(TFT) Plate armor and firearms

[Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>]

	In my readings on the subject, for a short time they tried to make
plate armor heavier to stop bullets, but the armor rapidly became too heavy
to be effective on the battle field.

	Rick

...  Plate armors died as a result of heat
>prostration (this lead to loss of mobility not the weight of the armor) and
>expense of the materials used to make the armor, and generally not because
>of firearms.  A  breastplate was supposed to be tested against a pistol shot
>at close range.  If the bullet went through the armor failed so back to
>work.  There are stories of armor makers who cheated by using a ball pean to
>simulate the dent the bullet made in the armor to show that the armor
>passed.  Woe be it if that armorer was caught though as it was a death
>sentence for putting a man's life at risk.
>
>Yours in Cidri,
>Justin




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