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Use of Leather as armor
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06-09-2013, 06:36 PM
Quote:I state that, even today, NATO would not be able to equip 300.000 men with kevlar armors!

Nobody on Earth (and when I write nobody I mean nobody) was even able to equip 300.000 men with iron armors! Because this It's simply not possible!

Few tens thousands men during the middle age means nothing compared to 300.000 men during the Antiquity.

The numbers are an impassable obstacle for the Fantasy tale about the Roman Army clad in iron!
According to Statistics Canada, there were 70,000 police officers in Canada in 2012. Each of those has a body armour of synthetic fibres which will stop handgun bullets. ( http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux...5a-eng.htm ) When you add the Canadian Forces, and police reserves, private security companies, and so on, the total would be over 200,000 armoured men just in Canada. If we add in Italy, I am sure that the total would reach 300,000 armoured soldiers and police without asking the Americans to lend some armour Smile

Quote:I end up with this famous quote (from the site of A.D.), from the 'De Bello Civilis' I hope you'll be able to translate two lines of Latin dear hamata experts!

"'omnes fere milites aut ex coactis aut ex centonibus aut ex coriis tunicas aut tegimenta fecerant quibus tela vitarent'

Anyway the words for you, dear friends, are: Cento, Coactilia, and Coriis tegimenta......meditate good people, meditate! ;-)
The quote about Caesar's soldiers at Dyrrachium making armour for themselves out of available materials has been discussed many times on this site. It tells us two things: that on this occasion soldiers did make improvised body armour, and that this was not usual. If everyone already had armour of cloth or basketwork or quilting, they would not have to make them when they were besieged by Pompeius and his archers!
Nullis in verba

I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
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Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 05:04 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 09:06 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 12:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-06-2013, 01:39 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 02:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 10:31 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 12:43 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 01:50 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 05:53 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Graham Sumner - 06-07-2013, 12:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 01:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 02:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 04:20 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-07-2013, 05:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:09 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 06:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 07:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 08:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 10:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-08-2013, 03:15 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-08-2013, 04:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-08-2013, 05:35 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-08-2013, 05:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:32 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Tim - 06-09-2013, 12:38 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:24 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:35 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 04:26 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 01:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 01:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-09-2013, 01:41 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 02:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:40 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-09-2013, 06:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 06:10 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 06:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 06:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-09-2013, 09:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:04 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:16 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dain II. - 06-09-2013, 11:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:29 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 01:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 02:16 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 03:51 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 04:48 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 02:05 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Virilis - 06-10-2013, 02:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-10-2013, 03:49 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-10-2013, 05:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 12:27 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-11-2013, 04:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 09:44 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-11-2013, 09:54 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 10:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 11:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-12-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by william gannon - 06-12-2013, 11:58 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 08:19 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 10:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-13-2013, 11:10 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by caiusbeerquitius - 06-13-2013, 12:42 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 12:56 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-13-2013, 02:12 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Doc - 06-13-2013, 04:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:46 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 10:07 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:49 PM

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