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WWI GERMAN INFANTRY IN ARMOR
During the First World War, the positional nature of hostilities and the
high saturation of combat formations with machine guns and rapid-fire
artillery forced them to look for ways to protect soldiers individually.
In the German army, shells made of multicomponent steel became such
protection. The release of this armor, also known as the Grabenpanzer,
began in the spring of 1916. The weight of these shells reached about 10
kg, and its armor thickness was about 3 mm. The structure consisted of
four plates connected by straps, which in turn gave the armor some
mobility. Grabenpanzer was quite effective in protecting against pistol
bullets and projectile fragments, and in part against bullets fired from
rifles. The production of this armor continued until the end of the
war, and the number of kits released, according to some estimates,
reached about 500,000 copies.
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