Armour:
Armour is protective clothing, which is strong enough to protect it's wearer during war. It protects from injury in combat and dangerous situations. The first material used for preparing armour was animal skin. As civilization became more advanced, wooden shields and then metal shields came into use. With the advancement in weapons, the armour also needed to improve to survive these lethal weapons, which led to the development of more tough armour. Plate armours were invented in the 14th century to withstands lances, arrows and swords. Plate armours first appeared in Medieval Europe when water powered trip hammers made the formation of plates faster and cheaper. But with the invention of gun, these armours served no purpose. To overcome this, bullet proof jackets were invented.
In the wars of the 20th century steel helmets were reintroduced, and there were some experiments with varies types of protective clothing.
Helmet:
A single attack on the head, can do a lot of damage to a soldier, a soldier may even die if the attack is severe. To protect the soldiers, helmets were designed so that they could be safe even after some attacks. Later, it was lengthened downwards to protect the back of the neck and the sides of the head.
History:
First modern production technology for armour plating was used by the navies in construction if the ironclad warships. It was the naval engineers that also constructed the first world war 1 "tanks" giving rise to armoured fighting vehicles. Aerial armour has been used in protecting the pilots during the second world war, and in heavily armoured aircraft.
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