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What evidence do you have that plate armor was vulnerable? I think that the bow is moot, for the reason stated above... the fictitious account would have to be in context. Most European armies had separate ranks as archers, which is a different approach.
The Long Bow was well known to be capable of penetrating plate armour. And Samurai typically trained extensively with his daikyu (great bow) which was up to 7 feet in length. In addition to the typical broadhead arrows, Samurai also made use of armour piercing narrow spike head arrows.
how is the samurai to deal with the knight's lance??? he can easily be dismounted...
The Bow has a longer range than the Lance and its the knight who would be easily dismounted.
The secret of the Longows penetration was down to the quality of the steel in the armour, which differed hugely from person to person. The very best armour had a much better chance of deflecting the arrows, however Armour was very expensive and only the richest and wealthiest knights could afford the best.
The vast majority of knights were very open to death and injury from the longbow.
My son has a large book on the subject (540 pages) called The Great Warbow which I reccomend if anyone wants to go into this in greater detail.
I will see about that. You're probably right in that they likely used very high quality armor, which may account for the longbow's extremely poor penetration.
There was the cavalry yari
All he has is mobility.
me and my friends always have this debate, and i always say,
that Shinobi aint got Sh*t on this guy
What defense did Ali have vs George Foreman greater strength?
Mobility
Thats all thats needed. You can't hurt what you can't hit.
Really mkloby have you ever fought hand to hand vs a real person ? I am just asking. Mobility is a huge part of winning a fight......a fighter that cannot move cannot not win.
You think a Samurai is going to stand there and go toe to toe with someone in armor heavier than his? no
He is going to stick and move before the knight can even react.
It looks like the majority of people agree that the Samurai would win.