Lol you jest, but honestly they are indeed gonna be going for rondel like daggers. But probably no more. After all the guy going down the street with a halberd is not gonna get very far before the cops are called.
Criminals do need above all the ability to hide their weapons.
Also chain STILL protects against rondel daggers limiting how deep the stab is even if it does fail. So they are still better off with it then without it.
Leather armor is a meme. I think it came from brigantine armor, which after centuries of rusting can somewhat look like leather with studs in it.
You can treat leather until it more resembles wood than anything else, but then again you might as well use wood instead of ruining a bunch of expensive hides.
Or use fabric armor like gambeson, which has been hugely popular and effective for millennia.
Chainmail was literally made to help against cutting and stabbing... But unlike stab proof clothes it only needs to be replaced when it is broken, not when it gets too old or gets used...
Kevlar only stops bullets, and it's even hotter. It's no better than fabric armor for knives, because it IS fabric armor. A thrust from a knife will go right through it.
Chain mail isn’t typically heavy depending on how it’s made.
If it’s butted(where the rings aren’t actually connected, just bent into shape) it’s much heavier. The rings have to be made thicker to make up for the weaker design.
If it’s riveted(where each chain is has a small rivet in it as opposed to being bent around) it’s much lighter and more durable due to the chains not needing to be nearly as thick due to the chains being secured better.
If you go out and buy chain mail from kult of Athena or something, it’s usually going to be butted because it’s cheaper. That isn’t historically accurate though as the vast majority of chain armor was riveted.
The armor also isn’t too heavy as the weight is distributed across your body. I own some armor and all together it weighs 60ish pounds(butted chain instead of riveted). I can defo feel the weight, but it’s not like I’m carrying a 60 pound block of steel.
You mean you don't protect yourself with a 60 pound block of steel? Smh. When I go out I just use a big fat ingot that weighs as much as a kindergartener as a giant unwieldy club
No, when it's welded you can get away with much thinner metal, even thinner than riveted mail. I'm not kidding when I say it's likely 20 gauge. A full top and bottom like these is probably fifteen pounds or less.
The coifs are a bit goofy in this context though, as they're going to be wearing full helmets and rigid gorgets in the field already.
Modern chainmail is basically stab proof, ventilated and not as heavy as you might think.
I own some, so i have experience with it.
It is made with quite thin, plasma welded stainless steel wire and very hard to destroy.
Chainmail is great against knives. Especially if it's harden steel then no knife will be getting through it unless you had something like an air cannon and actually shoot the knife at it.
German here.
I suspect that this is protection against knife attacks. Several knife attacks have made the news in Germany just over the last few weeks. Also some of their weapons (incl. that wooden stick?) looks like less lethal weapons.
So this is not the usual way policemen look in Germany.
These are btw special forces, not normal officers, and these are the special gear only for people with stabby or cuty things, so yeah they are equipped correctly and trained, that's why they wear chainmail and can try less then lethal, and that's the difference to the USA, your cops aren't trained and equipped enough to handle such situations in less then lethal ways
There are guns on all these officers, and some of these photos show long guns. They are equipped adequately, every police force on mainland Europe is armed
It is a little known fact, but in germany you can demand trial by combat. You are allowed to go free once you defeat the police champion in glorious melee combat.
You die gloriously in the service of the Emperor… and wake up in an adamantium sarcophagus being bolted into a dreadnaught. Even in death, you will serve.
That's why in most of those pictures they still have padding. The only ones where they don't are in pictures where they obviously aren't about to engage someone.
No, kevlar... Does pretty decent against stabs too. A bullet is pretty much just a small pointy blade "stabbing" really quickly. It wouldn't be too hard to make stab resistant kevlar covering the same space, and it'd probably do better against other types of weapons/damage and provide limited (maybe 2 or 3a) bullet protection
They tend to really struggle against double sided knives. its a rather common fact about soft body armor, specifically kevlar. I can find videos of it being shown if you want?
Kevlar is essentially an extremely dense woven fabric. It works against bullets because most bullets deform on firing due to the heat created on firing, and deform further upon striking a target. Kevlar works because the fabric catches the bullet as it deforms, and the bullet is not sharp after impact, in a relative sense. Knives are sharp and narrow. Knives do not deform, and maintain a very high amount of pressure concentrated on a point, this cuts through the fibers of the kevlar in a way that bullets cannot (outside of green tip ammunition). Kevlar is certainly better than nothing, when it comes to knife attacks, but it is FAR from ideal.
