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Somebody actually did that experiment: https://digg.com/video/knight-firefighter-soldier-obstacle-course https://digg.com/video/knight-firefighter-soldier-obst

• lazide 3y ago
  Sure, but most people imagine plate armor means you can’t get yourself up off the ground and you’re stuck and dead if you fall. And those folks actively trained with that armor on. A noob would have a MUCH worse time. They also would have been a LOT faster without any armor at all on (once they adjusted for the lack of weight/restriction). Also, probably dead if they got hit with whatever the armor would protect them from. I know, I’ve had to do courses like that with and without body armor, and wore Level IIIA body armor for years. You get used to it, but it is ‘friction’ that you’d be faster without.
  • hermitcrab 3y ago
    >Sure, but most people imagine plate armor means you can’t get yourself up off the ground and you’re stuck and dead if you fall. I think that migth be another one of those myths we can blame the Victorians for. Also the black and white film of Henry V (?) where knights are shown being winched on to their horses. They weren't going to wear armour so heavy they couldn't get up in - they weren't stupid! >A noob would have a MUCH worse time. Indeed. People wearing plate were professional warriors, trained from childhood.