Therefore, ancient armor was graded, and middle and upper-level generals wore armored armor with strong protective ability. However, this kind of armor has high cost and long manufacturing cycle, so it cannot be popularized. So ordinary soldiers wear leather armor or armor with low protection level. Such armor can't play an effective protective role, so it is reasonable that so many ordinary soldiers died in battle.
Second,? An open gun is easier to hide than an open enemy? It is one of the important reasons why ordinary soldiers die in battle. For short-range knives and guns, the armor of ordinary soldiers can also play a certain protective role, but for arrows flying in the distance, the armor has no resistance. Even the armor with excellent protective ability worn by middle and senior generals can't stop the penetration of arrows. And Gong Bing happened to be a trump card in the cold war. With their participation, it is normal for ordinary soldiers to die in battle.
Third, armor can't protect the whole body. Everyone has seen ancient armor in film and television works, which mainly protects the head and chest to a certain extent, but not so good for the limbs. If the enemy specifically attacks places that these armor cannot protect, then the armor is useless.
Fourth, armor can protect soldiers to a certain extent, but only protect visible attacks. Is there anything invisible in the ancient battlefield? Attack? Such as various infectious diseases. As we all know, the ancient medical level was backward and there was no complete concept of health. On the battlefield, the objective fact that bodies are everywhere will become infectious diseases such as plague? An ideal hotbed? . In the event of a plague, even with armor, a large number of soldiers will die.