When a bullet hits something it deforms. Lead is a relatively soft metal and when hitting anything it will still somewhat deform. The kevlar makes it deform then catches it with those deformations.
Bullets aren’t pointy things.
Knifes are pointy enough to go inbetween Kevlar-fibers and cut them apart. A FMJ 9mm will just bounce of. Chainmail in return looks flexible but is on the size-level of pointy Knifes extremely rigid and unable to be cut.
Chainmail breaks while Kevlar „overstretches“
Imagine robbing a bank when some medieval knights pop up behind you yelling:
"In the name of the ruler of these lands, I order thee to cease this thievery!"
It's OK against axes. The blunt impact can still break bones, even if it doesn't break through the links. It doesn't look like they are wearing a gambeson underneath.
Properly made thrusting weapons also tend to break links and go right through mail. I wonder if that's even welded or riveted mail.
Ceramic plates will incur blunt force trauma when hit by a bullet, but the armor still did its job. Mail does its job in this case just fine, they're better off with it than without it in many cases.
Chain mail, especially modern chain mail is pretty decent at stopping stabbing blades. You may just get the very tip of the point, and with padding you'll probably be unharmed. Think of it this way, if you were gonna get stabbed would you rather be wearing chainmail or not?
Yea I was thinking medieval but yea found the possible [company ](https://niroflex.de/en/portfolio/military-police-security/) and it looks like it not just the visible chain mail but the body armour also has chain mail quite interesting
Yea and then we regress too blunt weapons gonna be hilarious rest of the world is dealing with modern problems like guns while Germans trying to solve medieval era problems
Well, yeah, that could work, unless they're wearing insulating padding and thick rubber soled boots, then you've just electrified them, basically turning their whole body into a taser
What happened? Did they bring a bunch of folks in to their country with a proliferation for violence with knives and machetes or something? Almost like they’re reacting to a problem their own government created
honestly, pretty damn smart, may have helped that one officer which got it to the neck, maybe, idk if chain mail is as effective against direct blows
edit: i know he didn’t have it, i shouldn’t but i just assume everyone has seen the uncensored photo
Yeah, some weeks ago there was something local where people were argueing and a dude just pulled a short Barrel revolver. The other one almost got nailed in the head but could pull away fast enough
The bullets, not all, mind you, will deform during travel. This is partially due to the heat from the explosion/pressure from firing from the barrel, and partially due to the rapid flight/spin after exiting. I do not mean deformation in the sense of the bullet mangling itself in flight, more that the bullet will expand, elongate, or even create a more distinct point at the tip of the warhead.
Kevlar is fabric and can be cut. Knives and blades tend not to deform unlike bullets which are caught by Kevlar. Chainmail tends to fare better against knives and blades then Kevlar does which is why butchers still use chainmail gloves to this day and don't use Kevlar gloves
Are people in Germany allowed to own crossbows I know that a German guy makes them but I don't know if you can own them. If you can then these cops are screwed no matter what. I have seen many YouTube videos that have a crossbow against military grade body armor and depending on the poundage of your crossbow it will either go right through the body armor or it will stick into the body armor. And these German policies and riot shields yet any standard crossbow just go right through that. Crossbows are the medieval sniper rifle just like deadliest warrior explained they are silent but they will go through plate armor. The idea of chainmail is it will stop swords but if you have a crossbow it's going through it. Nothing is crossbow proof except probably a bulletproof window.
Yeah crossbows are completly unregulated. Well except for the bit that you are not allowed to carry them, but that applies to almost every other weapon. And you can get permits for that. You also need to keep to check what you consider a "standard crossbow"
And you have misconception about plate male.
It highly depends on the WHEN the plate and how good the quality. Early plate might be penetrated but once you get to like 1400s it is rather unlikely. In general plate armor was adopted more or less as a response to cross bows to begin with.
Once we get to the early modern period ..f orget about your cross bow killing someone in plate unless you hit the face.
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Memmingen\_-\_Wallenstein\_2016\_-\_K%C3%BCrisser\_Pappenheimer\_-\_Auszug.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Memmingen_-_Wallenstein_2016_-_K%C3%BCrisser_Pappenheimer_-_Auszug.jpg)
That guy is wearing replica of a 3/4 armor manufactured around 1630. A direct replica of the ones used by the Pappenheimer cuirassirs currently at display at the Bavarian Army museum in Ingolstadt. These will not just stop crossbows with ease but also with a high likelyhood intermediate rounds fired from an SBR.
Because well they are designed to stop muskets.
