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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] armure, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] armatura
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[defensive]] covering for the [[body]]; especially : covering (as of metal) used in combat
*2 : a [[quality]] or circumstance that affords protection <the armor of prosperity>
*3 : a protective outer layer (as of a ship, a [[plant]] or [[animal]], or a cable)
*4 : armored forces and vehicles (as tanks)
==Description==
'''Armor''' is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, [[individual]] or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during [[War|combat]], or from damage caused by a [[potentional]]ly [[dangerous]] [[environment]] or [[action]] (e.g., cycling, sites of construction works) [[Personal]] armour is used to protect soldiers, [[war]] [[animals]] such as war horses (the [[application]] for the latter called barding). Vehicle armour is used on things such as warships and armoured fighting vehicles.
Armour has been used throughout recorded [[history]], and [[manufactured]] from a variety of [[materials]]; starting with rudimentary leather protection, personal armour evolved to mail and full plated suit of armour. For much of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history military history] the [[manufacture]] of metal armour in Europe has [[dominated]] the [[technology]] and employment of armour. Armour production was a [[cause]] of the [[development]] of many important [[technologies]] of the Ancient World, including wood lamination, mining, metal refining, vehicle manufacture (chariot), leather processing, and later decorative metal working. Its production has been influential in the evolving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_revolution industrial revolution], and [[influenced]] commercial development of metallurgy and engineering.
Armour was the single most [[influential]] [[factor]] in the [[development]] of firearms that [[revolutionized]] [[warfare]]. First modern production [[technology]] for armour plating was used by the navies in construction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship Ironclad warships], and reaching its [[pinnacle]] of [[development]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship battleship]. It was the naval engineers that also constructed the first [[World War I]] "tanks" giving rise to armoured fighting vehicles protected by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_armour vehicle armour]. Air forces also sometimes employ armour. Aerial armour has been used, notably, in protecting the pilots during the [[Second World War]], and in designing heavily armoured aircraft that would be expected to suffer more than usual damage from ground fire.
In modern ground forces' usage, the [[meaning]] of armour has expanded to include the role of troops in combat. After the [[evolution]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_warfare armoured warfare], heavily armoured military forces are [[organised]] using armoured infantry, mounted in armoured fighting vehicles and replacing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_infantry light infantry] in many situations. In modern armoured warfare, armoured units equipped with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles serve the historic role of both the battle cavalry, light cavalry and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon dragoons], and belong to the armoured branch in a national army's organization (sometimes, the armoured corps).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor]
[[Category: History]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] armure, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] armatura
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[defensive]] covering for the [[body]]; especially : covering (as of metal) used in combat
*2 : a [[quality]] or circumstance that affords protection <the armor of prosperity>
*3 : a protective outer layer (as of a ship, a [[plant]] or [[animal]], or a cable)
*4 : armored forces and vehicles (as tanks)
==Description==
'''Armor''' is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, [[individual]] or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during [[War|combat]], or from damage caused by a [[potentional]]ly [[dangerous]] [[environment]] or [[action]] (e.g., cycling, sites of construction works) [[Personal]] armour is used to protect soldiers, [[war]] [[animals]] such as war horses (the [[application]] for the latter called barding). Vehicle armour is used on things such as warships and armoured fighting vehicles.
Armour has been used throughout recorded [[history]], and [[manufactured]] from a variety of [[materials]]; starting with rudimentary leather protection, personal armour evolved to mail and full plated suit of armour. For much of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history military history] the [[manufacture]] of metal armour in Europe has [[dominated]] the [[technology]] and employment of armour. Armour production was a [[cause]] of the [[development]] of many important [[technologies]] of the Ancient World, including wood lamination, mining, metal refining, vehicle manufacture (chariot), leather processing, and later decorative metal working. Its production has been influential in the evolving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_revolution industrial revolution], and [[influenced]] commercial development of metallurgy and engineering.
Armour was the single most [[influential]] [[factor]] in the [[development]] of firearms that [[revolutionized]] [[warfare]]. First modern production [[technology]] for armour plating was used by the navies in construction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship Ironclad warships], and reaching its [[pinnacle]] of [[development]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship battleship]. It was the naval engineers that also constructed the first [[World War I]] "tanks" giving rise to armoured fighting vehicles protected by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_armour vehicle armour]. Air forces also sometimes employ armour. Aerial armour has been used, notably, in protecting the pilots during the [[Second World War]], and in designing heavily armoured aircraft that would be expected to suffer more than usual damage from ground fire.
In modern ground forces' usage, the [[meaning]] of armour has expanded to include the role of troops in combat. After the [[evolution]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_warfare armoured warfare], heavily armoured military forces are [[organised]] using armoured infantry, mounted in armoured fighting vehicles and replacing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_infantry light infantry] in many situations. In modern armoured warfare, armoured units equipped with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles serve the historic role of both the battle cavalry, light cavalry and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon dragoons], and belong to the armoured branch in a national army's organization (sometimes, the armoured corps).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor]
[[Category: History]]
