Re: (TFT) Cranes and armor

[ed <edhogg@equus.demon.co.uk>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:44:00 -0400, "grabowski" <grabowski@erols.com>
wrote:

>Stan stated,
>
><<<My understanding is that armor that heavy was pretty much only used
>for jousting. >>>>
>
>Placing a man on a horse using a crane was related to the flexiblity of  the
>knee joint of the armor.  Armor was heavy but not heavy enough that you
>could not fight in it on the ground.  A man in armor, such as you say, could
>have mounted a horse by himself but not without struggling to straddle the
>horse with his leg.

All knightly fighting armour could be moved in to a great degree, it had
to be. Protection as heavy as that would only be found on plate for
jousting, if then

ed
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