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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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design choice in
armouring warships, best
known for its
employment on
Dreadnought battleships. The
concept involves concentrating armour on
areas most important...
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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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Under Armour, Inc. is an
American sportswear company that
manufactures footwear and
apparel headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland,
United States. Under...
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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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version of
plate armour, it was
fairly light and
provided its
wearer a
comfortable range of motion.
These two
approaches to
armouring remained recognizable...
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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...
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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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Krupp armour was a type of
steel naval armour used in the
construction of
capital ships starting shortly before the end of the
nineteenth century. It...
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Roses or the
Italian Wars.[citation needed]
European leaders in
armouring techniques were
Northern Italians,
especially from Milan, and Southern...
