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-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.
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.