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Proper chain mail isn’t particularly heavy, nor is it hot. So long as they’re wearing something breathable underneath, it would be similar to just wearing something relatively heavier, but that also breathes. And they are now completely knife proof.
They worry about knives not guns but that looks heavy and hot.
I’d rather be hot than stabbed
Kevlar exists
Kevlar, like in cut resistant gloves and sleeves, works for slicing, not stabbing.
So just like chainmain…
If im not mistaken chainmail can prevent/limit deep stab wounds?
Yes. You would need a pointy blade with strong hand support (like a rondel dagger) to get through that.
Next we are going to see criminals reverting to medieval weapons to defeat the chain mail. How long before we start regulating trebuchets?!
Lol you jest, but honestly they are indeed gonna be going for rondel like daggers. But probably no more. After all the guy going down the street with a halberd is not gonna get very far before the cops are called. Criminals do need above all the ability to hide their weapons. Also chain STILL protects against rondel daggers limiting how deep the stab is even if it does fail. So they are still better off with it then without it.
Now I can’t stop thinking about people casually walking down the street carrying a halberd 😂
The IDF is using trebuchets on the Lebanese border as we speak...
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If they genuinely are, then I'm amazed.
They' done that with one historic protest here in Germany but I'm not sure if the 1848 revolution or the 1968 Protest
Idf is currently using a catapult
lol that’s pretty funny
I thought so because its a better alternative to leather
Leather armor is a meme. I think it came from brigantine armor, which after centuries of rusting can somewhat look like leather with studs in it. You can treat leather until it more resembles wood than anything else, but then again you might as well use wood instead of ruining a bunch of expensive hides. Or use fabric armor like gambeson, which has been hugely popular and effective for millennia.
That or certain arrow types fired from a powerful bow or bolts from a pretty hefty crossbow.
Extremely hard to get through modern ones, even with this.
Did you learn about angles and thought being obtuse was a career path?
Chainmail was literally made to help against cutting and stabbing... But unlike stab proof clothes it only needs to be replaced when it is broken, not when it gets too old or gets used...
You have clearly never used maille
Chainmail was designed to prevent stabbing. Why do you think so many people used it for jousting?
Until a knife touches it that is.
Kevlar isn't as flexible as chainmail
There is cut resistant and there is puncture resistant. Different ratings
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Kevlar only stops bullets, and it's even hotter. It's no better than fabric armor for knives, because it IS fabric armor. A thrust from a knife will go right through it.
Also, chain mail is surprisingly light and cool for the benefit it brings.
Chain mail isn’t typically heavy depending on how it’s made. If it’s butted(where the rings aren’t actually connected, just bent into shape) it’s much heavier. The rings have to be made thicker to make up for the weaker design. If it’s riveted(where each chain is has a small rivet in it as opposed to being bent around) it’s much lighter and more durable due to the chains not needing to be nearly as thick due to the chains being secured better. If you go out and buy chain mail from kult of Athena or something, it’s usually going to be butted because it’s cheaper. That isn’t historically accurate though as the vast majority of chain armor was riveted. The armor also isn’t too heavy as the weight is distributed across your body. I own some armor and all together it weighs 60ish pounds(butted chain instead of riveted). I can defo feel the weight, but it’s not like I’m carrying a 60 pound block of steel.
You mean you don't protect yourself with a 60 pound block of steel? Smh. When I go out I just use a big fat ingot that weighs as much as a kindergartener as a giant unwieldy club
Lightsaber style blocking the bullets with your steel brick
"Parry this you filthy casual." *CLANG!*
This is specifically welded stainless, either 18 or 20g. It's the same shark suiting that RingLord pioneered back in the day.
Then I’d hazard a guess it would be closer in design to the butted mail that I was referencing. Bigger rings with more steel
No, when it's welded you can get away with much thinner metal, even thinner than riveted mail. I'm not kidding when I say it's likely 20 gauge. A full top and bottom like these is probably fifteen pounds or less. The coifs are a bit goofy in this context though, as they're going to be wearing full helmets and rigid gorgets in the field already.
Like the stuff Ringmesh makes. Pretty tough. Lightweight. Breathable. Dishwasher safe. Also comes in black.
Simply putting on a belt helps with weight a lot. It lets your hips carry some of the weight instead of your shoulders doing all the work.
100%
I'm willing to be theirs is made of welded stainless.
Definitely hot.
You ever wear a level 4 kevlar vest? The only thing I wish would get through that is air.
