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the introduction
hauberk and lamellar armor. X-XI the century helmet with the the barmitsa. X century. X century hauberk (schema of production) armor is scaly. XI century the splitting weapon helmets. XI-XIII century armors from the plates and the scale warrior. XII century hauberk. XII-XIII century the chopping weapon helmet with the half-mask and barmitsa. XII-XIII century armor is lamellar. VIII the century the shields archer. XIII century the impact weapon armors. XIII-XIV century the banner arbalest. XIV century the missile weapon kolontar'. XIV century baydana. XV century kuyak. XVI century swords and the sabre yushman. XVI century chaldar (horse attire). XVI century the helmets archer. XVI century tegilyay. XVI century bakhterets and tarch. XVI century zertsalo. XVII century rynda. XVI-XVII century ceremonial armors. XVII century |
the impact weapon
Artist Vladimir Semenov. ![]() Impact weapon relates to the short-range weapon, as a result of the ease of fabrication it received in Russia wide distribution. Bulavy, club and shestopery - weapon combat. Did adapt into troops bludgeon - weighty metallic weight, fastened toward the end of the belt, by length about 50 cm. - to definitely say difficultly, but the repeated archaelogical findings of bludgeon testify about its sufficient popularity. Bulavy were the short baton, to end of which was fitted massive knob. The head of shestopera consisted of metallic plates -"perbev" (hence and its name). Shestoper, extended mainly in the XV - XVII centuries, could serve as the sign of the authority of military leaders, remaining the at the same time terrible weapon: "A not by sabres bright of their sekosha, but Bichat their Muscovites... aki of pigs, shestopery" (Pskov chronicle). Both bulava and shestoper origin their conduct from the club - massive cudgel with the butt end, usually iron-bound iron or that set by large iron nails. Club, possibly, was the earliest weapon, known to man "... To prezhe BO of that by clubs and Camky b'yakhusya -, it is said in The ipat'evskoy chronicle. A. Yurasovskiy |
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"Russian armors X-XVII centurys". Artist Vladimir Semenov. © depictive skill ". Moscow. 1983 |
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