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Tiger wins quickly. 30 37.97%
Tiger wins, but it'll take a while to peel off the armer. 24 30.38%
Human survives, but it'll take a while and he'll take some damage. 10 12.66%
Human survives intact as the tiger can't chew through. 8 10.13%
We need to look in the historical records to find cases of tigers attacking fully armored knights. 7 8.86%
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Old 10-15-2023, 03:26 PM  
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Could a tiger kill a person in plate mail?
I was pondering this during a run this morning. Assume the following:
  • An average-sized adult male tiger (440 pounds)
  • The tiger is hungry but not starving. It's healthy.
  • The human is an average-sized adult male of 5-9 height and 198 pounds of weight.
  • The armor is full 16th-century plate mail that looks like the picture below.
  • The guy in armor has no weaponry at all and is on foot. He's playing defense only.
  • Assume that the encounter is happening in a natural setting with no other people, tigers, or prey around.



What would happen? Would the tiger immediately rip off the armor or some limbs and kill the guy? Would the tiger work on the armor and get it off after 15 minutes of hard work? Would the tiger give up quickly after breaking a fang or two? Would the tiger gnaw on the armor for 20 minutes before eventually giving up?

Edit: sorry for the typo in the poll. I know how to spell 'armor'.

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Old 10-15-2023, 05:43 PM   #31
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Old 10-15-2023, 05:44 PM   #32
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I believe the largest Bengal tiger ever killed was 800lbs. So let’s say his younger, smaller cousin at 500lbs attacks a man in full armor, who is slow, can’t see very well, and is much weaker by a factor of 10 or even more.

The tiger instinctually knows how to kill, and would only make the armor-wearer’s suffering prolonged by maybe...30 seconds.
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Old 10-15-2023, 06:12 PM   #33
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Old 10-15-2023, 06:18 PM   #35
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Old 10-15-2023, 06:25 PM   #36
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Old 10-15-2023, 06:48 PM   #37
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Truth. You could put an 800lb tiger in a plate mail tiger suit, and Leo would kill it and eat it in less than 5 minutes.
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Could? I suppose but after a bit of not drawing flesh it would leave.
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Old 10-15-2023, 07:03 PM   #39
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Lot of great answers so far. An historian specializing in Medieval warfare would say, "Plate." 'Plate Mail' is more of a D&D term, but I play D&D so now foul.

What hasn't been mentioned is Jousting Armor (sometimes referred to as 'Tournament Armor'). It's not for combat per se, but it's typically always a 'tailor-made' construction and very well fitted. Not only is the throat area covered, the helmet covered down to the breast in many surviving and extant examples and it locks into place. If the tournament armor was also made to fit protection over the back of the legs, a tiger could have a very tough time of it.

At any rate, the poor bastard in the armor isn't going to be feeling very well, when the tiger eventually gives up and goes away.
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Before I vote does the tiger have any metal fillings?
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Old 10-15-2023, 07:08 PM   #41
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Only 2 humans I can think that would survive and kick Tiger ass.
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They wouldn't even need the suit of armor.
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I think the human in plate mail wins. Tiger can't bite or scratch through. Might knock you around some, but you also aren't completely unarmed when you can swing around your metal gauntlets and try to take out it's eyes and bash it's nose and stuff. I think the tiger runs away fairly quickly. This meal isn't worth it.
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