Could Medieval Chain Mail Armor Stop Arrows Piercing? (Video)

A knight’s armor needed to protect from both close- and long-range attacks. But how good was their chain mail at defending them from archers wielding the deadly longbow?
We tend to think of Medieval knights as wearing heavy plate armor but in reality much of their time chain mail made up much of their defenses.

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