Hmm, one wonders why a civilization with access to assault rifles would retain body armor that is incapable of stopping said rifle's projectiles. Primitive hand-cannons are what led to the downfall of steel armor, and an assault rifle is extremely more accurate and powerful. Still makes for an interesting picture.
ezekill said: The commanders are gonna ask how and why can a lone man equipped with that strange contraption can take down their best knights with little effort.
Alternatively, he's just empowered by magic/God's Will or some craziness.
It must be made from Carbon Nanotube. OR Their a Time-Traveler 'blending in' that just so happened to have brought some added reinforcement. Either that or they're merely making a fashion statement. Or they're retarded, any of the ways.
Shinjidude said: Hmm, one wonders why a civilization with access to assault rifles would retain body armor that is incapable of stopping said rifle's projectiles. Primitive hand-cannons are what led to the downfall of steel armor, and an assault rifle is extremely more accurate and powerful. Still makes for an interesting picture.
You don't need armor that stops your own weapons, just armor that stops the enemy's weapons. Perhaps he's fighting people who are using more primitive weapons.
danielp said: You don't need armor that stops your own weapons, just armor that stops the enemy's weapons. Perhaps he's fighting people who are using more primitive weapons.
Exactly.
The Spanish Conquistadors fought with horses, steel armor, and had primitive arquebuses (although they mainly relied upon their swords as they were killing too fast to wait to reload) against the Aztec and Mayan empires equipped only with padded armor and clubs with obsidian edges that were completely incapable of piercing steel armor.
The Spanish won battles where the odds were stacked against them 500-to-1 essentially without casualties.
Hypothetically, if you for some reason HAD access to full plate mail, and were going up against some force with nothing that could penetrate that sort of armor, you'd be essentially invulnerable, barring getting so tired or so swarmed that you wouldn't be able to fight off people trying to rip the armor off of you.
The Spanish Conquistadors fought with horses, steel armor, and had primitive arquebuses (although they mainly relied upon their swords as they were killing too fast to wait to reload) against the Aztec and Mayan empires equipped only with padded armor and clubs with obsidian edges that were completely incapable of piercing steel armor.
The Spanish won battles where the odds were stacked against them 500-to-1 essentially without casualties.
Hypothetically, if you for some reason HAD access to full plate mail, and were going up against some force with nothing that could penetrate that sort of armor, you'd be essentially invulnerable, barring getting so tired or so swarmed that you wouldn't be able to fight off people trying to rip the armor off of you.
To be fair the spanish weren't exactly all on their lonesome. A lot of other tribes joined up, the Aztecs weren't exactly the most popular people.
To be fair the spanish weren't exactly all on their lonesome. A lot of other tribes joined up, the Aztecs weren't exactly the most popular people.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
Ehhh. In retrospect, sure, but given the Aztecs and human nature, chances are if you'd explained it at the time the response would be something along the lines of "if it means crushing those fucking assholes in Tenochtitlan, it'll be worth it, not like my tribe has much of a future with them around anyway and at least this way we're taking them down with us".
Human beings are kinda petty and vindictive like that.
