1) Body armor
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Splint armour, also referred to as splinted armour. Splint armour first appears in a Scythian grave from the 4th century BCE. ==Splint Armor== Limb armor consisting of strips of metal, or splints, which are attached to a fabric or leather backing or covering. The splints are narrow metal strips arranged longitudinally. The splints are pierced for ...
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Splint-armour was a kind of armour made of several overlapping plates. It never proved very popular as the convexity of the breastplate would not allow the body to bend unless the plates were made to overlap upwards, and this made them liable to be ripped off by an assailant's weapon.
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