ITT: Post Armors

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Henry II of France

>>35105914
Why the titty cutouts?

>>35106804
+2 to charisma

>>35106804
It could probably fit a breastplate
And thus breathe better
Rigid metal fucking sucks

Poise doesnt work.

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>>35105894
That Chimera

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>>35107114

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>>35107272

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>>35107282

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>>35107288

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>>35107322

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>>35107334

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>>35107348

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>>35105894
Siberian Bear Hunting Armor
~1800s

>aim at that guy

>>35106804
Sun's out buns out.

>>35107102
Sphinx

>>35107348
>When you realize your fucking helmet are retarded so you copy the Gauls.

>>35105894
>covering your armor in dumb shit that could put you at a disadvantage in real battle.
You can always tell which kings were alphas that stepped on to the battlefield with their men because they have armor that is less faggy and more functional.

>>35106804
>>35106839
Catacomb saint. It was a Counter-Reformation thing. Google it.

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>>35112909
[spoiler]THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED![/spoiler]

>>35107272
>>35107282
holy fuck those mittens are beautiful

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>>35105894
Does it have to be Pre-Modern or is anything fair game?

>>35111110
Lol what did the hunters do, run down their prey and give them a bear hug?

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>>35114081

Is there anyplace you can buy replica armor that isn't poor quality?

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>>35105894

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>>35114240

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>>35114245

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>>35114250

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>>35114259

If I were some king.
I definitely wouldn't want some solid gold looking armer.
I'd use something stylish but functional.
Like say an Audi R8 that looks like it has had a lot of track days.
good looking, but functional.

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>>35114592
You wouldn't have to fight anyway. I'd take the fanciest armor there is.

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Second best plate armor coming through.

>>35106804
>Why the titty cutouts?

It's not real armor. It's only made to dress a corpse and honor the dead.

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>>35114081

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>>35115349

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>>35115351
I wish I could find more pictures of this Soviet armor, but I have no idea where to start wrt finding its name.

>>35112767
Well you know, there is such a thing as cerimonial armour, and even that goofball armour would probably do decently if the metal itself is all ok and the only difference is the ornaments upon the plates,

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>>35105894

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Henry VIII original field-of-cloth-gold armour

Note: the ONLY gap in the armour is the eye slots - even the rump has a special plate

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>>35115428
>rump

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>>35112767
The kings where more symbolic than anything else, and thus the value of him being clearly distinguishable is a good feature. If he also looks imposing and strong, even better.

>>35115428
>Henry VIII

Second verse, same as the first.

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>>35115442

>>35115444
trips

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>>35105894

>>35107124
Adding some to your selection senpai, some might of iterest to you.

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>>35115490

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>>35115496

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>>35115498

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>>35115503

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>>35115506

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>>35115515

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>>35115520

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one of these days, I will publish some decent graphics of chronological timelines of arms and armour, and put those fucking awful Bashford Dean illustrations to death.

they were obsolete 50 years ago, yet alone with today's understanding of the details that dean hadnt a clue about...

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>>35115523

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>>35114592
There's a helmet in the Wallace collection, covered entirely in engravings and fully gilded, which bears the marks of a few days at the race track, or rather a few tournaments. So even a suit showing you nothing but pure gold may have been intended for practical use.

Such armour is unlikely to see a lot of use though since fashion is ever changing, and someone using armour like that isn't going to be caught dead wearing something that's on its way out.

>>35115442
Made by Kunz Lochner in Nürnberg 1550 for Sigismund II of Poland, later given as a gift to Johan III of Sweden, Sigismund's brother in law.

>>35115468
While the various bits of fancy armour we see are usually decorations applied on top of a good, functional, high-end harness this one is an exception, being made of gilt brass. Worn by Johan Gyllenstierna at Karl X Gustav's funeral procession.

>>35115428
>>35115431
In the light of the talk about plain, fancy and ceremonial armour for kings here, it should be kept in mind that the harness there was never finished. The armourer has done his part, but the harness was then to be handed over to other craftsmen for decoration. But as a change in the rules for the upcoming tournament made it (the locking gauntlets specifically) illegal work was stopped, the whole thing tossed into a closet still black form the forge (later polishing has turned it into bare metal), and another harness (pic) was started and rushed to completion for the event.

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>>35115532
Yeah, it's a sad thing to see them re-posted over and over and over again.

