12-05-2008, 05:07 AM
This test and others like it demonstrate that ancient Greek and Roman armour was never intended to be 'bulletproof' but rather provide a degree of protection that was mostly effective, commensurate with lightness ( any soldier spent far longer carrying grear than using it in battle).....the same or similar results come up for helmets, body armour etc..
My son re-enacts crusades/early mediaeval warfare, and has a reasonably authentic kite shield ,apart fom it's re-inforced edges ( with dog-chew hide which is sacrificial and there to prevent splits, because they are fought with far more frequently than the real thing). His group also test with 'sharps', with similar results - which leave some very realistic 'battle scars' !!
My son re-enacts crusades/early mediaeval warfare, and has a reasonably authentic kite shield ,apart fom it's re-inforced edges ( with dog-chew hide which is sacrificial and there to prevent splits, because they are fought with far more frequently than the real thing). His group also test with 'sharps', with similar results - which leave some very realistic 'battle scars' !!
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
