We, as a race, tend to have a bad habit of believing what we are told. In the days before the internet this was especially true since fact checking often involved going down to the local library and pouring over texts. It is no surprise then that Gygax and company made a few errors…
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Arms and Armour - Wikisource, the
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur's Gate and 5e – A
leather vs padded : r/dndmemes
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur's Gate and 5e – A
Brigandine armor (Brigand actually means footsoldier, not thug
Studded Armour
Studded Armour
Studded Leather Armour: Real Or Not?
Was the studded leather armour used in D&D ever used in real historical combat situations? If so, was it useful? - Quora