Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
In Cotterell's defence: 1) he explicitly states it isn't suitable for a foot soldier; and 2) he argues that the Chinese developed a better horse collar and could therefore use bigger and heavier chariots than other charioteering nations, so parallels with the Chinese should be made with caution. Still, I admit that the reasoning here isn't very convincing. Thank you for enlightening me.
I understand, but in a society that effectively fielded only two types of troops in war (cavalry may have emerged toward the very end of the Mycenaean period, but that is not certain), I wonder then who he thinks would have worn such armour.