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Paper Armour
''Zhijia'' (&#32440;&#30002;), or '''paper armour''' originated during the [[Tang dynasty]]. 

It was said that this form of [[armour]] was first used during the reign of [[Tang Yizong]] (859 – 873 CE). During the [[Song-Hsia Wars]], thirty thousand of this form of armour was made and worn by the besieged archers of the [[Song dynasty]] in the fortress in [[Shanxi]]. It was made from a form of processed paper being one to three inches thick. Under wet conditions such as rain the material would turn even tougher making it a valuable form of defence against arrows and fire. This was an important tactical advantage of paper armour as metal ar(contracted; show full)

According to the ballistic experiments of US Army Ballistic Center even iron and bronze plates were pierced by arrows of good Asian [[composite bow]]s. Only the felt lining allowed the soldier to avoid the serious wound as the arrowheads were stopped only by thick felt plate after being penetrated for 2-5 mm through the iron/bronze scale, while paper armour were able to absorb these shots better than plate armour.
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