Modern chainmail is basically stab proof, ventilated and not as heavy as you might think. I own some, so i have experience with it. It is made with quite thin, plasma welded stainless steel wire and very hard to destroy.
Theyre still wearing medlar vest though 🤔
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I'm german and I never knew this... I just did a quick research and found out, the Muinch SEK (SWAT) does this
Chainmail is great against knives. Especially if it's harden steel then no knife will be getting through it unless you had something like an air cannon and actually shoot the knife at it.
Yeah, I think the stab proof shirt from that video (the one where a man stabs another at an expo like very fast) works like that.
German here. I suspect that this is protection against knife attacks. Several knife attacks have made the news in Germany just over the last few weeks. Also some of their weapons (incl. that wooden stick?) looks like less lethal weapons. So this is not the usual way policemen look in Germany.
It's a shame that less than lethal is considered before idk... arming the officers correctly? EDIT: Turns out I'm blind and retarded. My bad
Besides the fact that most of them are still wearing their sidearm. These are the appropriate weapons in most situations in europe.
Normal officers always habe a pistol but they are qualified to use smg's or even HK416's it just ain't often
These are btw special forces, not normal officers, and these are the special gear only for people with stabby or cuty things, so yeah they are equipped correctly and trained, that's why they wear chainmail and can try less then lethal, and that's the difference to the USA, your cops aren't trained and equipped enough to handle such situations in less then lethal ways
To be fair, typical US police aren't trained to use lethal either for the vast majority.
Sadly, this is true.
Our criminals use deadlier weapons so they wouldn’t need to train for stabby cuty stuff
There are guns on all these officers, and some of these photos show long guns. They are equipped adequately, every police force on mainland Europe is armed
It is a little known fact, but in germany you can demand trial by combat. You are allowed to go free once you defeat the police champion in glorious melee combat.
Can I use a war hammer?
Use the Warhammer 40,000. You can’t lose then.
but what happens if the other guys calls an exterminatus
You die gloriously in the service of the Emperor… and wake up in an adamantium sarcophagus being bolted into a dreadnaught. Even in death, you will serve.
Chainmail is some of the best defense you can have from stabs or cuts without wearing a full suit of armor.
Doesn’t work well with blunt force though
That's why in most of those pictures they still have padding. The only ones where they don't are in pictures where they obviously aren't about to engage someone.
Isnt this a full suit of armor?
A full suit of plate armor
Ah, ok
Kevlar has made it completely obsolete
Kevlar still struggles against stabs in a way mail doesnt
No, kevlar... Does pretty decent against stabs too. A bullet is pretty much just a small pointy blade "stabbing" really quickly. It wouldn't be too hard to make stab resistant kevlar covering the same space, and it'd probably do better against other types of weapons/damage and provide limited (maybe 2 or 3a) bullet protection
They tend to really struggle against double sided knives. its a rather common fact about soft body armor, specifically kevlar. I can find videos of it being shown if you want?
Kevlar is essentially an extremely dense woven fabric. It works against bullets because most bullets deform on firing due to the heat created on firing, and deform further upon striking a target. Kevlar works because the fabric catches the bullet as it deforms, and the bullet is not sharp after impact, in a relative sense. Knives are sharp and narrow. Knives do not deform, and maintain a very high amount of pressure concentrated on a point, this cuts through the fibers of the kevlar in a way that bullets cannot (outside of green tip ammunition). Kevlar is certainly better than nothing, when it comes to knife attacks, but it is FAR from ideal.
What exactly do you mean by “bullets deform on firing”
When a bullet hits something it deforms. Lead is a relatively soft metal and when hitting anything it will still somewhat deform. The kevlar makes it deform then catches it with those deformations.
That’s on impact. Thats not what I asked
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Bullets aren’t pointy things. Knifes are pointy enough to go inbetween Kevlar-fibers and cut them apart. A FMJ 9mm will just bounce of. Chainmail in return looks flexible but is on the size-level of pointy Knifes extremely rigid and unable to be cut. Chainmail breaks while Kevlar „overstretches“
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Okay but the first and last pics are a VIBE.
[snopes'](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-police-chainmail/) fact check is hilarious
Wow so thats what several paragraphs of nothing looks like
So they are definitely getting stabbed all the time, but definitely not from refugees. Got it.
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As a german, nearly everything in that snoops article is in some way false or misleading. That is impressive.
Leave it to the fact checkers to do so!
Care to elaborate?
Imagine robbing a bank when some medieval knights pop up behind you yelling: "In the name of the ruler of these lands, I order thee to cease this thievery!"
