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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前

Hemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898

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Hemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898

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    Never seen this before. What was it good against?

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      Not much more than small arms fire, probably. Bit of an ad-hoc solution to Boer raiders and sharpshooters.

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      It doesn’t require daily brushing to maintain the look.

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      Hemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar

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        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.

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      Barber-ians

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      Normalcy, I guess.

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      Spiders?

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      I was walking down the street, concentrating on trucking right…

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    Rasta Rail sounds like a service I’d subscribe to

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    they should have tried it in boats, Rasta Armor V Dazzle camouflage, who would win?

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    Matches the hemp carpet

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