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Mail shirt, Germany, late 14th or early 15th century AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not sure how it is in Oblivion, but in real life (depending on the period) plate was often worn on top of chainmail, so it was indeed heavier than just chainmail alone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is definitely not true for the late medieval period. As you suggested it would be too heavy without much of a benefit anyway. An added layer of chain mal won‘t block what a well crafted plate armor can‘t.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It is supposed to block the blows that go between the plates, not reinforce the plate itself. A lighter alternative that developed later is patches of chainmail only between the plates.

Mail armour is a layer of protective clothing worn most commonly from the 9th to the 13th century, though it would continue to be worn under plate armour until the 15th century.

In the chapter "Late Middle Ages":

In armoured techniques taught in the German school of swordsmanship, the attacker concentrates on these "weak spots", resulting in a fighting style very different from unarmoured sword-fighting. Because of this weakness, most warriors wore a mail shirt (haubergeon or hauberk) beneath their plate armour (or coat-of-plates). Later, full mail shirts were replaced with mail patches, called gussets, which were sewn onto a gambeson or arming jacket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_armour

[–] Yondoza 3 points 1 day ago

Love it when you provide sources.