So…..

Medieval plate armor kinda sucks. Like, a lot. Yeah, it could definitely block a stab or a cut, getting through metal with those is hard. Like, chain mail is literally deigned to deflect those. But like, y’all, what about the transferring of force. If I hit an unsecured object, it will move until it hits something else, where the energy will then be transferred into that object.

So, if here I am, doing my job in a helmet, if someone comes along, and bangs a rock into my head, the force is transferred through the helmet, and straight into my head. The peak of armor defeated by a rock. Now, I hear you say, “what about padding” yall, if you haven’t every been hit by stuff, clothes don’t help at all, so unless those knights were wearing very thick hats, it wouldn’t matter. And if they were, now the helmet is loose, and could possibly fall off, they also basically turned themselves into an oven.

Whats going on here? Whacking stuff is easy, it takes more skill to learn how to stab than it does to whack, and yet, armor defends against the stabbing and slashing, but not that one person slamming a metal pole into their head, giving them at least a concussion and making them unable to fight for the rest of the battle.

Like, Rock > Armor. Padding takes up a lot of space to be effective, and is good at insulating, I don’t see why a rock on a stick isn’t the best weapon available(assuming it was balanced well) the stick gives leverage, and acts as a strength multiplier, making someone with little strength able to hurt.

And like, If I bonked a US in full tactical gear with a metal hammer on a stick, they’d probably get a concussion as well.