>>35115534
And this one's most definitely not a time line, having the gladius sit at the same level as late medieval swords, the cuinqeada seemingly being something from the late 11th century, etc.

>>35115554
You're right, I most likely wasn't paying attention when I was naming the file, thanks for pointing that out.

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>>35115536
You're mistaken, this is the brass armour worn by Johan Gyllenstierna at Karl X Gustavs' procession.

>>35115613
Ah, yes, there it is, twisted knee and all. I thought there was something off about the helmet. Looks like they gave that one a fresh round of buffing for the photo op.

>>35105911
lmao french faggotry, surrender king

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>>35115534

>>35111110
reminds me of that dark souls shit.

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>>35115670

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>>35105894
No one mentioned the sexy pig faced helmet?

>>35112410
not harpy?

>>35107282
Clearly skipped leg day

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>>35115883
Kek, noticed that too

>>35115965
t h i c c

>>35115971
he probably used the armor to hunt those that laughed at him for his small waist and broad hips...

>>35115980
>>35115971
That's curiasser armor for use on horseback not standing up so it looks significantly thiccer than it should

>>35115999
>implying Prince Henry of Wales didnt have the t h i c c est of birthing hips
to the tower of london with you

>>35112767
Literally non of the ornamentation would pose a disadvantage in a battle.

>>35115714
The armor of thorn. Pretty good set. Rolling people to death was great

>>35115877
Harpy indeed

>>35115428
Wemt to the Royal Armouries a few months back. Good shit, would recommend.

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>>35105894
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdI6PoJXmZg

What's with the recent interest in armor? Did something happen?

>>35105914
Why does he look like he's about to spit some fire on a mic.

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>>35115490
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>>35115705
Saved!

>>35116418
palestina, Irak, sirya... it´s like a new crusade! crusades... ARMORS!!

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UNSC ODST Armor - Circa 2552

>>35107402
why did they have that rim over the eyes?

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WWI Armor

>>35112767
Except that Charles was very involved in the battlefield, and the armor doesn't pose a disadvantage in battles, so you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

>>35111110
Nature's motto is "Eat or be eaten, or be eaten in a spike suit"

>>35115431
how does he shit

>>35112767
Fuck off you MGS meme spamming nigger.

>>35115705
Pretty cool, though I got much of this memorized from an essay I wrote in College. No, not an American College, I probably would have been hanged by Liberals if I did that there.

>>35116831
Fucking noice, saved. Too bad it skips over that musket-to-breechloader conversion... what was it called... Snider-Enfield or something? From the 1850s or 1860s. Then the Martini-Henry from the 1870s, Lee Metford from 1888, No.1 Lee Enfield from 1895, and so on. I guess all those loadouts are for England? Badass... though I really would rather not deal with an L85A2 or whatever it's called. Sure it's bullpup and compact, but what ridiculous weight for being a 5.56 assault rifle. I mean, the Sig 550 is probably a bit heavier but it's also a lot bigger due to not being bullpup making it a bit more understandable! Then when you compare them to an M4A1 which is 6.3lb unloaded as I recall, around 7.4lb loaded with a full STANAG mag, I mean... that's probably lighter than either one unloaded, but how much shorter is the barrel? Maybe 6"? 8"? Granted there's plenty I would do for an extra 6-8" but adding 2lb+ to a primary firearm is not one of them. If I'm going to be toting a firearm that's 10lb or close to it while loaded WITHOUT an optic, I want it to be firing full-sized rifle rounds. Maybe that's just me.

So I caught up to the thread, and after having saved every pic posted, I read that you guys said that the Bashford Dean shit is obsolete. What are good books, charts, sketches and everything for learning on this?

>>35105914
>When you see the Dragonborn destroying all your skeleton buddies and realise you're about to die so you might as well be flipping the bird at him

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>>35116266

>>35112767
>a maiden most fair doth adorn my helm
>thine argument shall henceforth be disregarded

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>>35117693
"Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight" by Edge & Paddock may be a decent place to start. Oakeshott (mostly "European Weapons and Armour", to some degree "The Archaeology of Weapons") is getting a bit long in the tooth and wasn't really at home with armour ever I think, but may still be worth a look. He's still a lot better than Dean. Capwell's "Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450" is absolutely brilliant, but as narrow in scope as the title suggests. Sadly I don't know of any similar works covering other places and times.

