09-09-2016, 11:37 PM
(09-09-2016, 11:28 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: Why do you think the scales are located in that position? It isn't because that is where the most protection is needed. It is because that is the part that requires the most flexibility. It was a compromise to keep the cost down while optimising effectiveness of the armour. More expensive armour had greater coverage of metal.
We will have to agree to disagree because I have no evidence of course, but I find the fact that the scales are so often on epomides to point to protection as much as flexibility. Speaking of flexibility, I have never seen this fully explained, see attached.
