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Paul Sedgmore wrote...
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Fair enough.Filament wrote...
Modern military gear often weighs more than a typical suit of platemail, from what I understand.
I used full combat gear combined with full packbag in army (finnish army) and compared that to the medieval gear I´ve put on, I personally think old armor beats new gear in weight. They are close but still new is less IMO. Not to forget that in the old days people were supposed to have a physical fight wearing that armor and wielding a weapon for hours after their march to the killing fields.
Plus unless I'm very much mistaken the medieval gear you have warn would have been made with modern techniques and materials (we are able to make steel that provides the same protection a lot thiner now then back in the 11th century) than a genuine medieval set of platemail.
I think that people vastly underestimate how much a suit of platemail really weighs
On the contrary, most people overestimate it. Depending on quality of steel and time period we're talking about between 40 to 70 pounds for combat armor, with 50-60 being the most common. (Armors greater than 60lbs in weight tended to come about after pistols became popular. The weight was largely due to a thickened bullet resistant breastplate.) This weight was distributed across the entire body, manking it significantly less encumbering than a backpack of the samee weight. there are multiple accounts of fully armored knights doing jumps and cartwheels, sprinting and vaulting into the saddle at the run.
In addition, the typical European sword only weighed a few pounds. The greatsword was actually not nearly as common as is often made out to be the case. Also, by the time of the mid 1400s shields largely fell out of favor. Knights typically used polearms for dismounted combat at this point, and kept their swords as backups. When using a sword they kept their left hand free in order to grapple with their opponents.
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