The Breast Plate in the UK cover

[Dantzel Withers]

No: HPFGUIDX 166862

Carol: I've always wondered why Wizards would wear armor, anyway (Sir Cadogan, the
suits of armor in Hogwarts). Would armor deflect an AK or explode if
hit by one? (Maybe it was for the Muggle Wars, which Professor Binns
might have reached if he ever got past Goblins and Giants. ;-))

   
   
  Dantzel replies:
   
  I imagine that AK and the really nasty spells haven't existed for a long time. I bet that, like guns and cannons, they are a 'recent' development in warfare. In that case, perhaps armor (with spell-deflecters like Fred's and George's) was actually something that helped. 
   
  Or, if that is all untrue, soldiers wear armor to protect from the small stuff but it's no good if a bomb is too close.
   
  There are too many possibilities in my head for the armor, I'll stop here.
   
  Dantzel