Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
The Tartans Authority has a nice article about the Targe here:

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/...s/Weaponry.asp
This is a good article, especially in regards to the impossibility of wielding a dirk in the left hand while wearing a targe on that arm, too!

However, it is folly to think that a targe could stop a musket ball! This notion is shared by many reenactors with no experience actually shooting muskets with live ammunition. Well, I've owned and shot and hunted with flintlock weapons for years, and I can tell you this: at 18th C. combat ranges (100 yds or less) a ball from .75 or .69 cal infantry musket will go right through a targe, the wearer's arm, and halfway through his body before it slows down...!