For the 1944 explosion at RAF Fauld Staffordshire RAF Fauld Explosion Image Breastplate and faulds.jpg left thumb New made replicas of medieval helmet, two breastplate s, faulds, a halberd and two military marching drums. Image Ren d Anjou Livre des tournois France Provence XVe si cle.jpg thumb right Breastplate with faulds attached below Faulds are a piece of plate armour worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. They take the form of bands of metal surrounding both legs, potentially surrounding the entire hips in a form similar to a skirt. External links http www.clemusart.com museum collect armrglos.html Cleveland Museum of Art glossary of arms and armour Elements of Medieval armor Category Medieval armour Category Personal armour medieval armour stub pl Folgi ru ... more details
Faulds can refer to wiktionarypar fauld Andrew Faulds , British actor and politician Henry Faulds , a Scottish scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting William Frederick Faulds , a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross Fauldsplatearmour , a form of platearmour protecting the hips disambig ... more details
of medieval platearmour. Image AfonsoI P.jpg thumb 200px King Afonso I of Portugal anachronistically depicted as wearing a platearmour, which actually was not used in his lifetime. Platearmour , plate armor or plate mail is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body . History Platearmour, which protected the chest and the lower limbs, was used ... platearmour. Single plates of metal armour were again used from the late 13th century on, to protect ... which had many of the properties of solid platearmour. With the arrival of Europeans the Japanese would add solid plates to their designs. Turkey also made wide use of platearmour but incorporated ... . Full platearmour was expensive to produce and remained therefore restricted to the upper strata ... muskets . Reduced platearmour, typically consisting of a breastplate , a burgonet , Morion ... for infantrymen at a fraction of the cost of full platearmour. This mass produced armour was often ... led to more portions of platearmour being cast off in favour of cheaper, more mobile troops ..., meaning that the effectiveness of the armour varied widely depending on its maker. Platearmour was successfully ... Body Shield was not widely produced. Platearmour briefly re appeared during World War II on some ... Kevlar helmets and armour vests, the latter often augmented with more or less rigid ceramic plate inserts. The United States Air Force U.S. Air Force used flak jacket s as a form of platearmour. The 1970s ... in wide use by those wanting a less costly option. Materials The first platearmour was that of bronze .... Composition Platearmour could have consisted of a helmet , a gorget or bevor , pauldron s or spaulders ... platearmour fauld , tassets and a culet armour culet , a Mail armour mail skirt, cuisse s, poleyn s, greave s, and sabaton s. While it looks heavy, a full platearmour set could be as light as only ... ref And, in fact, the mere existence of platearmour during King Arthur s era is a myth as well ... more details
Rob Faulds born September 29, 1955 in Hamilton, Ontario is a Canada Canadian sports analyst on Rogers Sportsnet and host of Sportsnetnews . Faulds also does play by play for National Lacrosse League games. He is formerly a play by play announcer for Toronto Blue Jays from 2002 to 2005 on telecasts on Sportsnet, and has called regional National Hockey League telecasts for the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens on Sportsnet East. Faulds has also called Canadian Football League Canadian football for ESPN ref CFL ref and curling for Sportsnet. ref http usacurl.org athletes lukowich.html Lukowich is new USA Curling athlete development director Bot generated title ref He worked on CTV television network CTV s coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway . On the CTV series Power Play TV series Power Play 1998 2000 , Faulds was the play by play voice of the fictitious Hamilton Steelheads . Faulds also serves as one of two fill in hosts for the radio talk show Prime Time Sports when regular host Bob McCown is unable to appear Jeff Blair is the other fill in . Previously, Faulds was a sports newscaster at Montreal Montreal s CTV affiliate CFCF TV and on CFCF radio 600. His home run call was Whaddaya think about that? References references External links http www.sportsnet.ca bios faulds rob Faulds bio on sportsnet.ca Toronto Blue Jays Television Play by Play Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Faulds, Rob ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1955 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Faulds, Rob Category Canadian television sportscasters Category Canadian radio sportscasters Category 1955 births Category Living people Category People from Hamilton, Ontario Category Major League Baseball announcers