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    Omixochitl  wrote:   
      
   > ghost  wrote in news:trminlxGARBAGE-   
   > 8AA49A.09151614112003@news-central.ash.giganews.com:   
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   > > True armor disappeared during the 18th century almost entirely as the   
   > > musket could make short work of anyone in armor. But mostly because it   
   > > was expensive, even in the middle ages the average fighter had little in   
   > > the way of armor, plate mail was very expensive and not worn by your   
   >   
   > Hold on a second, aren't plate and mail mutually exclusive?  Or rather, you   
   > can wear some plate and some mail in the same outfit but a given piece of   
   > armor can't be plate and mail at the same time?   
      
   Most plate had a mail portion, joints being the most common. But it also   
   wasn't uncommon to wear a mail shirt underneath ... they learned quickly   
   that plate itself was ineffectual against arrows, crossbows and those   
   damned English Longbowman. So a shirt of chain underneath helped. a   
   little.   
      
   go to an SCA meeting if you want the exact historical breakdown, the   
   various kinds of armors by country and what they were best used against.   
      
   ghost   
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