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Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather ( rawhide ), bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows.
Chinese armour was predominantly lamellar from the Warring States period (481 BC–221 BC) onward, prior to which animal parts such as rhinoceros hide, rawhide, and turtle shells were used for protection. Lamellar armour was supplemented by scale armour since the Warring States period or earlier.
Lamellar armour was one of three early body armour types, made from rectangular or vaguely rectangular armour plates laced into horizontal rows. The other two types are scale armour and laminar armour.
The lamellar helmet (German language: Lamellenhelm, plural Lamellenhelme) was a type of helmet used in Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Examples are characterized by caps made from overlapping lamellar scales, in addition to a brow plate, cheek guards, and camail .
Scale armour is an early form of armour consisting of many individual small armour scales (plates) of various shapes attached to each other and to a backing of cloth or leather in overlapping rows. Scale armour was worn by warriors of many different cultures as well as their horses.
What became the typical samurai lamellar armor (ō-yoroi) did not fully develop until around the 900's unless you have some new information on the subject. Every samurai used a form of lamellar armor from that period until around the 1500's with lamellar armor still being constructed and worn through the 1800's.
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ラメラー・アーマー（英: Lamellar armour）は個人用の鎧の一種。薄片鎧、薄金鎧などと訳される。 大鎧や当世具足と言った日本の甲冑に見られる同様の構造は小札（こざね）と呼ばれるが、西洋のラメラー・アーマーと特に違いはない。
