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  • You Couldn't Run Away From Your Opponent For Very Long on Random Ways Medieval Knight Armor Was More Dangerous Than Just Wearing Nothing

    (#8) You Couldn't Run Away From Your Opponent For Very Long

    While you had decent mobility in a suit of armor, that didn't mean you could just run around the battlefield swinging your sword. Depending on various factors, a full suit of armor could weigh up to 100 pounds or more - and that's not counting the various gear soldiers might have had to carry with them.

    So, you can imagine swinging a sword in addition to donning a metal suit can get pretty tiring at times. It also meant running around would eventually wear you down far quicker than if you weren't wearing all that metal. 

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    (#7) You Could Be Shot By Arrows

    While it's true that armor protected people from arrows, there were a number of variables that led to how effective that protection actually was.

    First and foremost, distance was a huge factor. From a long distance, arrows wouldn't do too much. But at closer range, arrows designed to pierce armor could poke right through. At even closer range, enough arrows could get through to stop an armored soldier. The advent of the English Longbow was especially dangerous, as it had stronger power and longer range.

  • You Could Get Completely Blindsided on Random Ways Medieval Knight Armor Was More Dangerous Than Just Wearing Nothing

    (#5) You Could Get Completely Blindsided

    The helmets that one wore with armor were incredibly adept at protecting one's head. Unfortunately, that came at the price of completely ruining someone's peripheral awareness. In the midst of combat, it could be pretty easy to come up behind someone and take them out.

    Luckily, thanks to the way military formations worked at the time, this typically didn't happen all that much. But when combatants got really mixed in with one another, you better believe you could get killed by someone you never saw or heard. 

  • You Could Roast Alive From Heat on Random Ways Medieval Knight Armor Was More Dangerous Than Just Wearing Nothing

    (#1) You Could Roast Alive From Heat

    The crusades in the Middle East were an incredibly bloody period for everyone involved. That certainly wasn't helped by the fact that many of the combatants were fighting each other in the desert while wearing metal suits. As you might imagine, this led to people being literally baked inside their armor and eventually perishing from heat exhaustion.

    Luckily, many soldiers discovered ways to get around the heat. Some took their armor off entirely when it became too warm. Others discovered that covering up armor with cloth prevented direct sunlight from heating the metal up to the cooking point.

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    (#2) You Could Get Stabbed Between Plates

    Plated armor was nearly invincible in its heyday. Sword slashes did absolutely nothing to it, which meant fighters had to get clever to get their cuts in. Armor didn't cover everything - there were gaps that one could exploit near the groin, in the neck, and under the armpits.

    Many times, fighters would grapple and try to stab these weak points with daggers. Sometimes, that would involve getting a dagger through the eye slit. Either way, it would be an exceptionally painful end. 

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    (#6) You Could Still Be Beaten To Death

    When you're surrounded by metal, it can make it pretty difficult for people to stab you. That doesn't mean, however, you can't get a concussion or succumb to internal bleeding. Things such as the mace or the hammer made good use of the fact that steel could dent and cave into its wearer.

    A good whack to the head would still do plenty of damage with enough force behind it - with enough strength, a hammer to a chest protected by the plate could still break bones, cause internal bleeding, or even stop someone's heart. The trick is having enough strength to make the blow count. 

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The invention and improvement of armor at the end of the Middle Ages gave knights extremely strong combat effectiveness. In that period of frequent wars, owning a suit of armor is crucial for Medieval knights. A complete set of armor provides almost all body parts protection when facing various weapons. Medieval knight armor was very expensive because it must be tailor-made, so any small misjudgment is extremely dangerous. 

A huge and heavy armor may hinder sight and mobility and even threaten his life. At the same time, the armor of the knight was also a symbol of status, the better the quality, the higher the rank of the knight. The random tool introduced 8 ways that Medieval knight armor was dangerous.

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