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Bullet dents – “Proof marks” or battle damage

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dc.creator Williams, Alan
dc.creator Edge, David
dc.creator Atkins, Tony
dc.date 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier 10.3989/gladius.2006.8
dc.identifier 0436-029X
dc.identifier 1988-4168
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/60d493a4e86e4fa89045b7b7fadb7967
dc.description <font face="Times-Roman" size="2"><p align="left">It is well known that the breastplates of many armours from the later 16<font face="Times-Roman" size="1">th </font><font face="Times-Roman" size="2">century and the 17</font><font face="Times-Roman" size="1">th </font><font face="Times-Roman" size="2">century bear the hemispherical dents generally known as proof marks. It has been taken as axiomatic that these marks were made in order to demonstrate the armours’ effectiveness against firearms. If however some of these dents are compared with dents which are the result of battle damage, it appears that they were made by energy levels of a different order of magnitude, and offer little guarantee as to the “proof” of the armour.</font></p></font><br><br><font face="Times-Roman" size="2"><p align="left">Como es bien sabido, muchos petos de armaduras de finales del siglo XVI y del XVII tienen abolladuras semiesféricas conocidas como pruebas de arcabuz. Se ha considerado axiomático que estas abolladuras fueron hechas para demostrar la efectividad de las armaduras frente a las armas de fuego. Sin embargo, si se comparan con otras debidas a daños en combate, parece que fueron producidas por energías de diferente orden o magnitud, al tiempo que ofrecen pocas garantías como “pruebas” de las armaduras.</p></font>
dc.language EN
dc.language FR
dc.language ES
dc.publisher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
dc.relation http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/index.php/gladius/article/view/8/8
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0436-029X
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1988-4168
dc.source Gladius, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 175-209 (2006)
dc.subject Firearm
dc.subject Armour
dc.subject Bullet dent
dc.subject Proof mark
dc.subject Munition
dc.subject Arma de fuego;Armadura;Prueba de arcabuz;Munición
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject History (General)
dc.subject D1-2009
dc.title Bullet dents – “Proof marks” or battle damage
dc.type article
dc.provenance Journal Licence: CC BY-NC


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