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M1872 helmet and M1855 cuirass worn by the French cuirassiers. Early in the 15th century, plate armour, including the cuirass, began to be worn without any surcoat; but in the concluding quarter of the century the short surcoat, with full short sleeves, known as a "tabard", was in general use over the armour. While the surcoat was being phased ...
Early 14th to early or mid 15th Originally worn underneath a great helm and had no visor but did develop nasals to protect the nose. By the mid-14th century it replaced the great helm and was fully visored, often "dog-faced" (the conical hounskull visor), but often worn without the visor for improved visibility ventilation.
Early Modern warfare was characterized by the establishment of standing armies equipped with mass-produced ordnance weapons. Munitions-grade armour was produced in both Europe and Japan beginning in the 15th century to equip the standing armies developed from this period. Munition armour was of a standard pattern with interchangeable pieces.
German so-called Maximilian armour of the early 16th century is a style using heavy fluting and some decorative etching, as opposed to the plainer finish on 15th-century white armour. The shapes include influence from Italian styles. This era also saw the use of closed helms, as opposed to the 15th-century-style sallets and barbutes.
By the end of the 19th century, the German and Russian cuirassiers used the breastplates only as part of their peacetime parade dress, [27] but the French regiments still wore the cuirass and plumed helmet (both with cloth covers) on active service during the first few weeks of World War I. Amongst ceremonial units the Spanish Escolta Real ...
Towards the late 16th century, so-called half-armour (Halbharnisch) would become increasingly common, eventually diminished itself into the early modern cuirass of the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic armour was often combined with a Gothic sallet, which included long and sharp rear-plate that protected the back of the neck and head.
Muromachi period, 15th century, Tokyo National Museum, Important Cultural Property Gusoku Type Armour With do-maru cuirass and white lacing, Edo period, 17th century, Tokyo National Museum. The predecessor of the dō was manufactured in Japan as early as the fourth century. [1]
Laminar cuirasses were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century. [3] Tankō (laminar), worn by foot soldiers and keikō (lamellar), worn by horsemen were both pre-samurai types of early Japanese cuirass constructed from iron plates connected by leather thongs.