Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Brigandine
Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
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- Bec de Corbin
- Special type of a polehammer.
- Cabasset
- Open-faced helmet with a specific almond shaped top (also called a pear shape) with a little point. Most popular with foot…
- Jack
- Poor coat from layered fabric or leather will little plates inserted and stitched between the layers.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
