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Ben P.
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 Posted: Tue 13 Jan, 2009 7:39 am Post subject: How effective was armor of proof? |
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The title is self evident, discuss! 
BTW Is it true that a Lorica Segmenata can shrug off a ballista bolt?
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Kjell Magnusson
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Probably depends a lot on when and how it was proofed against what. From what I can recall Swedish breastplates in the late 17th century where proofed by placing them against a stuffed sack, and then shooting them with the standard infantry musket at twenty paces. These breastplates would have been about 8mm thick I think. Use less powerful weapons to proof with, and you could end up with considerably weaker (and lighter) armour passing.
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M. Eversberg II
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Segmentata cannot "shrug off" a ballista bolt, no.
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Ben P.
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| M. Eversberg II wrote: | Segmentata cannot "shrug off" a ballista bolt, no.
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Okay thanks for the info
I was just wondering because I heard about a show on The History Channel (Before the days of modern
marvels and apocalypse) where a bolt bounced off
BTW does anyone know where I could find this video?
Thanks for the info on proofed plate
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Dan Howard
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| Ben P. wrote: | I was just wondering because I heard about a show on The History Channel (Before the days of modern
marvels and apocalypse) where a bolt bounced off |
The test sample didn't shrug it off. The plates were severely dented and would have caused blunt trauma to the wearer. However the test piece used plates that were thicker that what was typically worn by the legionaries.
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Lafayette C Curtis
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This is a standard topic