What are the advantages and disadvantages of ancient Chinese armor and European knight armor

China is flexible, Europe is well defended.

In fact, it is not nothing, such as the scale armor of the Tang Dynasty, but due to historical reasons, it has not been handed down to future generations.

Scarcity is expensive, and the ancient Chinese people had too much, and they were worthless. If we all use heavy armor, then our country is now truly exhausted!!

The main reason is that compared with most of the wars with Europe, the warfare in ancient China had two major characteristics: 1: the number of people, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops equipped with heavy armor would be a terrible expenditure, and if the heavy cavalry did not form a scale, it would have little effect in front of a tight infantry phalanx; 2. Most of the battles are open field battles or urban attack and defense, the former is more mobile, the latter is more heavy on siege **, in short, like heavy armor, which has a very high maintenance cost and is too single, the role of a single type of troops in the ancient Chinese battlefield is really not large. Purely personal opinion, do not spray,

It's too strong, how can neighboring countries fight? So if you don't fight at all, then you don't need heavy armor.

China has the resources, the horses, the tactics and the technology.

The Mongol army, also known as the knights, is not heavily armoured, characterized by fast speed, European knights, heavily armoured, bulky, inconvenient, **low, short combat time As for why China does not Europeanize the knights, I don't know, before Genghis Khan invaded the Central Plains, why didn't the dynasties in the Central Plains use knights?

To protect against riding baiji.

Even the best plate armor of the Middle Ages could not defend against Zhi crossbow arrows, and according to modern tests, even British bows and Japanese were combined.

Answer: A hand-drawn bow can also pierce armor at a certain distance.

The battle knights of medieval Europe were one of the most important decisive forces. The adult war horse in the Western Continent is about two meters tall at the shoulder, three meters two at the head, two and a half meters at the waist, and weighs one and a half tons. It's almost like a tank. Charging knights will take a lot of damage if they are poked with a spear.

Moreover, the number of knights is scarce, and when fighting, you not only have to fight with the opposing knights, but also have to face a large number of local militias and subordinates, so comprehensive protection is very important. The principle is the same as that of a tank with armor.

However, although the war horse also has armor, if the knight is knocked off the horse, he can only wait for death.

Yes, the controller of the ironclad chain horse in "Water Margin".

Chinese armor: There are many styles of Chinese armor, such as Mingguang armor, willow leaf armor, waist-length armor, fish scale armor, trolling armor, round-neck armor, brocade armor, paper armor, etc. I don't know what kind of Chinese armor you are referring to. Therefore, I will take the longer time span and the more prestigious Mingguang Armor as an example.

It is represented by the gold-glazed terracotta figurines unearthed from the tomb of Zheng In-tae in the first year of the scale (664). Wear a helmet with neck and ear guards. The body armor also has a neck guard, and the front part of the body armor is divided into two pieces, left and right, each with a small round armor piece in the center, and the back is a large deck.

The cuirass and dorsal armor were fastened on both shoulders, and the armor straps were tied vertically from the lower neck to the chest, then to the left and right to the back, and then to the abdomen. A knee-length skirt on the left and right under the belt. The mantle on both shoulders has two layers, the upper layer is in the shape of a tiger's head, and the green cloak with the lower gold edge is revealed in the tiger's head.

The armor was mostly forged from fine iron. In the "Book of Zhou: The Biography of Cai You", the following words are said: You are wearing bright light iron armor, and you are unstoppable.

The enemy said, 'This is an iron beast', and they all avoided it.

Basically, while taking into account the protection, the maneuverability, lightness, and other factors are taken into account. The composite index is high.

The style of Japanese armor is more classic. But the country's minerals and heavy industry are really bad. Therefore, Japanese armor is made of long strips of bamboo, leather, iron, etc., which are then fixed in a circumferential direction and lacquered.

Armor with a high iron content was generally worn by upper-class samurai such as daimyos, family elders, and generals. Middle- and lower-class samurai, especially poor samurai, were mostly made of bamboo or leather armor. So the protection of Japanese armor can be ignored directly.

What's more, European knights belonged to the aristocratic class like Japanese samurai. Ordinary soldiers are not armed at all. Unlike China, which is a million armor at every turn. I'm dizzy.

So on the defensive European knight armor is the best. In terms of comprehensive index and battlefield adaptability, Chinese armor is the best.