You know what is weird? There are very few examples of Wooden Armor in history, especially in very ancient times

You know what is weird? There are very few examples of Wooden Armor in history, especially in very ancient times.

I mean, shouldn't wood be better armor material than meme hides considering ancient warriors trust it enough for their shields?

And yet how come we only have very few examples of wooden helmets, wooden breastplates n shiet? The ones I can only think of are those Tlingit fucks in North America.

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Wooden armor in very ancient times (prehistory) probably was common, but since it's wood it just decayed.

Aztec Animals helmets were wooden actually: Full skull helmets carved out of mahogany.

Mississippians used wood armor

No idea if there is any evidence of pic related, but it is pretty logical early armor.

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It was actually relatively common for Native Americans to use it before white people showed up. The Iroquois, for instance, used mantlets, wooden armor, wooden helms and war clubs. They also had large wooden shields. They were essentially like medieval heavy infantry with shittier technology.

The simple fact of the matter is that they met white people, learned their armor didn't do shit and swapped to going light and stealthy because fighting guys with guns with clubs and bows is less than ideal.

Not even ancient but Southeast Asians and the Chinese frequently made armor out of Rattan.

Its not exactly wood but is close.

Just descriptions in Japanese history.

The Yayoi Period Japanese were capable of working metal but reserved these for precious objects. For much they still used wooden armor and stone weapons.

>used mantlets
I read that as..
>Used manlets

No, those were white people of the time. Native Americans had lots of good crops and settlers tended to be shit at farming or from poor backgrounds, led to short people.

Most of the early visitors to the Americas remarked on it.


Though come to think of it the Iroquois did kidnap people (some white) they used to "replace" dead family. So they could have used manlets carrying mantlets early on.

>meme hides
Hide armor is lighter more comfortable, provides better protection against heat and cold, lasts longer and was perfectly capable of protecting you from most primitive weaponry.

>scrawny little Skrælings were taller than European settlers
Keep dreaming redskin.

We're talking pasty skinned chav britbongs here, not the Norse. Different settlement.

Also the vikings did kinda get BTFO. Natives were big people.

There's a cool set of armour in my local museum from Oceania and Polynesia etc. They lacked metal and wood living with n small islands so they made their armour of coconut fibre, gourds and fish teeth. They look like jungle samurai costumes. Their swords are usually sharpened flints and animal teeth wedged in between two sword shaped bits of wood.

Here's another pic.

Lol

that looks autistic

When you consider that weapons were usually fairly dull and often breakable wood seems like a good bet. Even if they managed to break it i imagine it would at least absorb the impact from that blow.

honestly horrifying

looks pretty uncomfy

In Japan today, there is a bloke who is making crash helmets out of coconuts. They have a higher strength than the mainstream ones.

>Vikings did get kinda BTFO

Because they were retardedly outnumbered. Saying the Natives were big and that's why they chased off the Vinlanders is retarded, there was just a lot more of them.

>Semi-ablative. Loses 1 DR per 10 points of basic damage it resists.
What's the point of making armor out of wood if you've got to carve several new pieces after every battle?

If you need to carve new pieces it means you're still alive.

This looks like a fantasy video game fish warrior or some shit.

Cool af
Humans are pretty resourceful

It's a terrible armour. It splits easily and all force is transmitted straight through it, it's very heavy for the amount of protection it provides in comparison to metal.

The reason it works for shields is because your arm is like a spring which absorbs the force and momentum of the blow, if that shield were against a wall or body as armour, it would just straight split.

Some native american tribes were ridiculously tall, competing for "tallest people in the world", contemporaries and modern forensics agree on that.

Greenlander Norse were about as tall but no taller, European American settlers were definitely shorter.

wood doesnt often survive long enough to make an impresion on the archaelogical record. for all we know wood was widely used in prehistory and decayed away.