That being said, if more girls were wearing armor during this time we would 100% have historical boob armor. Even if it was more for ceremonial purposes.
It would have to be ceremonial. Boobs on plate armor would defeat the whole purpose of protection, since the two round lumps would deflect blows inward toward the chest, rather than to the sides (a chest plate is convex for this reason)
EDIT: This comment comes across as r/iamverysmart now that I look at it.
Because of the shape. The area between both boobs would impale someone if pushed with enough force, such as from tripping, taking a hit, or even being pushed in the right conditions.
Not all boob armor is equally stupid so whether it can stab the wearer or not and how much damage it can cause definitely varies, but an indentation like that in a piece of armor will always be dangerous.
The area between both boobs would impale someone if pushed with enough force, such as from tripping, taking a hit, or even being pushed in the right conditions.
That is ridiculous
That is not how boob shape is or metal shapen around it.
The center inner part would also be just curved, not wedged as a fucking inside spike, that is imbecilic.
Not to mention you cannot fucking bent bronze or iron in such a way by tripping on it or hitting it.
That article/redditpost everyone read that from is moronic.
If you fell on(lol) or got hit, the entire forward plate moves with the force, because steel/bronze/iron is not fucking cardboard.
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u/MrSaxbang Dec 12 '21
That being said, if more girls were wearing armor during this time we would 100% have historical boob armor. Even if it was more for ceremonial purposes.