I refer NOT to plate, only your original tweet "Mail armor is worn over leather or quilted linen. It actually IS good protection for arrows." Plate over mail over gambeson stops arrows. Mostly cold. See Tod's workshop on youtube for brilliant comparative test
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Note that when testing armor penetration, the biggest thing is that it is not a yes/no, but a probability cloud. Plate varies greatly in thickness even within a single suit, often from >1mm to 2+mm within single armors. Plus angle-of-attack makes a huge difference.
A square hit on an eye-slit or a breath (partial coverage, often sub-1mm thickness) might penetrate where the exact same arrow would fail on the BP or w/ bad AoA. Note that AoA effect on mail not sufficiently tested, but I suspect it is high...
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...because the mail can shift around to disperse impact. Testing shows square hits penetrate consistently, but testing is often against rigid targets with no give, w/ mail secured more tightly than an actual shift, with perfect AoA. Not exactly battlefield conditions.
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That said, early 15th century knights don't have total, full-thickness plate coverage. In a shower of arrows, many might find horses, lifted visors, breaths, gaps. So it's important to think in probabilities. Never 100% lethal or 100% immune.
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