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Old 06-05-2017, 07:31 AM   #4
Tomsdad
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Default Re: Low-Tech Armor with the Strength of Ten Men

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Originally Posted by Culture20 View Post
Freedom of movement will be a consideration, so joints will have to be less protected.
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Yeah, I might take into account the ergonomic restrictions of thicker armour at joints, by saying some chinks are less than half DR in order to keep them ergonomically viable. But in reality we're not talking that thick.

Another factor might be armour plates of certain types may only be manufactured up to certain thickness (but well duplex plate would possible help with this).

and some armour can't be made thicker and thicker indefinitely and maintain certain characteristics e.g I think Mail can only be made so thick or dense before losing flexibility

But the reality is a human with ST30 will has a ludicrous power to weight ratio, and in real life some bits of breast plates got up to 8-9mm or so. So I think in general the answer is pretty damn thick

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