Category Toronto Blue Jays broadcasters Category National Hockey League broadcasters Category Montreal Canadiens broadcasters Category Lacrosse announcers Category Canadian ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 Infobox mountain name Faulds Brow elevation m 344 elevation ref location Cumbria , England coordinates Coord 54.7568 3.0907 type mountain region GB display inline,title grid ref UK NY299407 Faulds Brow is a small rise northwest of the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria , England . It was classified as an The Outlying Fells of Lakeland outlying fell by Alfred Wainwright , but its summit, at convert 344 m ft , is only slightly raised above the surrounding land. From a major road just to the south, the summit can be reached in minutes, with minimal effort. Nevertheless, the summit has wide views to High Pike Caldbeck High Pike to the south, and to the Solway Firth and beyond to Scotland to the north. The fell is largely covered by Ericaceae heather , and there is a small abandoned quarry just to the east of the summit. Prominently seen from the summit are two broadcasting antennas to the north, which lie just outside the Lake District National Park boundary, which passes just north of Faulds Brow. External links cite web last Leaney first Andrew title Faulds Brow url http www.leaney.org lake district fells.php?fell id faulds brow work The Lakeland Fells accessdate 7 September 2009 Outlying Fells Category Geography of Cumbria Cumbria geo stub ... more details
Infobox CFL player Name Michael Faulds team York Lions Image ImageWidth Caption status Active import no position1 Quarterback number CIS Western Ontario Mustangs Western DateOfBirth Birthplace Eden Mills, Ontario Height ft 6 Height in 2 Weight lbs 197 CFLDraftedYear 2009 CFLDraftedRound Undrafted CFLDraftedPick CFLDraftedTeam playing years 2005 2009 playing teams Western Ontario Mustangs coaching years 2010 present coaching teams York Lions career highlights Yates Cup champion 2007, 2008 CFLAllStar Awards Honours All time Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS passing yards leader 10,811 Records CFL 3007 Michael Faulds is Canadian football quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator for the York University Lions , having completed his five year playing career in CIS football with the Western Ontario Mustangs . Faulds is the all time Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS passing yards leader with 10,811 yards and is one of only three CIS quarterbacks to have thrown for over 10,000 yards. Further reading http www.westernmustangs.ca roster.aspx?rp id 14355 Michael Faulds biography DEFAULTSORT Faulds, Michael Category Living people Category Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category Canadian football quarterbacks Category Western Ontario Mustangs football players ... more details
Image Henry Faulds.jpg right 150px Dr Henry Faulds 1 June 1843 19 March 1930 was a Scotland Scottish scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprint ing. Early life Faulds was born in the Scottish ... graduation, Faulds then became a medical missionary for the Church of Scotland . In 1871, he was sent ... these observations his hospital was broken into. The local police arrested a member of staff whom Faulds ..., he paid little attention to Faulds letter. As a result of this interchange some controversy has arisen ... for burglary. Dr Faulds proved that the suspect could not have been the thief. When the police subsequently arrested another suspect, Dr Faulds established that it was the second suspect s fingerprints ... to Dr Henry Faulds is finally a reality Donald Reid Local historian In 1880, Dr Faulds published his ... Dr Faulds appealed to the aging Charles Darwin for help in promoting research, Darwin passed the findings ... later claim these findings as their own, quietly forgetting to credit Dr Faulds pioneering work. A memorial to Dr Faulds has stood in Tokyo since 1951, but campaigners in his home town of Beith have ... which ran his hospital in Japan, Faulds offered the concept of fingerprint identification to Scotland .... Faulds also wrote to Charles Darwin , who forwared Faulds letter to Francis Galton . The letter, unfortunately, was never published. Subsequently, Faulds returned to the life of a police surgery ... at the lack of recognition he had received for his work. However, in 2007 a plaque acknowledging Faulds ... use in forensic work was first proposed by Dr Henry Faulds in 1880. Galton, following the idea written by Faulds, which he failed to credit, was the first to place the study on a scientific ... books index.htm Complete facsimiles of major works on fingerprinting by Herschel, Henry and Faulds ... fingerprints faulds.htm Overview of the Faulds Herschel Galton controversy with extensive primary materials http www.oninonin.com fp faulds memorial.html The Faulds Memorial in Japan http www.clpex.com ... more details
