[Palter]

Alex, ping.

[Spike Knotts]

“When Alexander was in India, and received 25,000 new suits of armor for his army”

“The researchers chose to work with two simpler glues that would have been available everywhere: a glue made from the skins of rabbits”

My mind boggles at how many rabbits(if they used rabbit glue) were required for the amount of glue 25,000 suits of armor would need.

Interesting article, thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks for posting. Interesting.

[bert]

The material is LRG... Linen Reinforced Glue. Today we have carbon and glass fibers reinforced with polyester and epoxy resins FRP. Paper mache is also similar. Very formable and quite strong

I am curious about the glue

[wildbill]

There is a TV documentary on this. Can’t remember which one but probably Ancient Marvels or something like that where they actually manufacture and test the linen armor against arrows, spears, etc.

[beebuster2000]

interesting. thanks

[justa-hairyape]

The armor would probably be much lighter in weight then metal based armor. Perfect for Alexander and his Companion Cavalry. Apparently the first shock cavalry unit.