PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoHemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12cross-posted to: noncredibledefense@lemmy.world
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageHemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: noncredibledefense@lemmy.world
minus-squareParadachshundlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·23 days agoNever seen this before. What was it good against?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·23 days agoNot much more than small arms fire, probably. Bit of an ad-hoc solution to Boer raiders and sharpshooters.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·23 days agoIt doesn’t require daily brushing to maintain the look.
minus-squareSmokeyDope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoHemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 days agoyeah, but without being able to bind them together horizontally, the gaps between the larger rope strands will allow small arms fire to pass through in most cases.
minus-squareODuffer @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoI was walking down the street, concentrating on trucking right…
Never seen this before. What was it good against?
Not much more than small arms fire, probably. Bit of an ad-hoc solution to Boer raiders and sharpshooters.
It doesn’t require daily brushing to maintain the look.
Hemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar
yeah, but without being able to bind them together horizontally, the gaps between the larger rope strands will allow small arms fire to pass through in most cases.
Barber-ians
Normalcy, I guess.
I was walking down the street, concentrating on trucking right…
Spiders?