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plate armour

armour consisting of anatomically shaped metal plates
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plate armour
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Summary

plate armour ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plate armour is a type of body armor[2].
  • plate armour's Commons category is recorded as Plate armour[3].
  • plate armour comprises breastplate[4].
  • plate armour comprises backplate[5].
  • plate armour comprises leg armor[6].
  • plate armour comprises pauldron[7].
  • plate armour comprises couter[8].
  • plate armour comprises arm armor[9].
  • plate armour began on 1400[10].
  • plate armour ended on January 1, 1700[11].
  • plate armour's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plate armour[12].
  • plate armour's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • plate armour's different from is recorded as body armor[14].
  • plate armour's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

Body

Definition and Type

plate armour is a type of body armor[2].

Use and Application

Components include breastplate[4], backplate[5], leg armor[6], pauldron[7], couter[8], and arm armor[9].

Why It Matters

plate armour ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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