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Today, the boys talk - well, argue - about the various elements of body armor across history, whether it be breastplates of a certain kind, effectiveness ratings throughout history from Myceneans to modern battlefields, or how ungodly angry the body armor from Christopher Nolan's new The Odyssey makes Mattis. Welcome back to History Unhinged...

00:00 Intro
01:15 How Boob Armour Started This Show
06:10 Chainmail vs Ringmail Myths
09:25 Lamellar, Scale, and Plate
16:30 When Guns Changed Warfare
24:10 Early Firearms Were a Mess
29:40 World War I: Armor Comes Back
33:20 Medieval Armor vs Modern Gear
36:45 Why Armor Weight Is Misunderstood
39:00 Von Bredow’s Death Ride
44:50 When Last Stand Charges Actually Work
50:35 Why Cavalry Finally Dies
56:35 The Peak of Plate Armor
59:25 Hollywood vs Historical Armor
01:06:15 Patreon