trap MedalBottom Richard Bruce Faulds MBE born 15 May 1977 in Guildford , Surrey , ref citeweb url http www.olympics.org.uk athleterecord.aspx?at 1237 title Richard Faulds publisher British Olympic ... story 0,,1233806,00.html title Faulds seeks double gold in double trap publisher The Guardian author Michael Phillips date 8 June 2004 accessdate 21 January 2008 location London ref Faulds was then raised ... Shooter Richard Faulds Long term aim, short publisher The Independent author Ronald Atkin date 24 ... birthday, Faulds father Bruce bought him some shooting lessons, with Richard hitting 17 out of 25 clays ... eye co ordination was very poor. It was discovered that Faulds suffered from a weak left eye, which ... citeweb url http www.times olympics.co.uk archive shoots20o.html title Faulds shoots to gold for Britain publisher The Times date 20 September 2000 accessdate 20 January 2008 ref Faulds competed internationally ... Guard1 Three years later, Faulds competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Atlanta Olympics finishing ... article867894.ece title Faulds sets sights on proving he merits his golden memories publisher The Times ... sport main.jhtml?xml sport 2001 04 30 somarc01.xml title Trigger happy Faulds on trail ... January 2008 location London ref Faulds became a fulltime shooter, and qualified for the 2000 Summer ... held again in Atlanta, Georgia . Faulds shot a then Olympic record total of 143 in the preliminary ... Summer Olympics 2004 Athens Olympics, Faulds came 13th in the Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics ... s Daily Online date 18 August 2004 accessdate 20 January 2008 ref Faulds and his wife Tanya also ... athleterecord.aspx?at 1237 Richard Faulds profile at the British Olympic Association http www.bbc.co.uk southampton sport 2004 olympics faulds.shtml Richard Faulds profile at BBC Hampshire References Reflist Olympic Champions Shooting DT150 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Faulds ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Faulds, Richard Category 1977 births Category Living people Category ... more details
Infobox person name Andrew Faulds image birth name Andrew Matthew William Faulds birth date 1 March 1923 birth place Isoko region Isoko , Tanzania death date Death date and age 2000 05 31 1923 03 1 df ... Andrew Matthew William Faulds 1 March 1923 &ndash 31 May 2000 was a United Kingdom British actor and politician . Born in Isoko, Tanzania Isoko , Tanganyika now Tanzania , to missionary parents, Faulds ... last White first Michael title Obituary Andrew Faulds work The Guardian date 2000 06 01 url http ..., Faulds and his wife played host to Paul Robeson who had travelled to England to appear at the Royal ... this visit that Robeson inspired Faulds to take up political activism. ref name white In the United ... or Labour . Faulds defeated Griffiths in the United Kingdom general election, 1966 UK general election ... remained the focus of much racial tension in England throughout Faulds office, in particular following the Rivers of Blood Speech by Enoch Powell in 1968 which Faulds characterised as ... unchristian ... unprincipled, undemocratic and racialist . ref name white There has been speculation that Faulds .... ref name white Faulds maintained his acting career throughout the 1960s and 1970s and, in particular .... ref name white One of Faulds most famous roles is that of Phalerus in Jason and the Argonauts film ... links cite news last White first Michael title Obituary Andrew Faulds work The Guardian date 2000 ... 08 11 IMDb name id 0269026 name Andrew Faulds http archives.lse.ac.uk dserve.exe?dsqServer lib 4.lse.ac.uk&dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqDb Catalog&dsqCmd Overview.tcl&dsqSearch RefNo faulds Catalogue of the Faulds papers at the http www.lse.ac.uk library archive Default.htm Archives Division ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Faulds, Andrew ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1923 ... on Avon district Stratford on Avon , Warwickshire , England DEFAULTSORT Faulds, Andrew Category 1923 ... UK MPs 1987 1992 Category UK MPs 1992 1997 Category British actor politicians fi Andrew Faulds ... more details