>>35111110
Ive seen it in person in houston. Fuckin narly.

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>>35105914
these are great.

they're catholic relics of the saints

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I know this'll get me lynched, but I seriously love japanese armour. I think Europeans did way better with helmets, but otherwise I find samurai armour extremely aesthetic. Especially the later ones which more more like Europe's plate armours.

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>>35121438
honorary armors

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For when you need to go over the top and topple over

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Horned helmet; King Henry VIII's

Violent syphilitic madness at its best

>>35121438
I like the one on the left.
>>35121519
That's hot.

>>35112909

well, you don't wanna be hit in the nose, that's for sure


crunch

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>>35114108
No, you idiot. It's to prevent bear hugs. Fuck you're stupid.

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>>35121729
He was joking, fucktard. Why are people on this board so autistic to the point that they can't understand jokes or sarcasm at all? Please fucking turn your guns on yourself you worthless sack of shit.

>>35115965
when you transcend beyond leg day

>>35119938
Poleaxe vs halberd. Which would you choose? I'm asking because I can't decide which I'm going to buy next.

>>35115554
Were knights fucking manlets?

What a turn off

>>35122164
depression era people growing up (ww2 guys) were pretty short just from being malnourished. A lot of them weren't even qualified to get in the mil.

>>35122192
I remember reading a story about two guys who tried to join the military right after Pearl Harbor and got rejected. They were so depressed they killed themselves.

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I like the aesthetics of ancient chinese armor. Not the fantasy crap from all those chinese movies these days, but something simple yet functional like this.

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>>35121767
Fuck you, bitch. The joke was bad and shitty.

>>35122391
From the thumbnail, I thought this was a Rainbow Six: Siege character

>>35123485
I'd totally buy that DLC.

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>>35121519
It was a gift from Emperor Maximilian, who the visor is also a caricature of.

>>35122048
The poleaxe should be a bit easier to fit into my apartment.

>>35115363
Looks Sci-Fi as fuck.

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>>35114128

>>35114240
We whites don't fuck about when it comes time for war.

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Can anyone ID this breastplate being sold an an estate sale? Is it based on something real or a replica?

>>35125723
The Roman Empire was so incredibly mindblowing. What a huge change from that, to the Dark Ages. How did it all go so wrong? Bloody socialism...

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>>35125340
Wallhanger level replica armour probably trying to mimic somewhat the late 16th or 17th century, the maker himself probably didn't really know. May have been made in the Victorian era, or more recently.

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>>35125777
*devastate your empire*

>>35125828
Rub a piece of cheese on that shit

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Koryak people made Koryak armor.

>>35122401
>>35121729
>Posts 40k, the most trite setting of all time
>Reacts in an autistic manner

Not surprised.

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I found a weird german video here, they're lifting a guy wearing knight armor with a hoist. I thought armor was mobile and light enough to not require that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j310VVPPIRI

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>>35126349
Armour was light enough that you could get into the saddle on your own wearing it. A knight in decent shape could jump into the saddle without using the stirrups.

I may be missing something since I can't understand the narration, but that armour doesn't look like the best of replicas. As such it may both be far too heavy, and poorly articulated. We don't get to see the guy try it without the crane either, so it's also possible that he would have managed just fine without it.

>>35114240
Each suit is perfectly evolved for the environment it was used in. That full harness, oceanian or the o-yoroi would be useless in jungle, for instance.

>>35126477
It may be specialized tournament armor, not a combat suit.

>>35117447
sieges, probably to keep the sun out of their eyes as they climbed the ladder to the wall

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>>35125340
There was a fad in the 1700 and possibly even the 1800s where nobles would larp tournaments and joust, etc

could be a piece from something like that

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>>35115363
I got you pham

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>>35115506
What about the Greek crossbow?

>>35107114
According to this there was a time when Magneto fought orcs.

>>35117547
spike suuuuuuit

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>>35127731

>>35114240
>japan unironically having better armor than everyone except europe

Stay mad.

>>35125834
>horned helmet
Kill yourself for posting this debauchery

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>>35116266

>>35127103
It was in the 1800s. Some kind of medieval renewal engendered by the spirit of Romanticism. Pretty lame

>>35121518
is that a percussion rifle?

