Metal plate beneath Linothorakes or Spolades

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Rocktupac wrote:

This is only a hypothetical thickness that linen armor must be to offer enough protection (and likely even more) as 2mm thick bronze armor and repel all arrow assaults likely to have been seen on an ancient battlefield.

I hope you don't think that armour is meant or designed to be weaponproof ? To quote your earlier post: "..that would be silly...".

Armour, from the earliest times to modern tanks, is generally designed as a compromise between weight, protection, available materials, cost and other factors. Occasionally 'weaponproof' armour shows up ( such as Demetrius' iron cuirass, or the breastplates with 'shotproof' pistol marks from renaissance times) but these are never generally adopted.

A good place to start though, since then you know what the maximum thickness is you can deal with, thus what the heaviest weight was, then you can work down until you find the right weight/protection ratio and come to the same conclusion the greeks did.

Both of those anecdotes mention the warrior is killed from the side, is this suggestive of a weak spot in the armour? Presumably the left hand side where it is tied under the arm, Is this why you see scales being put under the arm pits? Extra defence against a perceived weakness in the armour.

Armour is never unbeatable, but it will react to perceived threats and changes in warfare.