File .jpg thumb right upright Gothic platearmour Refimprove date September 2009 Gothic platearmour German Gotischer Plattenpanzer is a type of platearmour of steel made in the regions of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages 15th century . The armour provided full body protection to the knight who wore it. Suits of armour were common during the 15th century in central Europe and influenced Italian and English platearmour . Gothic armour, especially suits ... to enhance the strength of the armour and deflect arrow s. Such armour was made during the 15th ... plates it included mail armour mail to protect under the bevor , joints and crotch . Gothic armour was often combined with a Gothic sallet , which included long and sharp rear plate that protected the back ... A bevor protected the chin. During the 16th century, under Italian influence, Gothic armour evolved into Maximilian armour . ref http home.messiah.edu gdaub armor pictures valentin maximil.jpg pic 1 ref ref http www.arador.com gallery gilman1.jpg pic 2 ref This new armour was fashioned rounder and more curved and the ridges were narrower, parallel to each other and covered the entire armour. Pictures gallery Image Gothic armour with list of elements.jpg Breakdown of individual components of Gothic armour Image Sallets by Emmanuel Viollet le Duc .jpg Gothic helmets, illustration by Viollet Le Duc Image .jpg Close up on Gothic armour, flutes and ridges are visible along the armour Image Maximilienne p1000557.jpg Maximilian Gothic armour Image Gothic armor 2.jpg Gothic platearmour, from a German book illustration published 1483 Deleted image removed Image Gothic armor06.jpg thumb Right Horse and rider Gothic armour, Tower of London . br Left dismounted knight foot soldiers could not afford full gothic armour . deletable image caption 1 subst time l, j F Y 7 days gallery References commons category Gothic armour Reflist Category Medieval armour de Gotischer ... more details
Infobox military person name William Frederick Faulds born birth date 19 February 1895 died death date 16 February 1950 aged 54 image File W.F. Faulds.jpg 180px caption nickname work placeofbirth placeofdeath allegiance South Africa branch 1st Infantry Brigade South Africa 1st South African Brigade serviceyears rank Captain land Captain Private when cited for award unit 1st Battalion also known as Cape Battalion commands battles First World War Battle of Agagiya , Egypt 1916 Battle of the Somme 1916 br Delville Wood Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Ypres 1917 Kemmel 1918 Hindenburg Line, Cambrai 1918 awards Victoria Cross , Military Cross relations laterwork William Frederick Faulds Victoria Cross VC Military Cross MC 1895 &ndash 1950 was a South African Forces South African soldier , and recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award of the British Commonwealth for gallantry in the face of the enemy , during the First World War . He was the first South African born man serving with South African Forces to be awarded the VC. Faulds was born 19 February 1895. When he was 21 years old, and a private rank private in the 1st Battalion Cape of the 1st Infantry Brigade South Africa South African Infantry Brigade during the World War I First World War , he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 18 July 1916 at Delville Wood , France . The citation ... which Pte Faulds was cited for the Victoria Cross. Refer Battle of Delville Wood quote A bombing party ..., the ground being quite open. In full daylight, Pte Faulds, accompanied by two other men, climbed ... Faulds again showed most conspicuous bravery in going out alone to bring in a wounded man, and carried ... As a temporary Lieutenant, Faulds was also awarded the Military Cross for actions at Hedicourton 22 ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Faulds, William Frederick ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... DEFAULTSORT Faulds, William Frederick Category South African World War I recipients of the Victoria ... more details
Lynn Faulds Wood born 25 March 1948, Glasgow , Scotland , is a British television presenter. Brought up on Loch Lomond side, she first came to prominence on consumer items on the breakfast television programmes TV am and BBC Breakfast Time . She is most famous for presenting Watchdog TV series Watchdog from 1985 until 1993, alongside her husband John Stapleton , on which she would use the phrase potential deathtrap numerous times leading to parody. From 2003 she has been the consumer reporter on GMTV . She has survived both bowel cancer bowel and skin cancer . She has a son, Nicholas James Stapleton born 1987, Hammersmith , London . ref http www.findmypast.com BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp Births England and Wales 1984 2006 ref In 2006 she teamed up with presenter Esther Rantzen and producer Ian Harold Brown to present the BBC consumer investigation series Old Dogs, New Tricks . When the series was broadcast they had around 70 years of television journalism between them. In May 2007, Wood announced that she was considering entering politics by standing for the United Kingdom British parliament at the next general election . References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Faulds Wood, Lynn ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Faulds Wood, Lynn Category 1948 births Category Living people Category Colorectal cancer survivors Category GMTV presenters and reporters Category People from Glasgow Category Scottish television presenters Category Skin cancer survivors ... more details
