Bachteretz armor

Bachteretz armor
Information
Weapon type:	Protective weapon
Designations:	Bachteretz
Use:	armor
Region of origin / ; author:	Russia , armory
Distribution:	Russia
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The Bachteretz armor is a protective weapon from Russia.

description

The Bachteretz armor is made of steel , it is a mixture of chain and lamellar armor . The armor is about knee length and also covers the arms to just below the elbows. The neckline is slit on the front to make it easier to put on the chainmail. Small steel lamellas that overlap each other are incorporated at the breast level. These lamellas protect the chest, back and lower abdomen. A chain bonnet is worn with chain mail , it runs down over the shoulders. This type of armor was used in Russia and is very similar to Indian and Persian chain armor.

literature

Brix, History of the old Russian army installations: from the earliest times to the changes made by Peter the Great , Verlag B. Behr's Buchh., 1867, page 104

Web links

Bachteretz armor in the Hermitage Museum

Individual evidence

↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 84, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5

[1] George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 84, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5