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In East Asia many types of armour were commonly used at different times by various cultures including, scale armour, lamellar armour, laminar armour, plated mail, mail, plate armour and brigandine.

Around the dynastic Tang, Song, and early Ming Period, cuirasses and plates ( mingguangjia ) were also used, with more elaborate versions for officers in war.

The Chinese, during that time used partial plates for " important " body parts instead of covering their whole body since too much plate armour hinders their martial arts movement.

The other body parts were covered in cloth, leather, lamellar, and / or Mountain pattern.

In pre-Qin dynasty times, leather armour was made out of various animals, with more exotic ones such as the rhinoceros.