, including hides , leather , bone , linen , laminated wood , bronze , Platearmour iron plate ... , and greave s worn on the lower legs. For the elite, full body platearmour was custom made ... a horseman s armour cost 2 oxen. ref Williams, p.43 ref A typical suit of full plate harness cost ..., p.30 ref Platearmour was limited to those who could afford it the nobility, landed classes and mercenary ... standing generally wore less armour. Full platearmour made the wearer virtually impervious to sword ... force through the platearmour resulting in injuries such as broken bones, organ haemorrhage ... the economic and technological necessities of armour production. For instance, platearmour first ... , the mail armour mail hauberk of the early medieval age, and the full steel platearmourplate harness ... their whole body since too much platearmour hinders their martial arts movement. The Other body parts ... steel. ref Williams, pp.740 1. ref Platearmour became cheaper than mail by the 15th century ... century. File Maximilienne p1000557.jpg thumb upright Platearmour Probably the most recognised style of armour in the World became the platearmour associated with the knight s of the European Late .... By about 1400 the full harness of platearmour had been developed in armouries of Lombardy ref ... than making platearmour obsolete, the use of firearms stimulated the development of platearmour ... could pierce platearmour, so cavalry had to be far more mindful of the fire. Though the age of the knight ... and armour. By that period, the shiny armourplate was covered in dark paint and a canvas wrap .... Towards the end of World War I, armies on both sides were experimenting with platearmour as protection ... Arms Protective Inserts E S.A.P.I in the chest, sides and back of the armour. Each plate is rated ... armor, both used for different roles. See also Commons category Armour Battledress Ballistic vest Plate ... by an armored M3 Bradley . Armour or armor see American and British English spelling differences ... more details
wiktionary Plate may refer to Plate dishware , a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food is served Silver household or the plate, dishware and cutlery made of sterling, Britannia or Sheffield plate silver Plating , the deposition of metallic layers In science Plate electrode or plate, a type of electrode that formed part of a vacuum tube Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes Plate, an appendage of the Stegosauria Paleobiology Stegosauria Tectonic plate in geology In two dimensional media Photographic plate , an image capture medium Plate, an intaglio printmaking intaglio printing mechanism Plate, a printing mechanism in lithography Plate, a term in book design, meaning an image added on a separate page. This is derived from the lithographic use, where such images were printed separately then bound into the book in groups. In other uses Plate surname Plate, Germany , a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany Plate metal , rectangular metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick To plate, to food presentation present food on a plate See also River Plate disambiguation Vehicle registration platePlatearmour , body armor made of metal plates Plate theory , a continuum mechanics theory to explain thin solids Home plate Tourelle de la Plate , a lighthouse in France, Wall plate , vertical building construction component Dynamic compression plate , a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone disambig de Plate Begriffskl rung fr Plate ja ru sr vi M ng ... more details
A culet is a piece of platearmour consisting of small, horizontal Lam armor lam s that protect the small of the back or the buttocks. ref http home.messiah.edu gdaub armor picgloss.htm Pictorial glossary of armor ref References reflist Elements of Medieval armor Category Medieval armour medieval armour stub es Coleto ... more details
Transitional armour describes the armour used in Europe around the 14th century, as body armour moved from simple maille hauberk s to full platearmourplate . File Transitional Cuirass.jpg thumb Transitional Cuirass The poleyn was added to the hauberk to better protect the elbows, and splinted armour and the coat of plates provided increased protection for other areas. Armourers in general began experimenting with various forms of rigid defense. They worked in a variety of materials, including wrought iron, latten, leather, cloth and even bone to substitute rigid materials for maille as the knight s harness progressed. Toward the end of the century and into the following one, updates to armour took place at an accelerated rate. The use of multiple materials is the key stylistic element of the period. Category Medieval armour medieval armour stub de bergangsr stung ... more details
