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Stab resistant body armour [PDF]
, 2000 There is now a widely accepted need for stab resistant body armour for the police in the UK. However, very little research has been done on knife resistant systems and the penetration mechanics of sharp projectiles are poorly understood.
Horsfall, Ian
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An evaluation of the hypodermic needle threat against body armour [PDF]
, 2004 Previous work has addressed protection against stab attacks [1, 2], and slash attacks [3, 4] this has resulted in body armour that is suitable for protecting the torso against knives. Whilst this armour combats the primary lethal injuries to the torso it
Luk, Edwina +2 more
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The medieval inventories of the Tower armouries 1320–1410 [PDF]
, 2012 This research project arose from the need to provide an edition of the manuscript inventories of the privy wardrobe at the Tower. Though these are an important source for the study of arms and armour during the first half of the Hundred Years War only ...
Richardson, R T
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The failure of a tungsten carbide-cobalt cored projectile penetrating a hard target [PDF]
, 2010 Experimental results are presented from an investigation of the parameters of a ceramic-faced armour system that are required to induce damage in a tungsten carbide - cobalt (WC-Co) penetrator.
Woolmore, Nicola J.
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Personal Armour Testing versus Small Arms Ammunition when the Test Standard Doesn’t Fit [PDF]
Problemy Mechatroniki, 2015 Small arms ammunition which may impact personal armour and is deemed to be realistic as a threat by the user, may not always comply with armour test standards.
Philip GOTTS
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Ancient Brimmed Helmets as Introduction to Medieval Kettle Hats?
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2021 In many publications about arms and armour it is argued that kettle hats were known in antiquity or are derived from ancient helmets. This thesis led to the publication of European Armour circa 1066 to circa 1700 by Cloude Blair, published in 1958. This
Daniel Gosk
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Un casco de tipo kettlehat o chapel-de-fer del s. XIII procedente de Kodasoo, Estonia
Gladius, 2011 El casco más antiguo encontrado en Estonia es un «chapel de fer» del siglo XIII que proviene de cerca de la aldea de Kodasoo, en el Norte de Estonia. Tres muestras de diversas partes del casco fueron investigadas mediante un estudio metalográfico.
Jaak Mäll
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1881 The custom of dedicating or of specially setting apart articles of use or ornament to divine beings has been common to many peoples, and has come down from a remote antiquity to the present day. Nor is the motive which prompts the action one in any way foreign to the impulses by which men are moved.
Greenwell, W., G., P.
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The plays with the axe in armour of the Anonimo Bolognese (1510-1515)
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2021 This contribution examines an anonymous text (Di Accia armato di tutt’arme ) addressing the handling of the axe for armoured combat, compiled in a two-volume anonymous manuscript collection of the beginning of the 16th c. This collection is of particular
Daniel Jaquet
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Body armour – New materials, new systems
Defence Technology, 2019 This is a very timely review of body armour materials and systems since new test standards are currently being written, or reviewed, and new, innovative products released.
Ian G. Crouch
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