Auxiliary armour in a set of Japanese armour are optional pieces worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan in addition to the traditional six armour components...

Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. During the Heian...

hexagon shaped armour plates used in the construction of Japanese armor worn by samurai and ashigaru (foot soldiers) of feudal Japan. Kikkō refers to...

Kusari katabira (Japanese: 鎖帷子; "chain + single-layer robe") is the Japanese term for mail armour. Kusari is a type of armour used by the samurai class...

trade. Armed merchantmen Auxiliary cruiser Atlantis Auxiliary cruiser Möwe Auxiliary cruiser Wolf II List of Japanese auxiliary cruiser commerce raiders...

Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary...

Italy, Japan, Austria-Hungary, and the United States made similar agreements with their shipyards. In 1892 Russia likewise built two more auxiliary cruisers...

armour belt was identical to Yamato's at 410 millimetres (16.1 in) thick and angled outwards 20 degrees at the top. Below it was a strake of armour that...

earthquake. The ship was modernized in 1934–1936 with improvements to her armour and machinery, and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Other...

focused on swimming in the ocean. Many schools taught methods of swimming in armour (katchu gozen oyogi). Suijutsu was considered to be one of the bugei jūhappan...