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Originally Posted by Galloglaich
A real mail shirt may weigh as little as 12-13 lbs actually. I think 20 kgs is probably past the upper range even for cap-a-pied mail protection including leggings, full arms, coif and so on, though there is no doubt it would be much harder to swim in all that.
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The gambeson is going to be worrying as well - cloth generally absorbs
a lot of water, and when you've got multiple layers of thick cloth it's bad news all on its own.