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Akima:
If anyone is wondering why that style of lamellar armour is called "mountain pattern", it is because the Chinese character meaning mountain is 山.
I do not know about its protective qualities.
hedgie:
Does look rather phallic, though.
Kugai:
Only slightly OT
Made in the day when they made Blockbusters with real extras. Probably the closest live action sequence of a Legion deploying for battle I've ever seen. Even Rome used CGI for it's battle sequences. Made with the aid of the Spanish Army I believe.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgywD3XJaWU
GarandMarine:
The Charge of the Light brigade/Waterloo is more epic imho
Grognard:
Charge of the Light Brigade was at Balaclava, during the Crimean War. (1854)
Waterloo was 1815.
A distant relative of mine was Sir Lord James Scarlett. Commander of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava.
Commonly known as the guy who lead from the front and made his own initiative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava#Charge_of_the_Heavy_Brigade
but that was our British cousins.
In 1854, my direct ancestors where 6 meager years from the War Between the States.
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