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How tall is a suit of medieval plate armor?

A suit of medieval plate armor is about 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.

What is measured: full body armor for an adult knight, standing height

Suit of Medieval Plate Armor (1.75 m) drawn to scale beside an adult person (1.7 m) and a doorway (2 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Adult person (1.7 m), Suit of Medieval Plate Armor (1.75 m) and Doorway (2 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as an adult person
  • About the same height as a doorway
  • About 4.6× as tall as a bowling pin
  • About 29% of the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 12× as tall as a smartphone

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Facts about Suit of Medieval Plate Armor

A full suit of plate armor typically weighed 20-25 kg, distributed to allow surprising mobility for the wearer.

Source: Royal Armouries, Leeds

Military

NameSizeCompared with Suit of Medieval Plate Armor
M240 Machine Gun1.24 m (4 ft 1 in)0.71×
Barrett M82 Sniper Rifle1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)0.83×
WWI Trench Mortar1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)0.86×
FIM-92 Stinger Missile1.52 m (5 ft)0.87×
M9A1 Bazooka1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)0.89×
M2 Browning Machine Gun1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)0.94×
Napoleon 12-Pounder Cannon1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)0.95×
Suit of Medieval Plate Armor1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)this page
English Longbow1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)1×
Roman Pilum2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.1×

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