The effectiveness of HHAPW's against armor?

[Benjamin Parker]

(HHAPW's stands for handheld armor piercing weapons)

So how effective were horsemans picks, maces, etc. against mail and/or plate armor?

[Stacy Clifford]

This effective.







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[Sal Bertucci]

Honestly! If they weren't good at it you think they might have been called something else like HHNAPW "hand held non armor piercing weapons", or perhaps RUST "relatively useless stick thingies".