How heavy was a full chainmail harness compared to a full plate

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How heavy was a full chainmail harness compared to a full plate harness? 2016-11-06 17:52:38 Post No. 1927889
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How heavy was a full chainmail harness compared to a full plate harness? Anonymous 2016-11-06 17:52:38 Post No. 1927889 [Report]

I was hoping someone could help me understand how much the weight could differ between a c. 13th century harness like in pic related and a 15th century harness, let's say about 1450-1475. Was a chainmail hauberk covering the whole torso and arms down to the fingers as heavy as a breastplate/backplate, spaulders/pauldrons, rerebraces/vanbraces, and gauntlets?

Anonymous 2016-11-06 18:07:32 Post No.1927933
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>>1927889
heavier.

Anonymous 2016-11-06 19:02:48 Post No.1928147
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Anonymous 2016-11-07 03:47:11 Post No.1930101
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Anonymous 2016-11-07 10:51:20 Post No.1930881
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Anonymous 2016-11-07 10:51:20 Post No.1930881 [Report]

Seriously, does anyone know?

Anonymous 2016-11-07 11:21:17 Post No.1930944
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>>1930881
Roughly the same weight but less well distributed.

Anonymous 2016-11-07 11:37:23 Post No.1930983
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>>1927889
I don't think the weight difference would be significant. In the end you cover roughly the same area with iron.

Anonymous 2016-11-07 11:50:06 Post No.1931017
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Anonymous 2016-11-07 11:50:06 Post No.1931017 [Report]

OP, where do you get these images from???

I have a bunch of the same images from different periods and I can't remember how I got them, were they from a book?

Please help!

Anonymous 2016-11-07 12:32:18 Post No.1931117
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>>1930983
False. Same area covered, yes, but plate is much much thinner than chain, so the weight to area ratio is much higher with chain. IE chain is far heavier than plate. This in addition to being more expensive to maintain and less capable of protecting against blunt trauma.

Anonymous 2016-11-07 13:36:25 Post No.1931280
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>>1931017
they're from Osprey published books, illustrated by Graham Turner
as for the images themselves, i usually find them on pinterest, there's a lot of good shit there

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>>1931017
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/c3bswmt3eo863/Osprey

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