File Alwite of Wilhem IV von Gotland back by Wendelin Boeheim.jpg thumb 300px An early type of alwyte armour note that it opens from the back like a brigandine , so it could be considered as a late type of transitional armour White armour , or alwyte armour , was a form of plate armour worn in the Late Middle Ages characterized by full body steel plate without a surcoat . Around 1420 the surcoat, or coat of arms as it was known in England , began to disappear, in favour of uncovered plate. Areas not covered by plate were protected by mail armour mail sewn to the gambeson underneath. During the fifteenth century national styles of armour emerged. White armour was a term used synonymously with Italy Italian design, which was innovative in expanding the use of plate armour to cover joints that had been previously protected by mail. The descriptive term white armour referred both to the absence of a surcoat and the absence of decorative trimmings the rival Germany German style was fluted, both for aesthetic reasons and for structural advantage in resisting crushing blows. These two approaches to armouring remained recognizable throughout the fifteenth century. Eventually each borrowed the other s innovations. By the early sixteenth century the distinction became obsolete. Euro hist stub Euro mil stub Medieval armour stub See also predecessors Brigandine Transitional armour successors Milanese armour Kasten brust armour References Ewart Oakeshott European Weapons and Armour. from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution F.S.A. ISBN 0 85115 789 0 Wendelin Boeheim. Handbuch der Waffenkunde. Das Waffenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis zum Ende des 18 Jahrhunders, Leipzig 1890 Category Medieval armour ru ... more details
Munition armour was mass produced, cheaply made armour produced in very large quantities at the beginning of the 16th Century and stockpiled in arsenal s to equip common foot soldiers. Munition armour was of a standard pattern with interchangeable pieces. It was invariably made of iron or sometimes an alloy of iron containing a small amount of phosphorus , which gave a marginal increase in hardness . ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Royal Armouries 8. The metallurgy of platearmour work publisher Royal Armouries date url http www.royalarmouries.org extsite view.jsp?sectionId 3004 format doi accessdate 2008 02 16 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071113045322 http www.royalarmouries.org extsite view.jsp?sectionId 3004 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 11 13 ref The phosphorus content may have been due to the use of high phosphorus ore s or the use of coal in smithing . ref cite book last Lev first Yaacov authorlink coauthors title War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th 15th Centuries publisher Brill Publishers BRILL date 1997 location pages url doi id isbn 9004097775 ref Munition armour had much less hardness than the type of platearmour worn by knights. See also Almain rivet Platearmour External links commonscat Armour Notes reflist References cite book last Woosnam Savage first Robert C. authorlink coauthors Anthony Hall title Brassey s Book of Body Armor publisher Potomac Books, Incorporated date 2002 location pages url doi id isbn 1574884654 PlateArmour Category Medieval armour Category Personal armour ... more details
it less useful in naval applications. Compound armour Compound armour was made from two different types of steel a very hard but brittle high carbon steel front plate backed by a more elastomer elastic low carbon wrought iron plate. The front plate was intended to break up an incoming shell, whilst the rear plate would catch any splinters and hold the armour together if the brittle front plate ... which proved particularly effective as armourplate. For instance, a trial by the French Navy at Gavre in 1880 found compound armour superior to all steel plates. An 1884 trial in Copenhagen found that there was little difference between the two types, although compound armour was subsequently ordered ...Compound armour was a type of vehicle armourarmour used on warship s in the 1880s. By the end of the decade it had been rendered obsolete by nickel steel armour. Prior armours Prior to the 1880s, all naval armour plating was made from uniform homogeneous wrought iron plates on top of several inches ... in order to improve the armour, which included breaking up the armour into a laminate of several thinner ... for the armour to spread sideways into its softer backing allowed it to be penetrated more easily ... ARMOUR PLATES.htm Armour Plates LoveToKnow 1911 Bot generated title ref , was to pour molten steel onto a wrought iron plate, whilst Ellis was to position the two plates close together and pour molten steel into the gap. In both cases, the plate formed was rolled down to about half of the original thickness. The steel front surface formed about one third of the thickness of the plate. Compound armour was initially much better than either iron or steel plates, about a 25 improvement. Throughout the decade continuous improvements were made in techniques for manufacturing both compound armour and steel armour. Nevertheless by the end of the decade all steel plates had decisively edged ahead of compound armour, and the latter had become obsolete. Two major reasons for this were the introduction ... more details
