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  2. Body armor - Wikipedia

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    There was a 150-year period in which better and more metallurgically advanced steel armor was being used, precisely because of the danger posed by the gun. Hence, guns and cavalry in plate armor were "threat and remedy" together on the battlefield for almost 400 years. By the 15th-century, Italian armor plates were almost always made of steel. [12]

  3. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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    Armor Level Protection PM 1.22 Long Rifle: This armor would protect against three hits, fired from 10±0.5 meters, of: 2.6±0.1 g (40±1.54 gr) .22 Long Rifle lead round-nose bullets at a velocity of 360±10 m/s (1181±33 ft/s) PM 2 9×19mm Parabellum: This armor would protect against three hits, fired from 5±0.5 meters, of:

  4. Ō-yoroi - Wikipedia

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    For the most part the ō-yoroi was a rich man's armor and not used by lower ranking samurai. The armor was mainly worn by the higher ranking samurai on horseback. The lower ranking soldiers had armor that was similar to the ō-yoroi, but had fewer components, was lighter, and lacked the decorative markings of the higher ranking samurai. [4]

  5. War hammer - Wikipedia

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    [1] The war hammer was a popular weapon in the late medieval period. It became somewhat of a necessity in combat when armor became so strong that swords and axes were no longer able to pierce and ricocheted upon impact. The war hammer could inflict significant damage on the enemy through their heavy impact without the need to pierce the armor. [2]

  6. Ranger Body Armor - Wikipedia

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    Early versions of RBA (the first variant, which featured only the front ballistic armor plate and no rear armor plate) first saw active frontline service in 1993, being used in combat in Operation Gothic Serpent (22 August 1993 to 13 October 1993), when Rangers of Task Force Ranger first arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia. There, it was used by the ...

  7. Modular Body Armor Vest - Wikipedia

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    The Modular Body Armor Vest (MBAV) is a bullet-proof vest made by Eagle Industries and used by the United States military.The vest is standard issue for many members of the United States special operations forces including the 75th Ranger Regiment. 10,000 vests were deployed on an interim basis with the U.S. Marine Corps while it developed the Scalable Plate Carrier.

  8. All or nothing (armor) - Wikipedia

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    The Inflexible as shown in Brassey ' s Naval Annual (1888) showing the armor-clad central citadel. All or nothing is a method of naval warship armor, best known for its employment on dreadnought battleships. The concept involves heavily armoring the areas most important to a ship while the rest of the ship receives no armor. [1]

  9. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    These cases are called black queens. From the survivors, 9 out of 10 are changed for the worse, becoming monstrous creatures nicknamed jokers. The miraculous 1% of infected are changed for the better and become aces, gifted with superhuman physical or mental capabilities while still remaining human in appearance. Xenovirus takis-B