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Topic: Your favorite armors Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 13:45 |
Whats your favorite armors?
US. armor!
What you see here is FULL SUT U.S.A. AROMR!
Soldiers Test New Flexible full Body Armor!
Finely we get to see some heavy infantry in modern warfare!
US. helmets
More US. armor
You got to love US. ARMOR!
EUROPEAN ARMOR
Moder lag armor? I think its German? I know it from the EU!
German WW1 and WW2 body armor!
Swiss helmet
Holy Roman Armor?
You got to LOVE EUROPEAN ARMOR!
I just have a fascination with Western armor,and some mideast armor ...
Some Turkish Armor
Should I have a poll?
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Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 14:18 |
Holy Roman Helmet
Roman Helmets
Need this...
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akritas
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Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 15:24 |
Bronze helmet from Lefkadia, Naousa, 5th century BC,
Macedonian helmet 4th century BC,
Iron cuirass with gold detail from the Tomb of Philip at Vergina, 4th century BC,
Bronze greaves from Tomb A at Derveni, fourth quarter of 4th century BC
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Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 15:38 |
Corinthian helmet
Ancient Greek life size helmet from Macedonia
Ancient Greek Royal life size helmet from the the famous city of Sparta, dated 490 B.C.,
Ancient Greek life size helmet from the famous city of Sparta, dated 490 B.C.,
Ancient Greek life size helmet, from Thessalia.(Achilles)
Ancient Greek life size helmet from Athens, dated 440 B.C
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Posted: 09-Jan-2006 at 18:04 |
"Modern Holy Roman army" or Vatican army (they do have guns as well, they know how to fight hand to hand and with guns. They are no joke!).   ; ; ; ;
More EUROPE ANARMOR
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Posted: 11-Jan-2006 at 22:00 |
i dont believe in armor, it slows you down, and is very heavy. imagine walking 100 miles with a 50 lb vest on.
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Posted: 12-Jan-2006 at 06:04 |
akritas your army had these things but you must remember
1922 Symnra
and Praetorian
your country is imperialist but you must remember Vietnam
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erci
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Posted: 12-Jan-2006 at 07:20 |
Greeks were using ancient armors in 1922? what happened in vietnam?
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Posted: 12-Jan-2006 at 07:50 |
My favourite armor is the one that Huns used back in the ancient times. It was made of leather and was quite practical.
Kemalist_Mehmet; you are not a Kemalist, but just an ultra-nationalist. You love writing about irrelevant things under interesting topics.
And I think you just need to shut up!
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Posted: 12-Jan-2006 at 18:28 |
Go on people.
Look at this one!
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Posted: 31-Jan-2006 at 14:23 |
I love the Turkish armor and the Corinthian helmet. They are beautiful.
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Posted: 16-Jan-2008 at 17:07 |
The modern body armor posted in the photographs is getting replaced by more modular vests. Bullet proof vests are great, but to be honest existing plates are pretty heavy although you can get used to them. It made my back problem worse, though, which ultimately forced me to leave the US Army and infantry. Hopefully, superior ceramic plates and better encasement materials in the future will allow to lighten plates while not sacrificing capability. Both my plates were extra large, where as they should have probably been extra large in the back and large in the front - my opinion is also based on the fact that I had to carry the M240B, full battle rattle including a full pack, and my back couldn't handle all 120lbs of crap they gave me.
Others might have other opinions. Especially, if the vest saved their lives.
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Posted: 20-Mar-2008 at 10:25 |
as for helmets, the hoplite helmet for me gets the nod, for overall legionnaire... for horse man, sassanid cavalry, for archer, han chinese chokonu.
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Posted: 13-Jun-2008 at 20:52 |
some good pics. i just love the ancient armor. the Ancient Greek's sure did have style The last one from 440BC from Athens is my favorite.
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Posted: 18-Jun-2008 at 07:43 |
Originally posted by TheOrcRemix
i dont believe in armor, it slows you down, and is very heavy. imagine walking 100 miles with a 50 lb vest on. |
Exactly what Nubia and other ancient Africans believed. Some of their armies had no armour at all and they defeated many Egyptian armies on the modern Egypt-Sudan border.
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Posted: 18-Jun-2008 at 08:00 |
Originally posted by Darius of Parsa
Originally posted by TheOrcRemix
i dont believe in armor, it slows you down, and is very heavy. imagine walking 100 miles with a 50 lb vest on. |
Exactly what Nubia and other ancient Africans believed. Some of their armies had no armour at all and they defeated many Egyptian armies on the modern Egypt-Sudan border.
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Just curious here, did they not employ large scale armour because they thought it ponderous - or was it that they lacked the urabisation, mineral deposits and smelting technology?
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Posted: 18-Jun-2008 at 19:19 |
Nubia experienced the Khamaseen, a wind that blows from the Sahara into Egypt. It often raises the temperature to more than 38 degrees celcius. Armour in such conditions lead to exaustion - and in some cases - death. Having no armour also gives you an advantage on those who do. The armourless soldier is more agile and mobile, and therefore has the ability to dodge and give out blows at a faster rate. With this mobility, Nubia could encircle an enemy army before the heavier enemy troops could flank them. Having the enemy fight on multiple fronts is a sure-fire way to win a battle. The Germans learned this in World War II, with the Western and Eastern fronts, which ultimitly led to their demise. The Hittites were the smelting kings, having the ability to extract both copper and tin, and the ability to smelt iron weapons and scale armour. Egypt traded with Anatolians for copper and tin to create bronze. This means that Egypt had lower quantities of tin and copper that could provide their armies with the proper equipment. We can speculate that Nubia had the same situation, and without any access to the Mediterranean, Nubia would have had a difficult time getting their hands on it. Nonetheless, Nubia found no reason to complain. Their domestic supplies grew, which included gold and ivory. These resources could be spent on recruiting, training, feeding, maintaining, entertaining, and paying their armies.
Good question
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Posted: 24-Jun-2008 at 05:13 |
Dendra armour is pretty nice. I like Roman too:
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