armour gallery See also Gothic platearmour References reflist Category Medieval armour de Riefelharnisch ...Image Zbroja 1514.JPG thumb right Maxmilan armour with grotesque mask. In the background are two other Maximilian armours with sparrow beaked and bellows shaped visors Maximilian armour is a modern term applied to the style of early 16th century German platearmour apparently first made for the Emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I . The armour is characterized by armet s and close ... II, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II as the last Maximilian Armour was made especially for him ... II . The armour itself was designed to imitate the pleated clothing that was considered fashionable in Europe at the time. This was a trend that was developing in 15th century Europe of creating armour ... the rounded Italian style of rounded armour production with the German fluted style . About the term A term Maximilian armour does not mean that every armour which was worn by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I is a Maximilian style armour. The most famous armour worn by Maximilian is not a Maximilian style armour, but gothic armour gothic style armour which was worn by Maximilian .... ref http www.myarmoury.com feature gothic armour.html MyArmoury article on gothic armour ref Maximilian ... 1515 to 1525, and similarly shaped armour with less or different fluting from 1500. ref time table from Ewart Oakeshott European Weapons and Armour. from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution ... Der Reuther .jpg thumb left Schott Sonnenberg Style of Armour worn with sallet and gothic gauntlets Early types of this armour which has either no fluting or has wolfz hne wolf teeth style fluting ... to Schott Sonnenberg Style Armour. ref name Oakeshott Ewart Oakeshott European Weapons and Armour ... this transitional armour was worn from 1500 to 1520 and true Maximilian armour was worn from 1515 to 1525 however some other historians do not fully separate Schott Sonnenberg Style from Maximilian Armour ... more details
Thyreophora armoured dinosaurs such as Ankylosauria and Stegosauria , grew thick plate like armour on their bodies as well as offensive armour appendages such as the thagomizer or a Club zoology club . The armour took many forms, including osteoderms , spikes, horns and plates. Other dinosaurs such as ceratopsian dinosaurs as well as some sauropod s such as Saltasaurus and Agustinia , grew armour to defend themselves, although armour in sauropods overall is uncommon. In modern times, some mollusc s employ the use of Animal shell shells as armour, and armour is evident in the chitin ous exoskeleton of arthropod s. Fish use armour in the form of Scale zoology scales , whether cosmoid , ganoid ... y plate, or cuttlebone , of cuttlefish also acts as armour. Most reptile s have scaly skin which ... with its large neck frill and Horn anatomy horns , both natural armour. Armour or armor , see ... composed of hardened mineral deposits, chitin , bone or keratin . Armour is evident on numerous animal ... s. Numerous mammal s, although not as sturdy as reptilian armour, employ the use of spines and body armour, like the spines of the Echidna and spiny anteater s and of porcupine s and hedgehog s. The bony shell of the armadillo s and the extinct Glyptodon were very much like Ankylosaurus armour and modern armadillos curl up into a ball when threatened, making them unexposed due to their armour. Similarly, the hair y plate like scales of the pangolin are employed in the same way and are constructed of the same material used in the offensive armour, the horn, of the rhinoceros . Armour, although all used for the sole intent to ward off attackers, can be split into defensive and offensive armour. Examples of offensive armour are Horn anatomy horns , hoof hooves , antler s, claw s and beak s, Club ..., such as the Dromaeosaurids claw and the Ceratopsian horn and arthropod s. Offensive armour is often used in conjunction with defensive armour and in some cases makes an animal almost unassailable. See ... more details
