UPDATED DECEMBER 1, 2023, minor update OCTOBER 11, 2024
Quan Tie Jia (全鐵甲, lit. ‘Full iron armour’) was an interesting and one-of-a-kind Chinese armour design that first appeared during the tail end of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike brigandine and lamellar armour commonly used in China at the time, Quan Tie Jia was made of large overlapping steel plates, and was often seen as a late but independent attempt to develop plate armour.