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Let me introduce you to the gambeson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambeson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambeson :) Multiple layers of quilted cloth are ext

• ltbarcly3 4y ago
  Im familiar, i think it works largely by being loose and giving. Arrows are fast, they have a lot of kinetic energy but relatively little momentum. You can decelerate them pretty effectively.
  • marginalia_nu 4y ago
    Thick layered cloth armor quite honestly also doesn't feel like something I'd bring if I was about go on a tour of conquest including such warm places as those conquered by Alexander the Great.
    • hnbad 4y ago
      Having worn gambesons in the British summer during reenactment battles, I can't imagine wearing one in the Mediterranean sun let alone the Middle East. It gets extremely hot in there after even moderate physical exertion.