Tibetan helmet

kronckew · 1st November 2015, 11:19 PM

tibetan cavalry -note lamellae are laced and overlapped to guard from strikes from below. as is the properly laced helmet posted earlier. infantry lamellar armour would be laced the other way, more like roof tiles, to protect from blows from above. lamella are overlapped to increase the metal and to support the lamella next to them - distributing the force from a blow, not side by side which only presents one thickness & has weak points (gaps) at the butted edges.

Timo Nieminen · 2nd November 2015, 05:24 AM

However, in practice, lamellar worn by infantry is still laced the same way, with the same kind of overlap (lower lamellae on the outside of the upper lamellae). Scale armour, whether worn by cavalry or infantry, overlaps the other way. Which suggests that the direction of overlap isn't a big factor in the protection.

That there is overlap matters. An arrow coming in will have to get through, typically, 2 to 4 layers of iron/steel to get through the armour.

estcrh · 2nd November 2015, 05:45 AM

Here is the type of helmet worn by Tibetan warriors in the later periods, the type originally posted here for discussion would be from a much older period and would show its age.

1st November 2015, 11:19 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	tibetan cavalry -note lamellae are laced and overlapped to guard from strikes from below. as is the properly laced helmet posted earlier. infantry lamellar armour would be laced the other way, more like roof tiles, to protect from blows from above. lamella are overlapped to increase the metal and to support the lamella next to them - distributing the force from a blow, not side by side which only presents one thickness & has weak points (gaps) at the butted edges. Attached Images

2nd November 2015, 05:45 AM	#3
estcrh Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Posts: 1,492	Here is the type of helmet worn by Tibetan warriors in the later periods, the type originally posted here for discussion would be from a much older period and would show its age. Attached Images

2nd November 2015, 05:24 AM	#2
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	However, in practice, lamellar worn by infantry is still laced the same way, with the same kind of overlap (lower lamellae on the outside of the upper lamellae). Scale armour, whether worn by cavalry or infantry, overlaps the other way. Which suggests that the direction of overlap isn't a big factor in the protection. That there is overlap matters. An arrow coming in will have to get through, typically, 2 to 4 layers of iron/steel to get through the armour.