Comment on Weapon closeups by Astalo
Yeah, in the 15-16'th centuries there was also some special multi layer breastplates that can stop even musket ball and so on.
If you have to confront some well armored knight, you must always aim for the joints, visor holes and other weak points. In that way actual speed and accuracy effect better than just brute force.
I have sometimes thought that why medieval warriors never used similar nets what roman Retiarius gladiators had about 1000 years earlier. Few unarmed peasant can win full armored knight just throwing a net over him and then just sit upon, when the guy is rolling tangled on the ground.
Tricks like that were maybe against they code of honor or someting like that...
If you have to confront some well armored knight, you must always aim for the joints, visor holes and other weak points. In that way actual speed and accuracy effect better than just brute force.
I have sometimes thought that why medieval warriors never used similar nets what roman Retiarius gladiators had about 1000 years earlier. Few unarmed peasant can win full armored knight just throwing a net over him and then just sit upon, when the guy is rolling tangled on the ground.
Tricks like that were maybe against they code of honor or someting like that...
Nah, there was no such thing as a code of honor in large scale battles. It was all hypocrisy. Look at the crossbow, the very essence of shameful fighting. The pope even tried to out law it. Nobody cared, if it could win a battle it was used. Now, about the net thingy:
It was never used cause in theory it sounds good, in practice it would fail. Here is why, knight where bad ass medieval killers, they even trained their horses to run straight into walls of spears, cause horses would not naturally do that... i wonder why. So these guys seeing some peasants in front of them/him would run straight in there, fucking up everyone in his way, wile peasant would try to get out of his way.
They would be to scared and to unskilled to pull it of.
As for the joints... in a good armor those would be leather+chain mail. No way you r cutting true that. I would just go for the visor with a very thin knife or swing a very heavy mace thing at his head. I figure no mater the armor if i swing 10 kg of iron at it, the shock would pass true and reach his brain and center of balance. That would give me the chance to land another hit either to the head or the knee. That, hopefully would bend the armor in a way it would hinder him.
^ and that is what i would do against a knight \o/
It was never used cause in theory it sounds good, in practice it would fail. Here is why, knight where bad ass medieval killers, they even trained their horses to run straight into walls of spears, cause horses would not naturally do that... i wonder why. So these guys seeing some peasants in front of them/him would run straight in there, fucking up everyone in his way, wile peasant would try to get out of his way.
They would be to scared and to unskilled to pull it of.
As for the joints... in a good armor those would be leather+chain mail. No way you r cutting true that. I would just go for the visor with a very thin knife or swing a very heavy mace thing at his head. I figure no mater the armor if i swing 10 kg of iron at it, the shock would pass true and reach his brain and center of balance. That would give me the chance to land another hit either to the head or the knee. That, hopefully would bend the armor in a way it would hinder him.
^ and that is what i would do against a knight \o/
Ok. Also some warhammer/poleaxe with narrow spike works probably quite well for the joints etc.
I think pole arms would be the best bet for heavy armor since they used leverage to deliver massive impact. Instead of swinging a medium or short heavy weapon you could swing a long pole weapon to obtain the same effect.
I think a long handle 3 kg weapon could deliver the same force a medium 15 kg weapon could, also it would be a lot easy r er to swing, i guess a 15 kg one would take years to master. Where as a 3 kg one could be given to any conscript and used efficiently.
Ease of use was a big factor in those days, since most combatants where peasant or middle class forced to fight.
Also, there is a catch. The longer the range, the more infective it gets close up. For example, if you could close up, the pole arm would be useless in a leverage situation...
I think a long handle 3 kg weapon could deliver the same force a medium 15 kg weapon could, also it would be a lot easy r er to swing, i guess a 15 kg one would take years to master. Where as a 3 kg one could be given to any conscript and used efficiently.
Ease of use was a big factor in those days, since most combatants where peasant or middle class forced to fight.
Also, there is a catch. The longer the range, the more infective it gets close up. For example, if you could close up, the pole arm would be useless in a leverage situation...