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* When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, their thinly-armored early tanks proved vulnerable to Soviet anti-tank rifles, especially in the sides. They figured out that putting thin steel plate or mesh on brackets spaced away from the main armor was enough to blunt the momentum of the bullet so it wouldn't perforate the main armor, a solution which could be applied in the field and didn't unreasonably increase the weight. Contrary to popular belief, this was not designed in response to HEAT rounds and the type for antitank rifles wasn't effective against HEAT because the spacing wasn't great enough.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. This led to improvised attempts to install spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. This led to improvised attempts to install spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
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* When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, their thinly-armored early tanks proved vulnerable to Soviet anti-tank rifles, especially in the sides. They figured out that putting if they installed thin steel plate or mesh on brackets spaced away from the main armor was enough to blunt the momentum of armor, the bullet would start to tumble after passing through the standoff armor, so that it wouldn't would then fail to perforate the main armor, a armor. This solution which could be applied in the field and didn't unreasonably increase the weight. Contrary to popular belief, this was not designed in response to HEAT rounds and the type for antitank rifles wasn't effective against HEAT because the spacing wasn't great enough.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. This led to improvised attempts to install spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spacedarmour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. This led to improvised attempts to install spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material. On the other hand, these things could be useless or worse against armor-piercing rounds from tanks or antitank guns; soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began This led to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have improvised attempts to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material. On the other hand, these things could be useless or worse against armor-piercing rounds from tanks or antitank guns; soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick.
* Crews could also addinstall spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the main armour.
* Other forms of improvised tank armor included covering the vehicle with spare track links or road wheels, and adding all kinds of bulky materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. Most of this stuff was actually useless as protection, and in fact soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick. U.S. Army Ordnance complained that the tankers were adding a bunch of crap that weighed down the tank and reduced its reliability, while at the same time giving themselves a false sense of security. As a result, Patton and his Third Army made efforts to crack down on these low quality add-ons. Others, however, figured it was doing some good as long as it made the men feel better.
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* Other forms of improvised tank armor included covering the vehicle with spare track links or road wheels, and adding all kinds of bulky materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. Most of this stuff was actually useless as protection, and in fact soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick. U.S. Army Ordnance complained that the tankers were adding a bunch of crap that weighed down the tank and reduced its reliability, while at the same time giving themselves a false sense of security. As a result, Patton and his Third Army made efforts to crack down on these low quality add-ons. Others, however, figured it was doing some good as long as it made the men feel better.
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* The first M26 Super Pershing sent to Europe was modified by its crew. The Super Pershing was built as an up-gunned variant to compete with Tiger II and the crew thought its armour wasn't quite up to the confrontation, so they welded huge slabs of boiler plate steel onto the hull front at a steeper angle than the underlying plate, and an 80 mm plate from a Panther tank's upper glacis in front of the gun mantlet.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly Ned Kelly]]. His homemade armour stopped at least twenty direct hits during his infamous shootout against Australian law enforcement. Unfortunately for Ned, the armour was heavy and didn't protect him all over. A shot to his ankle brought him down.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly Ned Kelly]]. His homemade armour stopped at least twenty direct hits during his infamous shootout against Australian law enforcement. Unfortunately for Ned, the armour was heavy and didn't protect him all over. A shot to his ankle brought him down.
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* The first M26 Super Pershing sent to Europe was modified by its crew. The Super Pershing was built as an up-gunned variant to compete with Tiger II and the crew thought its armour wasn't quite up to the confrontation, so they welded huge slabs of boiler plate steel onto the hull front at a steeper angle than the underlying plate, and an 80 mm plate from a Panther tank's upper glacis in front of the Pershing's gun mantlet.
