Thema: Suche Informationen über Papierrüstungen

[Ruinenbaumeister]

Tja, die alten Chinesen hatten so etwas offenbar, und es scheint eine Zeit lang ganz ordentlich geklappt zu haben - und das ist so ziemlich alles, was mir über diese exotische Rüstungsform bekannt ist. Nun, da ich seit kurzem zu jenen seltsamen Menschen gehöre, die sich tatsächlich ein eigenes Rollenspielsystem zusammenzimmern, spiele ich mit dem Gedanken, meinen Spielern auch die Papierrüstung anzubieten, zumal diese zumindest zu einem Volk meiner Welt passen würde.

Nun frage ich, wo ich mehr über Papierrüstungen herausfinden kann - wohlgemerkt über die historische Rüstung, nicht über die, die in dem einen oder anderen Rollenspielsystemen vorkommen mag. Kennt jemand Material, vielleicht sogar solches, das etwas wissenschaftlichen Anspruch erheben kann?

[Teclador]

Alles was ich dir dazu anbieten kann:

Zhijia (纸甲), or paper armour originated during the Tang dynasty. It was said that this form of armour was made during the reign of Tangyizong (859 – 873 CE). During the Song-Hsia Wars, thirty thousand of this form of armour was made and worn by the besieged archers of the Song dynasty in the fortress in Shanxi. It was made from a form of processed paper being one to three inches thick. Under wet conditions such as rain the material would turn even tougher making it a valuable form of defence against arrows. This was an important tactical advantage of paper armour as metal armour, despite providing a much better protection, would rust under these conditions. Other advantages of this form of armour includes its lightness allowing perhaps the greatest form of mobility among all armour styles. Lightness was essential and hence the paper armour being one of the more preferred form of armour in areas of the south where there are a large amount of rivers and forests. During the campaign by General Qi Jiguang against the Japanese pirates, a large number of his troops wore this form of armour as it was effective against the firearms of the time. In addition, it was extremely flexible as well as cheap to produce.

[Ruinenbaumeister]

Das klingt schon einmal interessant. Wo hast Du es her?

[Teclador]

Das habe ich voreiniger Zeit zufällig in einem Forum gefunden.
Der Poster behauptete es sei aus einem (wissenschaftlichen) Essay.
Nachgeprüft hab ich das aber nicht.

[Ingo]

Ein paar Links (mit Bildern  ):
http://www.cyberessays.com/History/90.htm

http://www.china-fun.net/clothing/Ancient/20061022/105751.shtml

[Ein]

Tecci Zitat stammt aus dem China History Forum und auf die Leute kann man sich wirklich verlassen. Das sind rechte Fanatiker, was die chinesische Geschichte angeht. Daher mal noch weitere Zitate:

I have read this trend. I am to say that Koreans used to wear "paper armour" in XV centure (Korean "jigab") too.

According to the "Sejong Daewang shillok" the armour was done as usual Korean armour in the shape of "turumagi" - the traditional Korean robe. It does not differ from usual "soo un gab" or "p'eegab" by the style so they were represented in the original text by the same picture.

The scales were made of Korean high density paper folded several times and were painted with red, black or green laquer and joint together by smoked thongs of deer skin.

According to the Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture the scales were soacked in salt water after lacquering and before assembly of the coat of armour. Of course they were quite dry when in usage.