From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties, why was it replaced in the Ming and Q

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a large number of cotton armor appeared, and the number of traditional iron armor was very rare. The iron armor is very heavy and not warm, and the soldiers are very tired.

The iron armor has gone through many eras, and it is already a little incompatible with the needs of modern and contemporary times, so it was replaced in the Ming and Qing dynasties and replaced with more advanced equipment.

When the Qing army had not yet entered the customs, the shape of the armor was the cotton iron armor of the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and later after the industrial level came up, there was chain mail. In the "Qing Huidian", the armor of the Qing army has four forms: bright armor, dark armor, cotton armor, and iron armor. Among them, iron armor refers to chain mail.

Because iron armor was no longer suitable for war at that time, iron armor was too bulky and did not keep warm, so people in the Qing Dynasty people improved the armor to other materials.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of traditional iron armor was very small, and cotton armor appeared, so cotton armor gradually replaced iron armor.

Because the iron armor has been in existence for so many years, it actually has a lot of shortcomings and disadvantages, so it is simply built in the Ming and Qing dynasties to build more high-quality armor to replace it, so as to ensure that there will be no other problems in future wars.

Because the iron armor is not only heavy, but also not warm, it is too inhumane, so in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed to armor of other materials.

The armor has good protection, but it is very bulky. When iron armor is used for a long time, the human body will be very tired. Every winter, wearing iron armor is basically equivalent to entering the ice cellar, and iron armor does not play much role in keeping warm, while cotton armor solves these problems.

Because the iron armor is not warm, the soldier's warmth problem cannot be solved, and the cotton armor is replaced later, so that the soldier's cold and warm problem is solved.

Because the warmth of the iron armor is not good, while the defense ability of the cotton armor is very good, it can take into account the dual role of warmth and protection at the same time.

From the time of Qin Ying's socks to the Song Dynasty, the armies mainly used cold weapons to fight: knives and guns were used in close combat, and bows and crossbows were used at a distance. Therefore, the iron armor still has a certain protective ability.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the use of firearms began to become commonplace. Although most of the firearms used at that time were pre-loading and field smoothbore arquebuses or muskets with very poor accuracy, as well as less powerful front-loading smoothbore guns. But this musket is still much more lethal than cold weapons and arrows, and it can easily penetrate iron armor!

Therefore, the Ming and Qing dynasties gradually lost interest in the bulky and inefficient iron armor. Instead, I started using cotton armor!

Cotton armor is both light and has a certain amount of bulletproof, even when facing the fire of a firearm, it can also provide some protection for fighters. At that time, when firearm technology was not yet mature, cotton armor could almost be equated with body armor. The Ming and Qing dynasties used cotton armor instead of iron armor for this reason.

Iron armor has good protection, but it is very bulky and prone to rust and fester; The output of iron ore is not high, the cost is high, and it cannot be popularized to officers and soldiers at all levels;

Because in the Tang and Song dynasties, although the iron armor of the fiber potato was highly defensive, it was very heavy and very physically consuming, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the firearm Zheng Zhao developed very rapidly, and the iron armor could not block the firearms, so it was changed to cotton armor.

Because the iron armor has no effect in the later stage, it was often used to defend against enemy weapons, but in the Ming and Qing dynasties, most wars used artillery and firearms, and in the face of this kind of **, no matter how hard the iron armor is, it can't be carried, so at that time, everyone began to put on cotton armor, not only the warmth effect was enhanced, but the action was also much more flexible.

From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties, the iron armor gradually disappeared because it was too bulky and difficult to move, and was later replaced by various leather armor and wooden armor, or more elaborate chain mail and the like.

During the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, iron armor was used, because at this time it could block the enemy's swords, guns and arrows, and when it came to the Qing Dynasty, firearms appeared. The iron armor didn't work, and the cost was high, so it was eliminated.

Because in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the function of the invented cotton armor or paper armor was much better than that of iron armor. The iron armor is heavy and cold on the body, and it is not easy to maintain, so it will naturally be eliminated.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the economic development of Jiangnan and other places, China's cotton planting industry was further expanded, providing a steady stream of raw materials for cotton armor, and cotton armor can provide dual functions of warmth and defense, so that it finally replaced iron armor.

First of all, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, cotton began to be planted on a large scale. In addition, the change of the war environment, the Ming and Qing dynasties were a period of large-scale use of hot weapons, and the composite armor of cotton armor was more suitable for this war environment.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, firearms were used extensively, and even iron armor did not protect firearms very well. Cotton armor has a good protective effect on cold weapons, and it also has a warm effect in winter.

Because the war from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties was mainly cold weapons, iron armor had a certain protective effect, and artillery began to develop in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it was changed to cotton armor.