade off mostly. lamellar dominant places like Japan and China ...
Armour: chain/mail vs scale vs lamellar vs plate - History Forum
Jun 10, 2019 · 1. Scale could move aside or upward when facing a thrust from a certain direction, making the thrust penetrate the backing. 2. Loud as the scales would hit each other when the wearer walk. 3. Lifetime depend on the durability of the backing, not only the plates There are designs of scale which help reduce these problems.
How effective was medieval scale armor? | Page 2 - History Forum
Oct 14, 2014 · Oh I see, but its very interesting how scale armor from late antiquity to the middle-ages to be very different one another. Like byzantine scale armour tends to be different from Frankish scale armor worn from Carolingian heavy infantry, and Moorish scale armor differs from Saracen scale armour. Such a variety of scale armors.
Carolingian arms and armor: - History Forum
May 27, 2017 · Yeah leather armor does exist from the high medieval period. There are finds of Arab leather armor in Egypt. AFAIK though "Cuir Boulli" or 10th century European leather armor is only ever recorded being worn in conjunction with maille. That's the limit of my knowledge there.
What did Byzantine weapons and armor look like in the 13-14th …
Feb 2, 2016 · Scale, maille and lamellar and even plate[very rarely] All pictures are for 13th-14th cent Roman/'byzantine' armor, unless mention.
Late Medieval Plate Armor - History Forum
Apr 28, 2012 · So say that steppe nomads prevented the development of the plate armor if fallacious as much of non-European warfare involved wars of agricultural states versus agricultural states. And China had weapons capable of penetrating lamelar/scale armor such as crossbows since the warring states period.
Armor and Weapon Comparison: Europe, Asia and others
Feb 18, 2019 · But how does scale compare with mail armor? Is it hea I don't think the switch for medieval plate armor was because it was lighter. Plate does have the advantage that not all the weight of the armor hung from your shoulder as was the case for mail. Since lamelar was more rigid, I wonder if that armor could shift some of the.weight off the shoulders
How was scale armor used? - History Forum
Aug 29, 2012 · First, Scale and Lamellar armor are not completely the same. Scale armour tend to be attached onto a backing, usually leather, while Lamellar armour tend to be laced with each other. Scale is relatively simplier in that sense, but lamellar had greater potential complexity. Also, Scale armour was actually quite popular in Europe at least up to ...
African armors - History Forum
Apr 14, 2021 · It is interesting that this piece seems to, potentially, be mixing the "scale" and "apron" type armors. I don't think the artist, Luyken, had actually visited Benin, which indicates to me that he either a) was referencing art, b) fused reports of "Scale" and "apron" armor.
How Powerful of a Medieval Crossbow is Needed to Penetrate Mail?
Aug 11, 2018 · Scale armor failed to resist most shots, due to the scales being only bound on one side, so arrows don't always need to penetrate the scale but only need to push the scales aside. Riveted Mail was shot at only once by the 976 lb crossbow. It didn't resist. The 976 lb Medieval replica crossbow was made by Tod Todeschini.