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I often wonder how much we could improve on historic items like suits of armour using modern materials and manufacturing.
by gadders 1y ago
I often wonder how much we could improve on historic items like suits of armour using modern materials and manufacturing.
- bluGill 1y agoLook at what the modern military uses. They face the same issues, even if bullets are somewhat different from arrows or swords, you still want to protect the same areas of the body again forces, and the same issues of weight, heat, maneuverability and such vs protection. While the exact compromise changes over time, any armorer in history will understand the compromises and why the modern military armour looks different. Which is to say I'd expect a modern suit of armour to be made of kevlar.
- gadders 1y agoWhat I meant was, how much better would a modern version of medieval plate armour be if made from modern materials, vs armour made at the time for medieval combat.