Quan Tie Jia (全鐵甲), plate armour of the Ming Dynasty

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 first appeared during the tail-end of 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.

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