History of The Body Armour

Warriors have worn Body Armour to protect themselves in battles for thousands of years and it developed from linen and leather shirts to modern armour with overlapping plates of steel even blocking the attack from bullet shot.

History of the body armour takes place back at the days of ancient Greeks who wore linen and leather shirts with metal plates to protect chest, heart and shoulders, they also wore metal helmets and sandals to protect heads and feet, additionally Greek warriors had medium round shields to block opponents attacks from arrows, spears and swords.

Later days in the days of Roman Empire Roman foot-soldiers and cavalry wore armour of iron hoops which was called Lorica and was protecting the back as well as the front of the body. Romans also used mail, at first made of small metal plates sewn on leather jerkin, overlapping like tiles on roof.

Romans soldiers also wore famous Roman Square Shields, shields were big enough to protect soldier from his chin to the end of his feat and was perfect for making defensive formations like Turtle Formation

Later in days of Crusader Battles European Knights wore heavy Plate armours which protected every part of body and was very uncomfortable and very heavy that’s why knights moving speed was greatly decreased and usually knights with heavy armour fought on horses in battles.

After the First Crusade European soldiers started to wear Arabian chain males with combination of a thick linen and leather

After invention of gunpowder and firearms there were great change in the way of war and was also a great change in the body armour production steel plates could resist the power of the bullet and uncomfortably of the steel armour was affecting soldiers effectiveness, after this the Francesco Maria Della Rovere commissioned Filippo Negroli to create a bullet proof vest, after this bullet proof vest changed over years along with change of firearms till today, nowadays in modern warfare bulletproof vests have main role in saving the lives of soldiers. One of the most reliable and safe bullet proof vest nowadays is Dragon Skin created by Pinnacle Armour and can even resist gunshots of AK-47 and Heckler&Koch MP5 (9*19 mm).