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A rerebrace connected to a pauldron (which would cover the shoulder) Italian rerebrace, ~1440. A rerebrace (sometimes known as an upper cannon [1]) is a piece of armour designed to protect the upper arms (above the elbow).
Evidence for arms and armour in Anglo-Saxon England derives from three types of sources — archaeological, textual, and illustrative — all of which raise different interpretation issues and are not evenly distributed in a chronological manner. [1]
Timeless was a 24-hour satellite music service of Citadel Media (through Citadel Broadcasting). It has distributed a mix of soft oldies and adult standards to radio stations around the United States. [ 1 ]
Japanese cuirass with bullet marks from being tested for resistance to firearms. The proofing of armour is testing armour for its defensive ability, most commonly the historical testing of plate armour and mail (armour).
He also usually explains the functioning and parts of the gun by dissassembling it. McCollum often borrows the firearms from auction houses, most commonly the Rock Island Auction [6] and Morphy Auctions. He has also written books and articles for Popular Mechanics on the topic of firearms. He has also collaborated with other YouTubers and ...
Gun control laws vary widely from country to country. Several nations such as Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States make special exceptions in their gun laws for antique firearms. [citation needed] The "threshold" or "cut-off" years defining "antique" vary considerably. The threshold is pre-1898 ...
Swiss halberd (early 16th century) The Swiss developed a number of characteristic weapons during their period of military activity in the 15th and early 16th centuries, perfected further during the Early Modern period (16th and 17th centuries).
Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...