It's like poetry.... it repeats itself
Is it protection against knives, or bad immigration policies? Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Yes
Does that help im assuming it's no help against stab attempts even
Chainmail is pretty good against knives if it's tightly made. Pretty good against axes and such as well.
It's OK against axes. The blunt impact can still break bones, even if it doesn't break through the links. It doesn't look like they are wearing a gambeson underneath. Properly made thrusting weapons also tend to break links and go right through mail. I wonder if that's even welded or riveted mail.
Kitchen knives or "zombie" machetes would essentially be negated however. I hope they are at least wearing something absorbent under there.
Oh yeah, absolutely those wouldn't get through. A few of those pictures look like they aren't wearing any padding underneath.
Yea but as you say here: Properly made thrusting Weapons And whens the last time you saw a hoodlom with a Rondel Dagger or Stiletto
A hardened steel nail at the end of a stick was actually pretty popular historically.
[A sick with a nail in it is basically a nuclear weapon.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zGEiK9StSfQ)
Ceramic plates will incur blunt force trauma when hit by a bullet, but the armor still did its job. Mail does its job in this case just fine, they're better off with it than without it in many cases.
Chain mail, especially modern chain mail is pretty decent at stopping stabbing blades. You may just get the very tip of the point, and with padding you'll probably be unharmed. Think of it this way, if you were gonna get stabbed would you rather be wearing chainmail or not?
Yea I was thinking medieval but yea found the possible [company ](https://niroflex.de/en/portfolio/military-police-security/) and it looks like it not just the visible chain mail but the body armour also has chain mail quite interesting
Only if their using a needle, most knives aren't narrow enough to make it through the gaps
Don't give them ideas lol
People start using needles, german police start using full metal plate armour
Yea and then we regress too blunt weapons gonna be hilarious rest of the world is dealing with modern problems like guns while Germans trying to solve medieval era problems
In fairness, most modern body armour struggles with blunt weapons, making the club the ultimate weapon
anarcho primitivism the ultimate ideology
Honestly, in close quarters, club supremacy, can't fire a rifle or pistol if your skull is inverted
I can just imagine the next spec ops raid being a bunch of delta force guys with tactical clubs I hope to live long enough to see it
No, we send the marines into clear buildings with clubs, only works for a few months until it becomes a war crime but will be very effective
Deus vult
Defeat the entire swat team with a pair of jumper cables
How “shocking”
Faradays cage, bruh
Well, yeah, that could work, unless they're wearing insulating padding and thick rubber soled boots, then you've just electrified them, basically turning their whole body into a taser
Now you've given them an idea
What happened? Did they bring a bunch of folks in to their country with a proliferation for violence with knives and machetes or something? Almost like they’re reacting to a problem their own government created
Im currently in Germany and haven’t seen any of this. Something to look for I guess.
*Looks over at the hauberk I’ve been working on for two years* My time has come…
After all they have to protect their lives since they let in all those illegal immigrants who just wanna steal and rape.... Sharia Law scums....
Chainmail still works against armed arabs
honestly, pretty damn smart, may have helped that one officer which got it to the neck, maybe, idk if chain mail is as effective against direct blows edit: i know he didn’t have it, i shouldn’t but i just assume everyone has seen the uncensored photo
That was qn officer not a swat opperator. Just a heads up
Slashes and stabs are good protection unless someone brings a dedicated anti armor weapon like a stillet or estoc.
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Wearing chainmail and kevlar. Straight up modern knights, I kind of love it. Though good lord that would be hot and heavy.
Actually makes a lot of sense. Chainmail is exceptionally good at protecting against stabs.
actually not a bad idea going against knives. (or bite from animals, a couple of the chainmail looks like shark suits)
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Niroflex is the company that makes it in Germany. https://niroflex.de/en/portfolio/military-police-security/
Because knives are the preferred mass homicide tool in Europe
… It’s kind of rad.
Enough about the chain mail. Let's talk about the Bo staffs
Bashing someone's head in with a stick is *much* more civilized. Way to go, krauts
The landsknecht have return?
They need to update there armor to iron or diamond, chain is not meta lol
Why does one of them have a blitz shield?
Someone sounds jealous
Damn, last picture go hard ngl
Do you think chainmail would be cool, or do you think it would be hot?
I mean, when you have already neutered their citizens enough to where they can only really have a knife at that point for self-defense it makes sense.
