Talk:Coat of plates

To Do list:


 * find picture
 * anything else?

Mercutio.Wilder 00:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think a better discussion of the Wisby finds would be useful. --Eyrian 01:17, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Terrible style:

"Presumably, the development and the latter popularization of this type of harness is directly linked to the knightly needs for better protection against cavalry lances, since the former protection of mail and aketon made the horseman vulnerable only to such strikes. In Mike Loades' military documentary called Weapons that Made Britain: Armor, the older set of mail harness and aketon proved itself unable to stop lance strikes at horseback charges. The addition of an authentic reproduction of coat of plates, however, provided sufficient protection against all the lance strikes, even the most poweful of them couldn't penetrate through the combination of padding, mail and plates, proving its effectiveness as the new cavalry protection."

The tests in Mike Loades' documentaries are fine but this is badly reported, excessively long and breaks the flow of the article. It should read more like: "Tests have shown the coat of plates capable of withstanding couched lance strikes, unlike the earlier mail harness. [REF]" --FilthiestOfPeasant (talk) 23:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)