Scale armour
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Scale armour is an early form of armour consisting of many individual small armour scales of various shapes attached to each other and to a backing of cloth or leather in overlapping rows. Scale armou
Modern reproduction of lorica squamata
Dacian scale armour on Trajan's Column in Rome
Fragment of lorica squamata. Each plate has six holes and the scales are linked in rows. Only the "lowermost" holes are visible on most scales, while a few show the pair above and the ring fastener passing through them.
Ming dynasty tomb guardian statue in mountain pattern armour, a possible variation of scale armour
Lamellar armour
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Lamellar armour is a type of body armour made from small rectangular plates of iron, steel, leather, bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time peri
Scale armour
…armour of this type. Other types of armour made from individual scales but constructed in a different manner have their own separate names, such as lamellar armour where the individual scales are perforated on several or all edges and lashed tightly to each other in straight ridged rows and do not need to be…
Qin dynasty Terracotta Army soldier wearing lamellar armour
Lamellar armour worn by Koryak people
Han dynasty lamellae pieces
Song dynasty period deity wearing lamellar armoured skirt from the tomb of Wang Chuzhi