[TML] Personal Armor Noise was Re: Current USAF fleet

[Leon Wu]

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>>  > 2) Be bald or else have a cloth cap. The links grab and pull out hair. Ouch.
>>
>>  The "arming cap" is usually part of the padding that goes on under
>>  the mail.
>
>Yes, but it isn't just an optional accessory! :0)

You'd have to wear an arming cap or else any blow will result in a concussion. The mail will stop you from being cut but won't absorb the force of the blow. Same for a mail shirt, anyone wearing one would wear a heavy padded jerkin underneath. These would be worn by the less wealthy as their sole form of armour.