Was scalemail worse than chainmail?
>>18653377only weaker against upward thrusts. which is actually pretty bade in close combat. but it works great vs projectiles, which only ever approach at downward angles. also, it is way less heavy than chain mail (even if you cannot initially intuit this; scale mail uses less material)
>>18653377It was dogshit hence it was phased out pretty quickly. Pic related is a better version of this concept and it was in that region, vastly superior to chainmail because it resisted arrows better and arrows are the mainstay of steppe warfare.
>>18653377it was heavier and more expensive
>>18653377Wouldn't it suck against stabs that come from below?
