Reconstructed Persian weapons

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I know how frustrating this can be,it has happened to me that i lost a long typed text some times!

May i ask the thickness of metal on the experiments? And of wood. Helmet bowls would be as thin as 0,8-1mm bronze or less.Shield faces were less than 0,5mm and the wood behind it 0,5 - 0,7 cm in the biggest part of the shield. There is indication and literary evidence that these shields could be pierced by arrows and wound -even kill- the man bearing them.
The Spartans suffered losses under the shower of arrows crouched behind their shields in Plataia, the Tegeans beside them on their left couldn't sustain anymore and they were the first that charged! One wonders how many of those losses were achieved through shields and armour.
Also,were the samples beaten bronze,plate bronze or brass?
Khaire
Giannis

EDIT: I'd also like to add that "heavy infantry" doesn't always mean heavy in armour. I think it mostly means heavy duty. The corpse that will actually engage with the enemy and will win the day. Hoplite armied might occasionally have been very lightly armoured,save for the big shield. Hoplites,however,no matter how well armoured they would be,they were always the "heavy infantry". "They were given the best" might not only mean the best armour or the most of it. They were certainly given the best services for instance! And tradition is some times stronger than logic. That said,some Persians on the small side of the Alexander Sarcophagus wear cuirass,but clearly no head protection other than the soft tiara. Accurate???
About cavalry being more armored,i believe that even if the "immortals" were picked men,the mounted guard was even higher status. The pezaiteroi of the Macedonians were picked men,but the Hetairoi were the real upper class.

And something else. You mentioned leg and arm protection many times. What evidence is there for this? Any actual finds-photos?