2009 Sloped armour is armour that is neither in a vertical direction vertical nor a horizontal plane horizontal position. Such angled armour is often mounted on tank s and other armoured fighting vehicle s AFVs . Sloping an armourplate makes it harder to penetrate for antitank weapons, such as armour .... Firstly, a projectile hitting a plate at an angle other than 90 has to move through a greater thickness of armour, compared to hitting the same plate at a right angle. In the latter case only the plate thickness the surface normal normal to the surface of the armour has to be pierced increasing the armour slope improves, for a given plate thickness, the armour s level of protection at the point ... heavier armourplate to protect a certain area. This improvement of protection is simply equivalent ... to get uniform area density from sloped armour B . Normal plate thickness in B must be reduced ... direction of travel. For a given thickness of armourplate, a projectile must travel through a greater ... increases by angling the plate is not however the motive for applying sloped armour in armoured vehicle ... the increased protection to a point, provided by angling a certain armourplate with a given normal ... math T N math Normal thickness math theta math Angle of the sloped armourplate from the vertical ... world projectile, and the armourplate it hits, depends on many effects and mechanisms, involving ... math alpha math where math alpha math denotes the angle between the armourplate surface and the projectile ... elastic case or slides along idealised inelastic case the armourplate. In this very simple model the portion ... math alpha math Angle of the sloped armourplate from the projectile s initial direction .... In that case the armourplate would yield and much of the energy and force be spent by the deformation ... plate slope, an effect that diminishes armour penetration. Though the deflection is under conditions ... to the horizontal the relative armour mass used to protect that area. If we increase the horizontal ... more details
armour, sandwiched between sheets of steel armourplate. For instance, some late production M1 ... and the steel backing plate. Plastic armour could be applied by pouring it into a cavity formed by the steel ... plate, a projectile striking at an angle must penetrate more armour than one impacting perpendicular ... with sandbags and locally fabricated steel armourplate. ref name Gardiner Gardiner, Paul S. http ... fighting vehicles. For a given normal to the surface of the armour, its plate thickness, increasing ...For body armour see armour , for armoured forces see armoured warfare , for other uses see armour disambiguation . Infobox general name Vehicle armour image Abrams transparent.png caption The U.S. Army s M1 Abrams Main battle tank MBT with TUSK upgrade uses composite armour composite , reactive armor reactive , and slat armor slat armour Military vehicle s are commonly armoured or armored to withstand ... to reduce the risk of highway robbery or the Carjacking hijacking of the cargo. Armour may also ... armour to protect them against impacts from Micrometeoroid s or fragments of space junk . Helicopters may carry armour in the form of debris containment walls built into the casing of their gas ... of the vehicle determines the amount of armour plating carried, as the plating is often very heavy and excessive amounts of armour restrict mobility. In order to decrease this problem, some new materials ... www.slipperybrick.com 2008 10 future vehicles could be made of buckypaper Buckypaper armour ref aluminium foam armour plates, ref http www.ntnu.no gemini 2009 spring 10.htm Lightweight aluminum foam armour plates ref ... Materials Expand section date December 2009 Metals Steel Rolled homogeneous armour ... used on Armored personnel carrier APCs and Armored car military armoured cars . Iron Wrought Iron armour iron was used on ironclad warship s. Early European iron armour consisted of 10 to 13 cm ... to its expense. It is however considered to be superior to most other metal armour types. By whom ... more details
File Bundesarchiv Bild 135 S 14 13 33, Tibetexpedition, Neujahrsparade, Rta pa.jpg thumb Tibetian warrior in chainmail enforced by oriental mirror armour mirror rondel A rondel is a circular piece of metal used for protection, as part of a harness of plate armour , or attached to a helmet , breastplate , couter or on a Gauntlet gloves gauntlet . Rondels most commonly hang off breastplates and cover the armpit, which is a vulnerable point. In this instance they are commonly known as besagews . They also appear on the back of a type of late medieval helmet known as the armet . Their purpose for this is unknown, though it has been sumised that they may protect strapping, or just be some sort of added protection. Rondels also appear uncommonly on the metacarpal part of some historical gauntlet designs, and appear in some period illustrations protecting the side of the head, and the point of the elbow where a fan may normally be . See also Besagews a kind of rondel for armpit protection Mirror armour oriental armour developed from local type of polished rondels, called as mirrors External links http www.armouronline.com encyclopedia of historical weapons 19 besagew.html http users.wpi.edu jforgeng HarnessIQP lHarness.html Leg Harness 1400 1620 description of historic developments in leg armour Elements of Medieval armor Category Medieval armour medieval armour stub ru ... more details
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