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11-21-2011, 04:35 PM
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One Who Soars
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Chinese paper armour (for knights)
There are several entries to be found on Google and Mythbuster at youtube, but no film on paper armour in action.
Today I saw a German program were they used ancient Chinese scriptures to replicate a body-armour made of paper. Essentially it is paper folded several times, and the poieces you then have get put together like European scaled armour. http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/haupt...verwundbarkeit Go to 11:30, before it is just other stuff, and demonstrations of collisions with medieval plate armour. From 11:40 on they demonstrate how the armour is being made, and then tested. After the "fight" between the two stuntmen, they demonstrate the armour on a dummy, against a European (sharp) sword, a Longbow arrow with a Botkin head, and a spear they used against cavallry in those times. Unbelievable, one needs to see it. The paper armour beats European plate armour hands down. Plus it is cooler and lighter. I heared of these armours, but thought they were a myth. "Rock, scissor, paper" maybe should be re-assessed... 
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11-21-2011, 04:54 PM
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I saw American documentary (or was it British?
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11-21-2011, 07:19 PM
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But paper and water is no good combo. I wonder what they did when it rained. Oiling or waxing them?
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I'm impressed with the weight difference - I mean, paper can be heavy. But 3kg vs 28kg - speaks for itself.
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11-21-2011, 08:59 PM
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Measure...Countermeasure...
 
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11-21-2011, 09:00 PM
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Wow, who knew? Great link, Sky! Just had my mind blown.
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11-21-2011, 10:37 PM
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Seems a bit ironic coming from the culture that gave us the term 'paper tiger.'
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