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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP18 Jan 2021 3:34 p.m. PST

…introduction and analysis

"This blog post is intended to be an introductory article to Chinese armours of Ming and Qing period, their individual components, as well as a comparison between their similarities and differences. I also included a Japanese armour to the analysis in the hope that it can highlight the design considerations that went into each armours.

Armour in the above picture is taken from Ru Bi Tu (《入蹕圖》). This particular suit is a parade armour, although it is reasonably representative of field armours used by Ming troops in North China…"

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skipper John18 Jan 2021 8:21 p.m. PST

An excellent read!!

Puster Sponsoring Member of TMP19 Jan 2021 3:39 a.m. PST

That blog is a good starter point for anything Ming related. As the Ming fielded some of the largest armies worldwide for some 250 years they are just a tad underrepresented in wargaming.

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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP19 Jan 2021 12:26 p.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my friends! (smile)


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