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Armour (Commonwealth English) or
armor (American English; see
spelling differences) is a
covering used to
protect an object, individual, or
vehicle from...
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Under Armour, Inc. is an
American sportswear company that
manufactures footwear and
apparel headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland,
United States. Under...
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Plate armour is a
historical type of
personal body
armour made from bronze, iron, or
steel plates,
culminating in the
iconic suit of
armour entirely encasing...
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Scholars agree that ****anese
armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the
discovery of the cuir**** and
basic helmets in graves.
During the Heian...
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including naval armour, body
armour, and
vehicle armour. The
first major application of
armour-piercing
projectiles was to
defeat the
thick armour carried on...
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Lamellar armour is a type of body
armour, made from
small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel,
leather (rawhide), bone, or bronze...
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Krupp armour was a type of
steel naval armour used in the
construction of
capital ships starting shortly before the end of the
nineteenth century. It...
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Reactive armour is a type of
vehicle armour used in
protecting vehicles,
especially modern tanks,
against shaped charges and
hardened kinetic energy penetrators...
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Splint armour (also
splinted armour,
splint armor, or
splinted armor) is
armour consisting of
strips of
metal ("splints")
attached to a
cloth or leather...
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Chobham armour is the
informal name of a
composite armour developed in the 1960s at the
Military Vehicles and
Engineering Establishment, a
British tank...
