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Thickness of a bronze bell cuirass

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Thickness of a bronze bell cuirass
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07-01-2009, 09:25 AM
Another thing that springs to mind is to check if the backplates where made of thinner material, as was common with medieval armours, this would significantly reduce the weight of the complete cuirass.

It does seem the glued linen idea just wont die ...... Confusedhock:
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