08-18-2016, 01:16 AM
something tells me I should watch Star Trek, not the movies but the old series
(08-18-2016, 01:06 AM)Dipdoo Wrote: Good old plate armor was not easily pierced/cleaved through at all, it took hefty crossbows with the right tip and a good angle to slam through plate armor, or bludgeons with points on it, like a lucerne, to pierce through with a strong hit at the right angle.
Axes, swords, anything that was bladed and relied on slicing was heavily limited against plate armor, not even the biggest man equipped with the biggest of axes could hope to cleave through well maintained plate, beating the other guy unconcious with the axe was still an option. Using a longsword as a bludgeon did work though, I believe swings using the pommel and guard were called 'Murder-Strokes.'
Spears and blunt force were the most useful things, spears because of their ease of use and their ability to more easily slide into openings in the armor, and blunt because the sheer force could bruise and break bones, eventually the person wearing the armor would be battered to the ground and then easily stabbed.
but will the same applied to modern armor(MBT/LT/power armor), especially one that proven to be difficult to be penetrated even with APFSDS,