PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageHemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoNever seen this before. What was it good against?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoNot much more than small arms fire, probably. Bit of an ad-hoc solution to Boer raiders and sharpshooters.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoIt doesn’t require daily brushing to maintain the look.
minus-squareSmokeyDope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoHemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoyeah, but without being able to bind them together horizontally, the gaps between the larger rope strands will allow small arms fire to pass through in most cases.
minus-squareODuffer @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI was walking down the street, concentrating on trucking right…
Never seen this before. What was it good against?
Not much more than small arms fire, probably. Bit of an ad-hoc solution to Boer raiders and sharpshooters.
It doesn’t require daily brushing to maintain the look.
Hemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar
yeah, but without being able to bind them together horizontally, the gaps between the larger rope strands will allow small arms fire to pass through in most cases.
Barber-ians
Normalcy, I guess.
I was walking down the street, concentrating on trucking right…
Spiders?