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''Zhijia'' (纸甲), or '''paper armour''' originated during the [[Tang dynasty]]. 

It was said that this form of [[armour]] was first used during the reign of [[Emperor Yizong of Tang|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 dDynasty]] 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.{{dubious}} This was an important tactical advantage of paper armour as metal armour, despite providing a much better protection, would rust under these conditions.{{dubious}} Other advantages of this form of armour includes its lightness allowing perhaps the grea(contracted; show full)lates 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. {{fact}} This might be compared to the [[urban legend]] that a paper phone book is able to stop pistol rounds.

==See also==
*[[Chinese armour]]

==References==
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