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# Attempts to equip twentieth-century soldiers with cuirasses and plate armour
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kolchuga-xx-veka/
- Published: 2017-01-08T08:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:01:45.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Museums, Science

Chain mail of the twentieth century. There were attempts to dress soldiers in something like a cuirass, but without success. When a bullet struck, the cuirass drove into the body and only aggravated the wound, whereas plate armour came off easily