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French Cavalrymen on their way to Ypres (1914) or the body armor of the time is about to have a nasty wake up call. You do have to wonder if it is just an affectation or they were wishing it worked.
Anyway, the foot soldier is always behind the curve on what people design to kill him.
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
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This armor was mostly ceremonial (hence the polishing). Of course – that didn’t stop the french from using them on the frontlines.
The armour of that time was heavy, cumbersome and expensive – and designed to stop splinters and fragments, not bullets.
Just like the heavy and cumbersome armor of the Vietnam War 😉
Cuirassiers, so-named from the ceremonial breastplate; possibly members of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment. I don’t think they thought it would stop a bullet, but I do think they underthought the hazards of wandering around a war zone with a shiny steel target on their upper bodies.
Ceremonial…just like the leather helmets the Germans wore at the start of the war.