Weight Of Samurai Armor

Tatami armor was likely used by ninja shinobi armor.

Weight of samurai armor. Scholars agree that japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. Tetsuro shigematsu samurai descendant brett chan samurai weapons expert samurai weapons. During the heian period 794 1185 the unique japanese samurai armour ō yoroi and dō maru appeared. So a full plate cuirass with around 25 30 kg weight distributed over the complete body is lightweight as opposed to a tosei gusoku with around 20 25 kg without any further auxiliary armor and with auxiliary armor around 25 30 kg weight distributed over the complete body.

Mengu could cover the entire face or only sections of it. Empire samurai armour standard grade heavy armour class metal plate blunt resistance 26 cut resistance 39 cut resistance efficiency 90 harpoon resistance 35pts weight 20 kg value c 6061 sell value c 1515 coverage chest 100 stomach 85 right arm 85 left arm 85 skills stealth effect 0 06x crossbows effect 0 50x. The highest armor defense so far is. For example aka ito odoshi no do maru gusoku means armour of scale construction with cuirass which wraps around the body and red colored lacing and kiritsuke kozane ni mai do gusoku.

It is thought they originated from china via korea. A table showing all the armors currently in the game armors are the player wearable attire that provides defense. ō yoroi weighed around 30 kg or 65 pounds and the metal of choice was iron. Indeed the majority of specimens from arming swords to two handers to rapiers weigh much less than three pounds.

Facial armor called mengu was worn to protect the samurai s face as part of the full yoroi. The japanese cuirass evolved into the more familiar style of body armour worn by the samurai known as the. Tatami armor is traditional light weight samurai armor which folds up for easy transport and storage. 180 lbs gear weight.

Due to the weight of iron armour makers limited its use to cover the vitals and substituted leather for the rest. It was composed of iron or lacquered leather. Defense is graded from f to s. 65 lbs samurai team.

The cuirass do featured different construction scales lamellae or full plate during different periods of japanese history it is the largest part of any armour and its type 4 gives an armour its name. Weight is crucial as the more weight the more equip load percentage is used and it can slow you down. F being the most common and s being the hardest to obtain and on a grade is to add more variation. There were many different types and styles of mengu.