* In 1879, Australian outlaw [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly NedKelly]]. His homemade armour Kelly]] hit upon the idea of his gang making themselves bulletproof plate armor for fighting the police. It consisted of quarter inch thick iron plow moldboards which were beaten into shape, probably using a crude bush forge with a log as an anvil, before being cut to size and riveted together. Over a period of several months they made suits for Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne, and a Steve Hart, which they used in the famous Glenrowan shootout. The armor stopped at least twenty direct hits during his infamous shootout against Australian law enforcement. Unfortunately for Ned, the armour bullets (Ned's suit got 18 bullet dents), but it was extremely heavy (Ned's suit weighed 44 kg/97 pounds) and didn't did not fully protect him all over. A the arms and legs. Dan, Byrne, and Hart died during the fighting, while Ned was brought down by a a shot to his ankle brought him down.ankle. He was subsequently tried and executed.
* In 1879, Australian outlaw [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly Ned
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* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
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* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: High-Tech'' has rules for homemade armor. Buckets can be made into a plastic ''lorica segmentata'' strong enough to provide noticeable protection from a shotgun blast.
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** ''GURPS High-Tech'' has rules for homemade armor. Buckets can be made into a plastic ''lorica segmentata'' strong enough to provide noticeable protection from a shotgunblast.blast.
** ''GURPS Steampunk 2'' notes that the Industrial Revolution made steel plate widely available for mundane applications — and that plate could be and sometimes was repurposed into useful improvised armor.
** ''GURPS High-Tech'' has rules for homemade armor. Buckets can be made into a plastic ''lorica segmentata'' strong enough to provide noticeable protection from a shotgun
** ''GURPS Steampunk 2'' notes that the Industrial Revolution made steel plate widely available for mundane applications — and that plate could be and sometimes was repurposed into useful improvised armor.
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*** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', the guards in Diamond City (a settlement built in the mostly-intact remains of Fenway Park in Boston) have armor that's constructed from salvaged umpire and catcher padding and masks, worn over salvaged Red Sox uniforms. Considering that by 2287, baseball is mythologized as a gladiatorial bloodsport, from the guards' perspective the armor may seem to be more reclaimed than improvised, though.
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* In an example of EmergentGameplay, The [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pans]] in ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' were intended to be joke melee weapons. But because of their huge profile, their models could actually block damage from weapons, including ''collision damage from ramming vehicles'' simply because they couldn't register contact with player characters. The developers eventually patched the frying pan to be totally invincible, and now many players grab these melee weapons just to keep them sheathed in order to literally protect their butts.
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses a metal liner in the warhead into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material. On the other hand, these things could be useless or worse against armor-piercing rounds from tanks or antitank guns; soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick.
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses causes a hollow cone-shaped metal liner in the warhead to collapse inside out, forming into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, metal which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability ability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material. On the other hand, these things could be useless or worse against armor-piercing rounds from tanks or antitank guns; soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick.
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-> ''"The Scrapper's vehicle is a much-desired item for many Salmonids. The shields are made from odds and ends of scrap metal."''
-->-- '''Salmonid Field Guide''', ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
-->-- '''Salmonid Field Guide''', ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
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* Commanche Native American warriors figured out during the 19th century that their traditional shields, made of two thick buffalo hides, could be made bulletproof if they stuffed large amounts of paper between the hides. For this reason, whenever they raided white settlements they would take all the books or newspapers they could find.
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* When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, their thinly-armored early tanks proved vulnerable to Soviet anti-tank rifles, especially in the sides. They figured out that putting thin plates of steel on brackets at a significant distance from the main armor was enough to blunt the momentum of the bullet so it wouldn't perforate the main armor, a solution which could be applied in the field and didn't unreasonably increase the weight. This same spaced armor had the unintended benefit of protecting against HEAT rounds.
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* When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, their thinly-armored early tanks proved vulnerable to Soviet anti-tank rifles, especially in the sides. They figured out that putting thin plates of steel plate or mesh on brackets at a significant distance spaced away from the main armor was enough to blunt the momentum of the bullet so it wouldn't perforate the main armor, a solution which could be applied in the field and didn't unreasonably increase the weight. This same spaced armor had Contrary to popular belief, this was not designed in response to HEAT rounds and the unintended benefit of protecting type for antitank rifles wasn't effective against HEAT rounds.because the spacing wasn't great enough.
