Medieval Armour

The first appearance of medieval armour was the matter of debate. Armour is the protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat. Armour has been used to protect soldiers, war animals such as war horses, and war machines such as warships and armoured fighting vehicles.

It was manufactured from variety of material; starting with rudimentary leather protection, personal armour evolved to mail and full plated suit of armour. Medieval armour production was a cause of many other important developments of technologies of ancient world, including wood lamination, mining, metal refining, vehicle manufacture, leather processing and later decorative metal working.

Ancient historical use of armour
In European history, lorica hamata and the lorica segmentata of the Romans were the well known armour types, the mail hauberk of the early medieval age, and the full steel plate harness worn by later Medieval and Renaissance Knights.  In East Asian history laminated medieval armour such as lamellar, and styles similar to the coat of plates, and brigandine were commonly used. Later cuirasses and plates were also used. Chinese produced samurai armour.

Middle ages armour
The roman army used Mail, is made of interlocking iron rings, which may be riveted or welded shut. Gradually, small additional plates or discs of ironware added to the mail to protect vulnerable areas. The knees were capped, and two circular discs, called besagews were fitted to protect the underarms. Later hardened leather and splinted construction were used for arm and leg pieces.

Modern period armour
At the start of World War I, German cavalry used helmets and medieval armour. The ironclad was launched by the French Navy in 1859. It was designed for several roles, including high seas battleships, coastal defense ships, and long range cruisers.

Armoured trains were used in American civil war. At the end of world war first armoured tank was introduced Austrian Oberleutenant Günter Burstyn. Mechanical problems, poor mobility deployed the military significance of the tank.

Weapons of medieval destruction were definitely equivalent of modern weapons of mass destruction. These weapons were used for biological and psychological warfare. These weapons were used for launching rocks, or anything else that came to hand, into or over castle walls. They used to fire dead animals over the walls into the castle so as to spread disease, and they were sometimes used to “repatriate” spies, captured soldiers or messenger back into the castle. Bee hives and burning tar have also been used as missile