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Late Medieval armor development (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

1250 was the coolest.

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say it looks downhill from the 1300s on

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

That's when they ditched the polearms, so you're correct.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, a fellow commenter of taste 🙏

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

More plates! MOAR PLATES!!! We need plates everywhere!

1610: No wait this is silly. Less plates is the way.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The craziest part is that before gunpowder, an army from the Hundred Years War could be compared to one from Alexander.