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Armour (Commonwealth English) or
armor (American English; see
spelling differences) is a
covering used to
protect an object, individual, or
vehicle from...
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Under Armour, Inc. is an
American sportswear company that
manufactures footwear and
apparel headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland,
United States. Under...
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Reactive armour is a type of
vehicle armour used in
protecting vehicles,
especially modern tanks,
against shaped charges and
hardened kinetic energy penetrators...
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Lamellar armour is a type of body
armour made from
small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron, steel,
leather (rawhide), bone, or
bronze laced...
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Chobham armour is the
informal name of a
composite armour developed in the 1960s at the
Military Vehicles and
Engineering Establishment, a
British tank...
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including naval armour, body
armour, and
vehicle armour. The first,
major application of
armour-piercing
projectiles was to
defeat the
thick armour carried on...
- cargo.
Armour may also be used in
vehicles to
protect from
threats other than a
deliberate attack. Some
spacecraft are
equipped with
specialised armour to...
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Plate armour is a
historical type of
personal body
armour made from bronze, iron, or
steel plates,
culminating in the
iconic suit of
armour entirely encasing...
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Composite armour is a type of
vehicle armour consisting of
layers of
different materials such as metals, plastics,
ceramics or air. Most
composite armours are...
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Splint armour (also
splinted armour,
splint armor, or
splinted armor) is
armour consisting of
strips of
metal ("splints")
attached to a
cloth or leather...
