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In the later part of the 17th century, the cuirassier lost his limb armour and subsequently wore only the cuirass (breastplate and backplate), and sometimes a helmet. By this time, the sword or sabre had become his primary weapon, with pistols relegated to a secondary function.
Man's Breastplate, Crow (Native American), 1880–1900, Brooklyn Museum Left Hand Bear, an Oglala Lakota chief, wearing a hair-pipe breastplate, Omaha, 1898. The hair-pipe breastplates of 19th-century Interior Plains people were made from the West Indian conch , brought to New York docks as ballast and then traded to Native Americans of the ...
Japanese armour makers designed bulletproof plate armour called tameshi gusoku ("bullet tested"), which allowed soldiers to continue wearing armour despite the heavy use of firearms in the late 16th century. [13] [14] In the 17th century, warfare in Japan came to an end, but the samurai continued to use plate armour until the end of the samurai ...
Japanese cuirass (dō) from the 17th century is made from individual large scales (hon iyozane) Cuirasses were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century. [ 5 ] Tankō , worn by foot soldiers, and keikō , worn by horsemen, were both pre-samurai types of early Japanese cuirass constructed from iron plates connected by leather thongs.
Hatomune dou (dō) gusoku – (pigeon-breast chest armour or cuirass) were inspired by European peascod breastplate armour. Hatomune dou (dō) have a sharp central ridge running vertically down the front. Uchidashi dou (dō) gusoku – Embossed or hammered out relief on the front. Nanban dou (dō) gusoku – Armour made on the base of late ...
"Three-quarters" cuirassier's armour (early 17th century). Typical Swiss or Landsknechts half-armour worn by foot soldiers in the 16th century, known in England as almain rivet. Munition armour (also "munitions-grade armour", "munition quality armour") was mass-produced armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers and mounted ...
By the 17th century there appeared a form of gorget with a low, unarticulated collar and larger front and back plates which covered more of the upper chest and back. In addition to being worn under the breast & backplates, as evidenced by at least two contemporary engravings, they were also commonly worn over civilian clothing or a buff coat ...
By the mid-17th century, plate armour had adopted a stark and utilitarian form favoring thickness and protection (from the ever-more-powerful firearms which were redefining battle) over aesthetics and was generally only used by heavy cavalry; afterwards, it was to disappear more or less completely. Therefore, the Greenwich workshop represented ...
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