>>35128725
fuck quing dynasty shit

>>35128330
*autistic screeching*

>>35107272
fat baratheon fuck

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>>35122164
Being over 6 feet tall wasn't a prerequisite for knighthood; noble ancestry/cash monee was. If a noble's kid wasn't in line to inherit his family's wealth he may as well earn his family's honor in war.

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>>35122164
>>35130904
There were plenty of knights who were really fucking small. People today have an overly romanticized conception of knights that doesn't consider their shitty diets, exclusively cardio/calisthenics training regimen, and inbred noble genetics.

>>35115363
>Soviet Union 40k

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>>35115363
BZh-1 soviet body armour

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>>35111110
are those solid steel spikes? how do you move in that thing? much less hunt a fucking ancient siberian bear.

>>35121905
kek

>>35134069
Roscosmos door gunner

>>35127120
I bet it comes with a condom...

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>>35127731

>>35126349
It is, and it probably contributed to the myth that knights weren't very mobile.

>>35126938
Exactly, this is why the Incas were able to use their superior equipment to defeat Spanish conquistadors on their own terrain despite the Spanish outnumbering them literally thousands to one

>>35115363
i think thats a pole

>>35135347
The conquistadors ditched their steel armor pretty damn quickly.

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>>35135347
To be fair, the Incas never anticipated a fleet of angry Spanish manlets. That's a savage fighting force by any estimation.

>>35105894

That's the armor of Duke Alessandro Farnese actually.

>>35131220
Shit is relative. Compared to someone who wouldn't have had regular access to an estate's worth of produce, such as a peasant or serf or whatever, they ate pretty well.
Modern first world nutrition is pretty weird compared to what Europeans historically ate.

>>35135342
A great example of this is Olivier's original production of Henry V, in which the english mount their horses unassisted.
The loathesome french do so with the aid of cranes because lol fatty surrender monkies about to be btfo can't handle the bantz Hal you ledge etc.

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>>35131220
I'm assuming you know armour was made for children too and this is just bait.

here is your (you) unless you are so ill informed in which case here is a you and a pat on the head for the simple one.

pic related
Tower of London: White Tower - Child's Armour

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>>35137052
It was an image I had in my folder --sue me. My point is that contemporary people have a distorted concept of knights, thinking they were hulking superhumans. I'm sure that many were pressed into knighthood regardless of their physical stature or predisposition for war.

>>35127120
>VI-A
So, like, can it basically stop anything under .338 Lapua Magnum? Can't level-V armour stop M2AP .30-06?

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>>35137052
Japanese did this as well. Raised to fight in armor.

>>35137574
"Many" is probably pushing it. "Some" seems likely.

>>35111110
>We are having such sights to of showing, suka blyat

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>>35137574
>>35139186
Google says that the average height for knights during the peak of chivalry was around 68".
https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-average-height-of-the-medieval-knight-and-a-man-of-middle-age-in-general
I guess fighters come in many sizes, in spite of our ideal.

>>35135347
The Inca outnumbered the Spanish by tens of thousands to one and got fucking slaughtered by less powerful local tribespeople allied with the Conquistadores.

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>>35135679
This is a myth, the Spanish certainly wore steel armor throughout the vast majority of the conquest of Peru and in almost every pitched battle. However they did frequently prefer maille over plate armor along with a steel morion or chapel de fer style helmet. Bear in mind that the powerful fighting core of Conquistador forces was their cavalry, for whom weight was less of a problem.

>>35121518
Someone post the video of these in action

>>35139365
Sure - Cope's rule combined with modern gains in general nutrition have given us major gains in height in the last few thousand years. Not really all that surprising. Look at modern rural mexicans as a contemporary example.

>>35139365
>tfw 5'9
At least I made the knight cutoff.

>>35130734
desu, I would love a replica gun like they have where it's mostly horizontal with less stock curve I guess.

>>35130813
What's this mini container for?

>>35140348
Opium

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Thread needs more bascinet-style armor.

>>35126349
its from a child's TV show (Löwenzahn)
that guy was something like 50+ yrs old
also, most likely unfit as hell

>>35112978
COMMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE

>>35115468
Trusty Lapp

>>35140975
>last image on the thread
goodluck

>>35134069
>BZh-1 soviet body armour
The thread is dead now, so you might not see it but thank you!

Even reverse image search was giving me useless results.