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Re:60 knights paused a war to fight a battle royale by User23 on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:25PM (#32959226)
In today’s age of firearms it’s easy to not realize just how effective medieval armor was against the weapons of the time. An armored knight was basically a terminator tier threat to lightly armed footmen until the longbow and later weapon advances.
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Re:60 knights paused a war to fight a battle royale by WalterBright on Saturday September 24, 2022 @01:46AM (#32960006)
The recent movie "The Last Duel" featured a duel to the death by two knights. I thought the fight sequence was good, but was amazed to learn it was historically accurate. Observers at the time had actually documented the fight blow by blow, and the movie hewed to it.

So if you want to see a best effort recreation of how two heavily armored knights would fight, watch it!

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