Chainmail: Great armor for z-poc?

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Permalink Reply by 3i3638ulfks6u on November 17, 2011 at 1:25pm

not really most chain mail weighs like 35 to 50 pounds and that's allot of extra weight to be carrying around all the time. try wearing those five pound exercise weight you put on your wrists and ankles for a day and you'll get the idea. but if you start wearing it now you may be able to get your body used to it. kinda like in old kung fu movies. 

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Permalink Reply by Suigeneris on November 17, 2011 at 1:34pm

I'd rather be fast and docile than slow and cumbersome. If your going to go that far why not wear an explosive vest, let the zeds take you down and pow, blow them to smitherenes?

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Permalink Reply by 3i3638ulfks6u on November 17, 2011 at 3:15pm

i agree, though if you train your body you should be able to overcome the extra weight. of course that would involve wearing chain mail all day everyday, which has its own set of probables. unless your cool with having people stare at you, and make fun of you behind your back and possible to your face as-well. so if your cool with being branded a freak then it can be done, vikings and stuff did it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael T. Douglas on November 17, 2011 at 7:46pm

You can wear it under a shirt.

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Permalink Reply by 3i3638ulfks6u on November 18, 2011 at 12:11pm

people will know when they hear you jingle every time you reach for something.

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Permalink Reply by ubduomk on November 18, 2011 at 12:12am

its hot and heavy, difficult to clean, difficult to remove/put on, doesn't stop bullets or even arrows. 

I say chain mail is a terrible idea. you move slower, you get tired more easily, you sweat more, consuming more water than normal. you burn more energy, so you need to eat more. basically with chain mail you're more likely to become zombie chow than people not in chain mail. 

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Permalink Reply by samamuel Ibn'La-Ahad on November 30, 2011 at 11:29pm

I doubt a zombie could bite through the chain mail though.. But maybe if it was more for not moving fast? If in some instance you needed to be fighting zombies. Then I think the metal underarmor would work fine :D

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Permalink Reply by samamuel Ibn'La-Ahad on November 30, 2011 at 11:37pm

Er.. Might as well just stick with leather XD

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Permalink Reply by the jack o' lantern on December 8, 2011 at 6:43am

I wore today tab chain mail once, weighed less than ten pounds, woulda stopped a bite, wasnt very hot in summer

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Permalink Reply by Tori Luve on January 30, 2012 at 6:57pm

No - too heavy. Stick with leather.  If you want to weigh yourself down, carry an extra back pack with supplies.  At least that can be ditched in a hurry if you have to lighten your load

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