plate armour

These well trained and elite troops are well equipped with plate armour and lances, making them a fearsome addition to any Polish army.

These highly respected and feared troops wear plate armour and are armed with a lance and a sword.

heavy cavalry These mace - wielding fighting machines wear plate armour and are equipped with lances for a deadly charge .

The Feudal Knight is used to crush opposing infantry and to ride down enemy cavalry until the later appearance of plate armour.

An elite and powerful fighting order of well trained knights wearing heavy mail or plate armour and armed with a lance.

Well armed and equipped Norse swordsmen. Able to wear chain and plate armour.

Effective gunpowder units, Reiters are armed with a pistol and spear, and protected by plate armour.

Protected by plate armour and armed with a sword this heavy infantry unit can fight mounted or on foot.

Broken lances are well trained and experienced professional soldiers, protected by plate armour, armed with lances and swords.

Armed with a lance and plate armour these trained and experienced mercenaries are well known for their capricious ways.

Plate armour, however, is highly desirable as the protection it offers is excellent.

Protected by plate armour and equipped with maces these knights for hire excel at taking on heavily armoured units.

The truth is even at close range a longbow wont pierce plate armour.

Armed with lances and encased in plate armour these loyal warriors act as retinues and bodyguards for royalty.

These well trained warriors are protected by plate armour and wield a mighty two-handed sword.

These mace wielding fighting machines wear plate armour, but prefer to fight on foot.

Skilled Danish halberd unit armoured in plate armour.

Wearing mail, or early plate armour and wielding lances, these elite troops fear little on the battlefield and make fearsome opponents.

Actually, transitional plate armour has been in use since the 14th century, as my first post on this topic shows.