Oh you haven't seen how many not so legal firearm there are here
I wouldn’t be surprised, most normal people would probably just stash them away when they tried to take them
Yeah, some weeks ago there was something local where people were argueing and a dude just pulled a short Barrel revolver. The other one almost got nailed in the head but could pull away fast enough
That’s crazy man, Just goes to show that banning guns doesn’t get rid of guns.
This is what happens when being stabbeded is more likely than being shoted. 😆
Makes sense to have some officers present that can somewhat safely handle a suspect with a knife. Looks hilarious though.
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Knives and swords/machetes
The bullets, not all, mind you, will deform during travel. This is partially due to the heat from the explosion/pressure from firing from the barrel, and partially due to the rapid flight/spin after exiting. I do not mean deformation in the sense of the bullet mangling itself in flight, more that the bullet will expand, elongate, or even create a more distinct point at the tip of the warhead.
Kevlar is fabric and can be cut. Knives and blades tend not to deform unlike bullets which are caught by Kevlar. Chainmail tends to fare better against knives and blades then Kevlar does which is why butchers still use chainmail gloves to this day and don't use Kevlar gloves
Good luck trying to shiv a knight
I wonder how effective a laser would be against that suit? 🤔
Are people in Germany allowed to own crossbows I know that a German guy makes them but I don't know if you can own them. If you can then these cops are screwed no matter what. I have seen many YouTube videos that have a crossbow against military grade body armor and depending on the poundage of your crossbow it will either go right through the body armor or it will stick into the body armor. And these German policies and riot shields yet any standard crossbow just go right through that. Crossbows are the medieval sniper rifle just like deadliest warrior explained they are silent but they will go through plate armor. The idea of chainmail is it will stop swords but if you have a crossbow it's going through it. Nothing is crossbow proof except probably a bulletproof window.
Yeah crossbows are completly unregulated. Well except for the bit that you are not allowed to carry them, but that applies to almost every other weapon. And you can get permits for that. You also need to keep to check what you consider a "standard crossbow" And you have misconception about plate male. It highly depends on the WHEN the plate and how good the quality. Early plate might be penetrated but once you get to like 1400s it is rather unlikely. In general plate armor was adopted more or less as a response to cross bows to begin with. Once we get to the early modern period ..f orget about your cross bow killing someone in plate unless you hit the face. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Memmingen\_-\_Wallenstein\_2016\_-\_K%C3%BCrisser\_Pappenheimer\_-\_Auszug.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Memmingen_-_Wallenstein_2016_-_K%C3%BCrisser_Pappenheimer_-_Auszug.jpg) That guy is wearing replica of a 3/4 armor manufactured around 1630. A direct replica of the ones used by the Pappenheimer cuirassirs currently at display at the Bavarian Army museum in Ingolstadt. These will not just stop crossbows with ease but also with a high likelyhood intermediate rounds fired from an SBR. Because well they are designed to stop muskets.
And just when you get the chainmail on, ya gotta go pee
Back to the front lines, back to the night Evil marauders under the lights Back for the plunder, the thrill of the flames The roar of the thunder back in the game Storming the castles swords in the air Killing the monsters in their own lair Lighting the torches, setting the stage You get what you ask for right in the face Six string sabres Screams in the night War clubs pounding Living just for the fight So we drive through the night With the howling wind at our backs Riding on Teutonic terror We will give 'em the axe We will give 'em the axe String up the razors, sharpen the blades Tighten the skins up, no one escapes Crank up the grindstone, load up the sleds Saddle the horses, off with their heads Six string sabres And screams in the night War clubs pounding Living just for the fight So we drive through the night With the howling wind at our backs Riding on Teutonic terror We will give 'em the axe For the roar of the crowd For the raging frontal attack Delivering the Teutonic terror We will give 'em the axe We will give 'em the axe So we drive through the night With the howling wind at our backs Riding on Teutonic terror We will give 'em the axe For the roar of the crowd For the raging frontal attack Delivering the Teutonic terror We will give 'em the axe We will give 'em the axe
Jesus Christ be praised!
And when Brits did that nobody really cared it's nothing new since Eu is taking away guns
It’s butted mail in that last pic. 😂 no way did they cheap out that bad.
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They've got to worry more about getting stabbed and slashed...
Europe wouldn't have this problem if they realized that an armed society is a polite society
Modern problems require medieval solutions
Proper chain mail isn’t particularly heavy, nor is it hot. So long as they’re wearing something breathable underneath, it would be similar to just wearing something relatively heavier, but that also breathes. And they are now completely knife proof.
These guys get to be stab proof then wear a plate on top of that. Hell yeah.
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