Abhishekm
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Also about the points on padding and armor layers flattening out the boob area. Is the assumption here that the chest is less padded that the chest area would be less armored that the waist or that the waist would have a lot of empty space between the metal layer and the layer underneath?You clearly have not seen the enourmous cod pieces on historical plate armor. Also there would be a fairly decent gap between metal plate and the human body on the domed parts of armor (including bookplates). Late medieval into rainisance helmets began suspending the halmet over the head rather than maintianing direct contact with padding, something continued into modern combat helmets.