Ouch... Waterloo Chest Armor images

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Ouch... Waterloo Chest Armor images

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I'm told this was the chest armor of a French * Cavalry soldier at Waterloo...

Ouch.............

* But hey -- at least he wasn't hit in the back... (Get the joke??? :lol: )

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think he felt anything?
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Get it! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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That would ruin anyone's day...... :shock:
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Don't remember who said this but 'that'll leave a mark'
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Sorry I don’t get the joke. The French have a long and proud military history. Longer than ours.

In WW II the government surrendered. But a lot of the military did not. They were there on D Day right along side the rest of the allies. And before that the citizens resisted the Germans help making the defeat of Germany possible.
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Takes a lot of guts to ride head long into battle on a horse especially facing cannon fire shooting canister or round shot.One thing though the poor guy probably never felt a thing and didn’t t know what hit him
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Re: Ouch... Waterloo Chest Armor images

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what would you say fellas, maybe a 4-5" cannon ball, a 12 pounder. 84000 grain projectile at 1200fps, 268,000ftlbs. Still no substitute for shot placement :shock:
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