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Also Known As	body armour • armor

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Illustration of ten men in European armor, each representing a different era from 500 BCE to the present, showing changes in armor design from ancient times through medieval plate armor to modern protective gear.

U.S. soldiers wearing Kevlar helmets and ceramic-reinforced Kevlar vests and neck protectors while approaching a building in Sāmarrāʾ, Iraq, 2004.

Medieval armoured cavalry at the Battle of Hastings (1066), protected by chain-mail armour and kite-shaped shields, a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century; in the Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France.

Rashīd al-Dīn: Mongol warriors from History of the World

Turkish coat of chain mail, 16th century

Trajan's campaign in Dacia

armour: early 16th century

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