Interesting body armor idea!

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

There's constant research into improving body armor and this is certainly an interesting idea to improve it. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/how-oyster-shells-could-help-protect-troops-battlefield-n68136

[Wolferz]

Next they'll study Armadillos.:D

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Next they'll study Armadillos.:D Nah, the Romans did it first, where else did they get the idea for lorica segmentata:O:.

[Wolferz]

Italy has Armadillos?:O:

[Aktungbby]

(mammifero edentato notturno il cui corpo e testa sono protetti da un'armatura di piccole piastrine ossee) And as architecture in some other parts of the world...the Armadillo in Glasgow (I'm a proud Weegian)http://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp4536792.jpg but in Americahttp://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp5258199.jpg the only way to go!http://www.sunandfuninoc.com/testingsites/jxinstalls/exoticcity/ebay/images/x-fb-03.jpg AS a public service to our 98,000:subsim: members howerver, a word of caution: Using genetic sequencing machines, researchers were able to confirm that about a third of the leprosy (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/leprosy/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) cases that arise each year in the United States almost certainly result from contact with infected armadillos. The cases are concentrated in Louisiana and Texas, where some people hunt, skin and eat armadillos. No petting of wild armadillos is advised!:timeout:

[CCIP]

I think most guys still prefer Disney's take on this :88)

http://i.imgur.com/sqkWOMd.jpg

[Aktungbby]

^ Forget Disney! Obviously: Venus (Aphrodite to the hard-core) 'born of the sea'- arguably an ultimate mermaid, holding her scallop shell very defensively...Shell protection as of 100BC? Nothing really new here.:hmmm::woot: http://scholia.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/6/2/1662779/4566194_orig.jpgBronze Bronze Venus: Cyprus 100-200BC