Compound armour
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compound-armour-288-945735
title:
Compound armour
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Compound armour was a type of armour used on warships in the 1880s, developed in response to the emergence of armor-piercing shells and the continual need for reliable protection with the increasing size in naval ordnance. Compound armour was a non-alloyed attempt to combine the benefits of two different metals—the hardness of steel with the toughness of iron—that would stand up to intense and repeated punishment in battle. By the end of the decade it had been rendered obsolete by nickel-steel a
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Type of armour used on warships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_armour
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2024-01-05T19:39:34Z
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