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Zugul:

--- Quote from: stuckinthemud on August 09, 2024, 03:37:32 pm ---True enough but thick padding and chain mail and/or thick leather were pretty common even by the 11th century.

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A channel on youtube has made some pretty extensive and in depth experiments about how medieval plate armor, gambison, leather and chainmail respond to an arrow shot from different poundage bows, If it's not against the forum rules I can share the name of the channel or even the title of the video here  :D

stuckinthemud:
I think it’s ok to post incomplete links, like missing out a “w” from “www”

Zugul:
okay then, this is the link without a w from www
https://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=fzWipvLiCjY
here he's trying to shoot trough gambeson, a kind of layered linen tissue used for making armor in medieval times with a crossbow that shoots arrows of a certain weight at the same speed as a 160# @ 30" (or 32, I don't remember) english longbow.

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