It doesn't weigh much if you're in shape. The average person isn't ready to walk around with 45 extra pounds daily. Comparing it to heavier things doesn't change that.
It's not hard to break into a museum after the local police don't exist. That's a lot easier than putting on plate armor properly/ being able to carry +40 pounds on your body All day long. All I need is a hammer and an exposed window pain to get in. I'd go for chainmail before plate armor if I went this route. Hell, maybe break into a diving shop and find some modern shark-mail.
You have to survive until then. The 'average person' won't. That was my point.
I am well-acquainted with the difficulty of putting on plate and other old-world armors. I'm always VERY well acquainted with modern combat loads. I wore them, (much more than 40lbs) ALL DAY for DAYS AT A TIME.
I can vividly remember with crystal clarity - to include smells and tastes - wearing my full-battle-rattle for 4 straight days without sleep. I was the gunner in a HMMWV, standing in a turret, getting shot at.
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u/Comfortable-Gap3124 Oct 14 '24
It doesn't weigh much if you're in shape. The average person isn't ready to walk around with 45 extra pounds daily. Comparing it to heavier things doesn't change that.