Iron armour
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iron-armour-310-8054614
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Iron armour
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Iron armour was a type of naval armour used on warships and, to a limited degree, fortifications. The use of iron gave rise to the term ironclad as a reference to a ship 'clad' in iron. The earliest material available in sufficient quantities for armouring ships was iron, wrought or cast. While cast iron has never been used for naval armour, it did find a use in land fortifications, presumable due to the lower cost of the material. One well known example of cast-iron armour for land use is the G
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_armour
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2023-03-17T20:44:39Z
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