Armor: How effective was Chainmail

[Dan Howard]

All of the commonly-cited accounts are here but I have collected more since that article was written.
http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_mail.html

That particular Arab account isn't all that useful because we don't know whether the layer of felt he mentioned was just a standard aketon worn under the mail or whether it was an additional layer worn over the top for extra protection.