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* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. It wasn't always as professional-looking as the German stuff: Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
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* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate shaped charges away from the tank's armor. It wasn't always as professional-looking as the German stuff: For example, Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses a metal liner in the warhead into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
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* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses a metal liner in the warhead into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material. \n On the other hand, these things could be useless or worse against armor-piercing rounds from tanks or antitank guns; soft steel track could normalize the path of the penetrating projectile so that instead of deflecting upwards off the front slope, it would turn downwards into the main armor and encounter it at an angle where it wasn't as thick.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonatethe shaped charges away from the tank's armor. It wasn't always as professional-looking as the German stuff: Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
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* In UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, tankers would weld spare tread links onto their tanks or even use sandbags. Later, when shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons became more common, they would use thin metal sheets or wire mesh as so-called slat-armor to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust rocket-launcher took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate anti-tank rockets away from the vehicle's main armour.
* The first M26 Super Pershing sent to Europe was modified by its crew. The Super Pershing was built as an up-gunned variant to kill Tigers and the crew thought its armour wasn't quite up to the confrontation, so they welded huge slabs of boiler plate steel all over the front, as was not uncommon for up-armouring tanks in the era.
* The first M26 Super Pershing sent to Europe was modified by its crew. The Super Pershing was built as an up-gunned variant to kill Tigers and the crew thought its armour wasn't quite up to the confrontation, so they welded huge slabs of boiler plate steel all over the front, as was not uncommon for up-armouring tanks in the era.
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* In When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, tankers would weld spare tread links onto their thinly-armored early tanks or even use sandbags. Later, when shoulder-launched proved vulnerable to Soviet anti-tank weapons became more common, they would use rifles, especially in the sides. They figured out that putting thin metal sheets or wire mesh as so-called slat-armor to detonate the shaped charges away plates of steel on brackets at a significant distance from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by main armor was enough to blunt the Panzerfaust rocket-launcher took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised momentum of the bullet so it wouldn't perforate the main armor, a solution which could be applied in the field and didn't unreasonably increase the weight. This same spaced armour to safely detonate anti-tank rockets away from armor had the vehicle's main armour.unintended benefit of protecting against HEAT rounds.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses a metal liner in the warhead into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
* Welding more steel plate on top of the main armor was also an option, particularly if the hope was to protect against armor piercing rounds. Those who used scavenged boilerplate and such didn't get as much protection as whoever took proper armor plate that was made of good alloy and heat treated. Destroyed vehicles of any side could be stripped for their armor.
* The first M26 Super Pershing sent to Europe was modified by its crew. The Super Pershing was built as an up-gunned variant tokill Tigers compete with Tiger II and the crew thought its armour wasn't quite up to the confrontation, so they welded huge slabs of boiler plate steel all over the front, as was not uncommon for up-armouring tanks in front at a steeper angle than the era.underlying plate.
* Speaking of which, World War II was when multiple sides started widely using High Explosive Anti Tank munitions. The principle is that a shaped explosive charge collapses a metal liner in the warhead into a high-velocity jet of molten metal, which can penetrate armor seven or more charge diameters thick. This was especially useful for man-portable antitank grenade launchers such as the bazooka and Panzerfaust, which increased the capability of infantry to disable or destroy tanks. In response, tankers began to cover vulnerable parts of their tanks with spare track links or wheels, and stick all kinds of found materials onto the outside such as sandbags, wood, and concrete. It didn't necessarily have to be as tough as armor plate, as long as it caused the warhead to detonate further away from the main armor and have to travel through a greater thickness of material.
* Crews could also add spaced or slat armor consisting of thin metal sheets or wire mesh to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor. Russian tanks confronted by the Panzerfaust took to scavenging bedframes with bedsprings as improvised spaced armour to safely detonate HEAT warheads away from the vehicle's main armour.
* Welding more steel plate on top of the main armor was also an option, particularly if the hope was to protect against armor piercing rounds. Those who used scavenged boilerplate and such didn't get as much protection as whoever took proper armor plate that was made of good alloy and heat treated. Destroyed vehicles of any side could be stripped for their armor.
