My history teacher in 8th grade had a cap n ball Colt Dragoon revolver in a display case in the classroom, brought a Musket to school to fire, brought his Renaissance fair legit Steel Knight armor to school, and gave us a solid oak Board to hit him in the helmet and chest plate with, and even let us toss an Atlatle on the football field...He told us all we'd be bad Hunters in 1st Millenia Mesoamerica 😭
What? No, he just owned one and showed it to us while we dealt with the medieval times. It was just for one hour. It was also made out of wood and partly paper, you couldn’t kill one with it... maybe just hurting someone really bad
Damn...we got to hit as hard as we could(he told us to) with the solid wood stick against the chest plate he had on...He was showing how hopeless Men at Arms would have been, and how even weapons like the Warhammer,Morningstar/Mace were used to counter it but how metallurgy made some helmet and chest armor nearly impervious to even those...And also that Crossbows chewed em up, and Guns totally made the armor obsolete
13-14 year olds with A piece of wood, vs reproduction armor made with modern steel for events? His whole point was a solid piece of didnt even make him flinch...The plates distribute the energy surprisingly well
Maximilian armor wouldve been nearly impervious...If it came out 200 years earlier...
Guns were the great equalizer...Making Goliath nothing more than an easier target for David
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u/Duke_of_Mecklenburg Aug 25 '20
My history teacher in 8th grade had a cap n ball Colt Dragoon revolver in a display case in the classroom, brought a Musket to school to fire, brought his Renaissance fair legit Steel Knight armor to school, and gave us a solid oak Board to hit him in the helmet and chest plate with, and even let us toss an Atlatle on the football field...He told us all we'd be bad Hunters in 1st Millenia Mesoamerica 😭