[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Movie be damned, but in the book they do use swords, and a mace, and of course the Morgul-blade. There is no description of armor of any kind, either it wasn't visible under their cloaks or it wasn't there at all--and why shouldn't they trust the sheer terror of their presence to be armor enough? The Witch-king is described as wearing a "hauberk," which is Chainmail, so we know they could at least wear that much--and it's worthy of note that nobody in all of Tolkien is ever described as wearing Plate, at least not that I can recall, and I can recall quite a lot.

Didn't the Gondor soldiers have plate? Or is that only in the movie.