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* Armor piercing rounds work by concentrating an explosion inwards through a very small point of penetration, in order to counter this, a common tactic among tank crews is to strap on superfluous "reactive armor" that can consist of anything from scrap metal to sandbags to slabs of wood and makes the round waste its explosive charge without damaging the actual armor of the vehicle.
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* Armor piercing rounds work by concentrating an explosion inwards through a very small point of penetration, in order to counter this, a common tactic among tank crews is to strap on superfluous "reactive armor" that can consist of anything from scrap metal to sandbags to slabs of wood and makes the round waste its explosive charge without damaging the actual armor of the vehicle.
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* Up-armouring is not always a good thing. Unless done well, improvised armor can actually weigh down a vehicle, limiting its mobility and/or overtaxing its engine, while providing little extra protection.
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* Up-armouring was not always a good thing, a common modification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman M4 Sherman]] was a extra plate welded over the ammo racks. Unless done very skillfully to hide the change (painted over, weld smoothed down), this just provided a 'shoot here, explode me' marking. The first M4 "Jumbo" Shermans were a desperate field modification using additional armour, scavenged from tank wrecks, welded to the original armour of the M4. British tanks used smaller "patches" of additional armour spot-welded over the tank's most vulnerable points: this was preferentially done to the more valuable Sherman Fireflies, up-gunned with the 17 pounder main weapon that allowed British tanks to compete with Tigers and Panthers at least in terms of an equivalent weapon. This only served to identifiy Fireflies to the savvier German gunners...
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* The 'Za Lord's Guard in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' have this. In ''Summer Knight'', Fix cobbles together some makeshift armor for Meryl by attaching tableware to a heavy jacket.
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* The 'Za Lord's Guard in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' have this. ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** In''Summer Knight'', ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Fix cobbles together some makeshift armor for Meryl by attaching tableware to a heavy jacket.jacket.
** The 'Za Lord's Guard, being pixies, wear armour crafted out of garbage.
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** The 'Za Lord's Guard, being pixies, wear armour crafted out of garbage.
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* An advert for Strongbow cider had a guy giving a ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-esque RousingSpeech to massed ranks of tradesmen with suitably working class {{Improvised Weapon}}ry and armour -- the shield wall is made up of satellite dishes and dustbin lids, various "soldiers" are armed with spirit levels, paint rollers and garden tools, and most of them are wearing hard hats.
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* An advert for Strongbow cider had a guy giving a ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-esque RousingSpeech to massed ranks of tradesmen with suitably working class {{Improvised Weapon}}ry and armour -- — the shield wall is made up of satellite dishes and dustbin lids, various "soldiers" are armed with spirit levels, paint rollers and garden tools, and most of them are wearing hard hats.
* In ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'', when Masaki fights Taka the former uses a knuckleduster as an impromptu mini-shield. Yuu also uses books as bracers.
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* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', with the steel chest-piece.
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', he has to improvise his first suit of armor [[LockingMacgyverInTheStoreCupboard out of missile parts]]. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of PoweredArmor with fully operational flamethrower and mostly-operational [[JetPack rocket-pack]], [[GadgeteerGenius "improvised" doesn't do it justice]].
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* ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': In ''Film/IronMan1'', he has to improvise his first suit of the "Near Algodones" chapter, an old bank teller covers himself in improvised armor [[LockingMacgyverInTheStoreCupboard out of missile parts]]. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of PoweredArmor with fully operational flamethrower cooking pots and mostly-operational [[JetPack rocket-pack]], [[GadgeteerGenius "improvised" doesn't do it justice]].pans, then charges at a would-be bank robber. Each time a bullet ricochets off of the bank teller's armor, he gleefully shouts, "Pan shot!"
* In ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
* In ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
%%* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', with the steel chest-piece.
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.
* ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'': When Lawrence goes out looking for Chewie, he picks up a pan to be his shield.
* In ''Film/TheGauntlet'', Creator/ClintEastwood welds steel plates together to create an armored compartment around the driver's area of a passenger bus.
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.
* ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'': When Lawrence goes out looking for Chewie, he picks up a pan to be his shield.
