Jug (armor)
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Jug, Pot Lid Armor, Pot Lid Armor |
| Use: | armor |
| Working time: | around 16th century |
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Persian Empire , India , Russia , Ottoman Empire , |
| Distribution: | Persian Empire, India, Russia, Ottoman Empire |
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The pitcher (Engl. Pot Lid Armor , pot lid arms , russ. Zertsalo or zertsalny dospekh (mirror armor)) is a protective weapon from Persia, India, Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
description
The pitcher is usually made of steel plates or steel lamellas and chain armor. Armor of this type was used in the Ottoman Empire, India, Russia and the Persian Empire. The armor consists of plates or lamellar armor held together with pieces of chain armor. The eponymous armor plates are the plates on the stomach and back. They are round and made of one piece in high relief driven . The great resemblance to the lids of cooking pots gave the armor its German and English names. For use, the two pieces of armor were put on over a chain mail and connected to one another on the sides and on the armor collar (gorget). Then the armor was supplemented with upper and lower bracers ( Bazu Band in Persia or Dastana in India), gloves, trousers made of chain armor, leg and knee braces and chain boots. A Zischägge usually served as a helmet . The jugs often have a fabric base and are decorated with many fringes on the outer edges . There are local differences depending on the country of origin. In Russian armor of this type, lamellar armor was often used instead of plates.
See also
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, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 39.
literature
- H. Russell Robinson : Oriental Armor. Courier Dover Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0-486-41818-6 (reprint), page 29.
