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The proofing of armour is testing armour for its defensive ability, most commonly the historical testing of plate armour and mail (armour). In the early...2 KB (275 words) - 02:45, 26 August 2023
Bulletproof glass (redirect from Armour glass)October 18, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2021. "Ceramic Transparent Armor May Replace "Bullet-Proof Glass"". Archived from the original on August 30, 2011....13 KB (1,217 words) - 13:08, 14 November 2024- up proofing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proofing may refer to: Proofing (armour), the testing of armour for its defensive ability Proofing (baking...606 bytes (106 words) - 02:13, 30 May 2015
Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing...32 KB (3,940 words) - 19:09, 30 September 2024
Bulletproof vest (redirect from Bullet-proof vests)recorded as testing his armour against gun-fire. Similarly, in 1590 Henry Lee of Ditchley expected his Greenwich armour to be "pistol proof". Its actual effectiveness...91 KB (11,219 words) - 14:23, 25 October 2024
Breastplate (category Western plate armour)against bullets and has been described as duplex armour. Bullet-proof vests are the modern descendant of the breastplate. Both Zeus and Athena are sometimes...8 KB (891 words) - 06:40, 4 March 2024
historians noting the armour King Porus used in battle against Alexander. The scholar Arrian recorded that the armour was shot-proof, and remarkably well...15 KB (1,835 words) - 10:54, 7 November 2024
Chain mail (redirect from Mail (armour))Mirror armour (supplementary plates worn over mail) Scale armour Splint armour Transitional armour Others: Cataphract Proofing (armour) Ring armour "chain...47 KB (5,385 words) - 16:13, 29 October 2024
Shell (projectile) (redirect from Armour piercing capped)armour Armour-piercing (AP) Armour-piercing ballistic capped (APBC) - a shot with a cover to improve aerodynamics Armour-piercing capped (APC) Armour-piercing...64 KB (8,525 words) - 09:07, 1 November 2024
A jack of plate is a type of armour made up of small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas. They were commonly referred to simply as a "jack"...5 KB (542 words) - 05:49, 15 July 2024
for protection. Lamellar armour was supplemented by scale armour since the Warring States period or earlier. Partial plate armour was popular from the Eastern...63 KB (7,914 words) - 23:12, 24 October 2024
Body armor (redirect from Body armour)Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing...49 KB (6,201 words) - 23:14, 9 November 2024
with mail armour and shields. With the exception of Poland-Lithuania, which still made use of hussars wearing suits of plate armour, armour in Europe...20 KB (2,552 words) - 20:31, 26 September 2024
cuirass" is one of the major components of Japanese armour worn by the samurai and ashigaru or foot soldiers of feudal Japan. The predecessor of the dō was...17 KB (1,736 words) - 21:45, 3 September 2024
BT tank (category Light tanks of the Soviet Union)testbed vehicles, concentrating on sloped armour. This proof-of-concept led directly to the armour layout of the T-34. BT tank chassis were also used as...26 KB (2,908 words) - 01:56, 28 October 2024
Infantry (redirect from Queen of the battlefield)penetrate common armour at very close range. Infantry armour had to compromise between protection and coverage, as a full suit of attack-proof armour would be...36 KB (3,938 words) - 23:17, 8 November 2024
The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, incorporating the London Proof House, is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The Gunmakers' Company...7 KB (664 words) - 15:16, 2 May 2024
Bodkin point (section Armour penetration)layered cloth armour worn under heavier armour for protection against projectiles. Armour of the medieval era was not completely proof against arrows...8 KB (1,043 words) - 18:48, 11 May 2024
Ballistic plate (redirect from Ceramic plate armour)other armour. "Hard armour" usually denotes armour that uses ballistic plates. It serves to defeat higher threats, and may be considered as a form of applique...10 KB (1,178 words) - 05:11, 24 August 2024
Plastic armour (also known as plastic protection) was a type of vehicle armour originally developed for merchant ships by Edward Terrell of the British...17 KB (2,414 words) - 15:58, 22 September 2023
- materials are said to be "waterproof," "armour-" "bullet-proof," and the like. The principal other uses are for a standard of strength for spirit (see Alcohol
- armour was one of the deciding factors at El Alamein. The average ratio of Soviet to German armour at the beginning of the offensives of 1944 and 1945
- little or no armour. The available armouring technologies were incapable of stopping bullets; and with the slow rate of fire and high rate of misfires, once