Why do muslims have such aesthetic armor?

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>>34415175
this looks like an ancient plate carrier
>tfw muslims were the first tacticools

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>>34415217
>only torso protection
muslims also seem to have invented the high speed low drag concept

>>34415236
well it was hot in the desert

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Russians improved it

>>34415255
me on the left

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Full set

>>34415236
>>34415236
god i wish that were me

>>34415175
Because Man Love Thursday and they want to look pretty.

>>34415321
>>34415255
left guy helmet look similar

>subtle bait thread
>no one falls for it

>>34415175
Moro armor was inspired by Spanish

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>>34415175
Do you even know what aesthetic means?

>>34415175
>>34416025

This

they copied spanish tech during al andalus
copied both western and japanese tech during ottoman empire
copied early british rifle design in pakistan/afghanistan

then petrol came in so they could buy crates of US and USSR surplus....

>muh /polislam sucker baited us

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>>34416076
I hate to direct you to /pol/ but I think we all know by now questioning muslim ingenuity is now politically incorrect and a hatecrime.

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>>34416060
He certainly does not.

>>34416130
Shit helmet. Every pointy thing will stick to those grooves instead of glancing off. Lancelot had the right idea.

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>>34416158
The joke is Persia developed the first smelting technique to create quality steel for full plate and still developed it later than yuropoors.

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>>34416189
The edges arent sharp enough to catch anything that wouldnt come in at an angle straight enough to effectively transmit energy anyway.
Stay mad in your knock off armour desert dweller.

>>34416189
>>34416262
>not being able to tell the difference between art-mor and real functional armor