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Because most leg armor had to be pulled on from the foot, rather than snapped on such as a breastplate, a chausse might have been considered to be worn on the foot. Steel shin plates called schynbalds came into use during the mid-13th century. [8] Unlike greaves, schynbalds protected only the front of the lower leg. These early plate additions ...
Covers the lower leg, front and back, made from a variety of materials, but later most often plate. Cuisse: Plate that cover the thighs, made of various materials depending upon period. Sabaton or solleret: Covers the foot, often mail or plate. Tasset or tuille: Bands hanging from faulds or breastplate to protect the upper legs. Various ...
Armor of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and said to be impenetrable. (Greek mythology) Armor of Beowulf, a mail shirt made by Wayland the Smith. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Armor of Örvar-Oddr, an impenetrable "silken mailcoat". (Norse mythology) Babr-e Bayan, a suit of armor that Rostam wore in wars described in the Persian epic Shahnameh. The ...
Italian cuisse, circa 1450. Cuisses (/ k w ɪ s /; / k w i s /; French:) are a form of medieval armour worn to protect the thigh. [1] The word is the plural of the French word cuisse meaning 'thigh'.
Splint armor (also splinted armour, splint armour, or splinted armor) is armor consisting of strips of metal ("splints") attached to a cloth or leather backing. It is most commonly found as limb armor such as greaves or vambraces .
Western Xia mail armour. Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g. cycling, construction sites, etc.).
A single tasset by Lorenz Helmschmied, 1495. Tassets are a piece of plate armour designed to protect the upper thighs. They take the form of separate plates hanging from the breastplate or faulds.
An exhibit of the "Future Soldier" designed by the United States ArmyA powered exoskeleton is a mobile machine wearable over all or part of the human body, providing ergonomic structural support, and powered by a system of electric motors, pneumatics, levers, hydraulics or a combination of cybernetic technologies, allowing for sufficient limb movement, and providing increased strength ...