Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Tassets
Overlapping plates covering the joint of the haunch part in a full- armor.
From Encyclopedia
- Bevor
- Also called bavier or buffe. A chin-shaped defense for the lower face, incorporating a gorget plate. The buffe was an…
- Corselet
- See Corslet.
- Prime
- See Forte'.
- Onager
- Roman Ballista, so named after a wild ass because of the way it kicked back upon firing. It was most common in the armies in the mid 4th century…