* In ''Film/TheGauntlet'', Creator/ClintEastwood welds steel plates together to create an armored compartment around the driver's area of a passenger bus.
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* In ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
* In ''Film/TheGauntlet,'' Creator/ClintEastwood welds steel plates together to create an armored compartment around the driver's area of a passenger bus.
* In the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990,'' Quaid (Arnold) uses a dead innocent bystander as a human shield to stop enemy bullets by holding up the dead body from falling.
* In ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen,'' Mr. Hyde uses a steel door in order to block enemy bullets.
* In ''Film/NationalTreasure'', [[Creator/NicolasCage Ben]] uses the Declaration of Independence as a shield when he's being shot at (or rather, the case fitted with bulletproof glass the Declaration was being kept in).
* In ''Film/TheGauntlet,'' Creator/ClintEastwood welds steel plates together to create an armored compartment around the driver's area of a passenger bus.
* In the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990,'' Quaid (Arnold) uses a dead innocent bystander as a human shield to stop enemy bullets by holding up the dead body from falling.
* In ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen,'' Mr. Hyde uses a steel door in order to block enemy bullets.
* In ''Film/NationalTreasure'', [[Creator/NicolasCage Ben]] uses the Declaration of Independence as a shield when he's being shot at (or rather, the case fitted with bulletproof glass the Declaration was being kept in).
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* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the Hulk shears some metal sheets off a crushed APC to use as shields against the army's guns (because those .50 cals [[ImmuneToBullets itch something fierce]]).
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.
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* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the Hulk shears some metal sheets off ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Mr. Hyde uses a crushed APC steel door in order to use as shields against the army's guns (because those .50 cals [[ImmuneToBullets itch something fierce]]).
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.block enemy bullets.
* In ''Film/FridayAfterNext'', Damon has the protagonists wrap him in phone books when going to a party, due to a NoodleIncident where he was stabbed. Notably, Damon has recently got out of prison, so he still has an inmate's mindset.
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* In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', Brad Pitt's character duct-tapes glossy magazines around his forearms as a precaution against zombie bites.
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** In''Film/WorldWarZ'', Brad Pitt's character duct-tapes glossy magazines around ''Film/IronMan1'', he has to improvise his forearms first suit of armor [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard out of missile parts]]. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of PoweredArmor with fully operational flamethrower and mostly-operational [[JetPack rocket-pack]], [[GadgeteerGenius "improvised" doesn't do it justice]].
** In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the Hulk shears some metal sheets off a crushed APC to use asa precaution shields against zombie bites.the army's guns (because those .50 cals [[ImmuneToBullets itch something fierce]]).
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** In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the Hulk shears some metal sheets off a crushed APC to use as
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* ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'': When Lawrence goes out looking for Chewie, he picks up a pan to be his shield.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
* ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': In the "Near Algodones" chapter, an old bank teller covers himself in improvised armor of cooking pots and pans, then charges at a would-be bankrobber. Each time a bullet ricochets off of the bank teller's armor, he gleefully shouts, "Pan shot!"
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
* ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': In the "Near Algodones" chapter, an old bank teller covers himself in improvised armor of cooking pots and pans, then charges at a would-be bankrobber. Each time a bullet ricochets off of the bank teller's armor, he gleefully shouts, "Pan shot!"
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* ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'': When Lawrence goes out looking for Chewie, he picks up a pan to be his shield.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A groupIn ''Film/NationalTreasure'', [[Creator/NicolasCage Ben]] uses the Declaration of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads Independence as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
a shield when he's being shot at (or rather, the case fitted with bulletproof glass the Declaration was being kept in).
*''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': In the "Near Algodones" chapter, an old bank teller covers himself in improvised armor of cooking pots and pans, then charges at original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', Quaid (Arnold) uses a would-be bankrobber. Each time dead innocent bystander as a bullet ricochets off of human shield to stop enemy bullets by holding up the bank teller's armor, he gleefully shouts, "Pan shot!"dead body from falling.
