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**Eromereorybig** · 07-31-2010, 10:33 AM

May be so but I also have my reasons to believe there were techniques developed against those armors and as some said before, the range of weapons used is so large, we can't really say they only used this a
or that...

While swords were predominantly used in unarmored combat, there are some techniques that were used against armored foes. They were all from longsword and not arming sword, since plate armor had not been in wide use when the arming sword was.

My local library happened to have a copy of a combat manual written by Hans Talhoffer, so I borrowed it out of curiosity. I obviously didn't understand the intricacies of the techniques, but I could see the pictures of two swordsman with armor or without armor. A lot more of the armored guards involved half swording.

Also, I have no idea if this was used for battlefield combat or for personal duels. Full plate armor seems kind of extravagant for a personal duel to me, but I don't know.

07-31-2010, 10:33 AM	#34
Eromereorybig Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	May be so but I also have my reasons to believe there were techniques developed against those armors and as some said before, the range of weapons used is so large, we can't really say they only used this a or that... While swords were predominantly used in unarmored combat, there are some techniques that were used against armored foes. They were all from longsword and not arming sword, since plate armor had not been in wide use when the arming sword was. My local library happened to have a copy of a combat manual written by Hans Talhoffer, so I borrowed it out of curiosity. I obviously didn't understand the intricacies of the techniques, but I could see the pictures of two swordsman with armor or without armor. A lot more of the armored guards involved half swording. Also, I have no idea if this was used for battlefield combat or for personal duels. Full plate armor seems kind of extravagant for a personal duel to me, but I don't know.
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