Armor Penetration and Armor resistance.

[hoplite14gr]

Dan is right on his theory about cloth.
I used linen of the type that they use for furniture covers not garment construction in my experiment.
The only thing that penetrated was a thin steel blade of a punching tool so
David Wills has a very strong point in my opinion.
Also when you close your shoulder guards it is 15layers plus 15 layers on your chest 30.

I saw a documentary of the silk "subarmalis" of the Mongols.
They also showed a test where a reconstructed silk vest resisted .357slugs.
Sorry dont recal the layers. Thai police is using such vests according to the documentary(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Matt the square holes can very well be from the dreaded Saka "saggaris"
One of this helmets is Athenian and dates from the time of Marathon battle.

Kind regards
Kind regards