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Lamellar armour is a type of body armour made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron, steel, leather , bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia , Eastern Asia (especially in China , Japan , Korea , Mongolia , and Tibet ), Western Asia , and Eastern ...
The Scythians' horse warriors appear to have used scale or possibly lamellar armour, evident both from contemporary illustrations and burial finds in kurgans. The armour was made from small plates of iron or bronze. Due to the semi-rigid nature of the armour, the Scythian variety was made as breast- and back-plates, with separate shoulder pieces.
More than 30 lamellae (individual plates for lamellar armour) were found in Birka, Sweden, in 1877, 1934 and 1998–2000. [44] They were dated to the same approximate period as the Gjermundbu mailshirt (900‒950) and may be evidence that some Vikings wore this armour, which is a series of small iron plates laced together or sewed to a stout ...
Depiction of lamellar armour on the right and brigandine armour on the left, Ming dynasty - 1368 to 1644 . Protective clothing and armour have been used by armies from earliest recorded history; the King James Version of the Bible (Jeremiah 46:4) translates the Hebrew סריון, siryon [1] or שריון, śiryon "coat of mail" [2] as "brigandine".
By the Late Middle Ages even infantry could afford to wear several pieces of plate armour. Armour production was a profitable and pervasive industry during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. [18] Royal Armoury of Madrid, Spain. A complete suit of plate armour made from well-tempered steel would weigh around 15–25 kg (33–55 lb). [19]
Laminar armour (from Latin: lamina – layer) is an armour made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of, usually small, solid armour plates called lames, [1] as opposed to lamellar armour, which is made from individual armour scales laced together to form a solid-looking strip of armour.
A Ukrainian company is producing steel armor for the country's Patriot air-defense batteries. The armor consists of small plates that wrap around the exterior of the Patriot's control unit. It is ...
Infantry wore suits of lacquered rawhide, hardened and lacquered leather [or partially tanned rawhide?], or iron [or iron alloys such as steel] lamellar armour and caps or iron helmets. A suit of iron armour dating to the Western Han period consisted of 328 lamellae pieces. [22] Some riders wore armour and carried shields and some horses were ...