Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Would The Vikings Have Used Full Plate Given the Chance?" video.

"Given the choice"... I'd say it's circumstantial. If a large party of norse raiders are offered plate armour so that everyone can get a suit of their own, then yes. Maybe. But looking at it from a historical perspective: the arms and armaments of norse raiders was very diverse and not uniform, because not every member of a raiding party or army could afford their own mail or swords etc. The only uniform thing about them seems to have been that they would almost always be equipped with a one handed weapon and a shield as a bare minimum. And their tactics were adapted to this, utilizing almost a phalanx or testudo with their shields in combat in the open. If one flashy norse raider decides to wear plate and skip the shield altogether, then his mates would see him as not fulfilling his role in a shield wall. If he were to use his shield with the full plate, then it might be more cumbersome for him (since full plate isn't necessarily intended for use with shields). So there is a very reasonable objection to the notion that they'd use full plate in the sense that it doesn't fit with their cooperative shield use as a team.
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