10-27-2011, 10:11 AM
Just got done reading "From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies" and had quite a few "confused" moments while reading about their methods used to test the effectiveness of weapons. Basically they stated that swords and spears were generally useless against mail armor, that the greatest weapon was the ax. Which is weird because very few armies that I am aware of armed their warriors with axes.
So can a sword or spear, constructed in the manner accurate to say the 200 BC - 1 BC period, actually pierce accurately constructed mail armor in a one armed stabbing motion?
Has anyone done any recent tests on this? If so, what are the results?
So can a sword or spear, constructed in the manner accurate to say the 200 BC - 1 BC period, actually pierce accurately constructed mail armor in a one armed stabbing motion?
Has anyone done any recent tests on this? If so, what are the results?