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Should armor have boobs?
No. Breast shaped protrusions have no place in plate armor, and actually make it worse by potentially channeling a weapon towards the neck area and giving a weapon more areas to “bite” onto. The breastplates in the picture also go down way to far and do not have enough curvature.
Did Joan Arc wear armor?
Her armor saved her on several occasions. While at Orleans, Jeanne wearing her armor was in fact wounded by an arrow, which penetrated her armor. She was taken from the battle, and the English perceiving an advantage in this screamed obscenities. They believed that they had won the encounter.
Why do soldiers wear breastplates?
In the armor of a Roman soldier, the breastplate served as protection for some of the most important parts of the body. Underneath the breastplate is the heart, lungs and other organs necessary for life.
What is the difference between a martingale and breastplate?
A breastplate’s function is to stop the saddle slipping back. A martingale is designed to limit the height the horse can raise its head. A martingale comes as either a piece of equipment in its own right, where there is a neckstrap and an attachment to the girth between the legs.
Where is Joan of Arc’s sword?
Legend has it that Joan of Arc’s holy sword was found buried behind the alter of the church of Saint Catherine de Fierbois. It was old and rusted, with 5 crosses upon the blade. The sword was refurbished and sent to her.
Where is Joan of Arcs armor?
Paris
A late 15th-century engraving in the French National Archives shows Joan in armor remarkably like that now stored in the vault underneath Mr. de Souzy’s shop in Paris.
Can a sword cut through plate armor?
In spite of being wide, the blades are no heavier than other swords: the blades get much thinner as one moves from the handle to the tip, and so they are quick with great penetrating power. They can cut directly through chain mail, or plate armor.