* In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', Brad Pitt's character duct-tapes glossy magazines around his forearms as a precaution against zombie bites.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group
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* Mentioned in one of Creator/AndrewVachss's Burke books. A prisoner who suspects he's going to get attacked will stuff as much newspaper as he can under his clothes. It won't totally stop a shiv, but even a centimeter or inch less of penetration can make the difference between a trip to the hospital and a trip to the morgue.
* In Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Tweedledum and Tweedledee get Alice to help them dress in this sort of armor before fighting a not-very-lethal "battle".
* In Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Tweedledum and Tweedledee get Alice to help them dress in this sort of armor before fighting a not-very-lethal "battle".
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* Mentioned in one of Creator/AndrewVachss's Burke ''Literature/{{Burke}}'' books. A prisoner who suspects he's going to get attacked will stuff as much newspaper as he can under his clothes. It won't totally stop a shiv, but even a centimeter or inch less of penetration can make the difference between a trip to the hospital and a trip to the morgue.
* In Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Tweedledum and Tweedledee get Alice to help them dress in this sort of armor before fighting a not-very-lethal "battle".morgue.
* In Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Tweedledum and Tweedledee get Alice to help them dress in this sort of armor before fighting a not-very-lethal "battle".
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* ''[[Literature/{{Emberverse}} Dies the Fire]]'' features many examples. In later books, most cultures have learned to make proper armor, but occasional savage bands wearing improvised armor still turn up, such as the Bekwa, and their trademark stop-sign (or rather, "Arrêt"-sign) shields.
* In the ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Collegium Chronicles]]'', during tryouts for the new Kirball teams, one character shows up for his tryout wearing assorted bits of stovepipe.
* In the ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Collegium Chronicles]]'', during tryouts for the new Kirball teams, one character shows up for his tryout wearing assorted bits of stovepipe.
* ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}'': ''Dies the Fire'' features many examples. In later books, most cultures have learned to make proper armor, but occasional savage bands wearing improvised armor still turn up, such as the Bekwa, and their trademark stop-sign (or rather, "Arrêt"-sign) shields.
* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': In the ''Literature/CollegiumChronicles'', during tryouts for the new Kirball teams, one character shows up for his tryout wearing assorted bits of stovepipe.
* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': In the ''Literature/CollegiumChronicles'', during tryouts for the new Kirball teams, one character shows up for his tryout wearing assorted bits of stovepipe.
* In Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Tweedledum and Tweedledee get Alice to help them dress in this sort of armor before fighting a not-very-lethal "battle".
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution Resolution]]" presents Improvised Armour: [[spoiler:Dalek]] Edition, as a [[spoiler:Dalek recon scout]] buried on Earth for 1200 years, after reconstituting itself, controls a woman to build itself a new set of armour out of stolen remnants of its species' technology and materials found at a mechanic's shop.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution Resolution]]" [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] presents Improvised Armour: [[spoiler:Dalek]] Edition, as a [[spoiler:Dalek recon scout]] buried on Earth for 1200 years, after reconstituting itself, controls a woman to build itself a new set of armour out of stolen remnants of its species' technology and materials found at a mechanic's shop.
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* Mal in ''Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers'' uses the indestructible necronomicon as body armor in [[http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/keep-safe/ this strip.]]
%%* Parodied by ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/06/02/fresh-spring-looks here]]
* Mal in ''Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers'' uses the indestructible necronomicon as body armor in [[http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/keep-safe/ this strip.]]
%%* Parodied by ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/06/02/fresh-spring-looks here]]
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* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': While investigating the hideout of a ninja who stole a scroll describing how to perform a TouchOfDeath, Batman notices a training dummy that showed signs of great force being exerted on a specific part of its chest. Batman pretends to NoSell the Touch of Death in the fight with the ninja by hiding the dummy's chest padding under his costume.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': While investigating the hideout of a ninja who stole a scroll describing how to perform a TouchOfDeath, Batman notices a training dummy that showed signs of great force being exerted on a specific part of its chest. Batman pretends to NoSell the Touch of Death in the fight with the ninja by hiding the dummy's chest padding under his costume.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': While investigating the hideout of a ninja who stole a scroll describing how to perform a TouchOfDeath, Batman notices a training dummy that showed signs of great force being exerted on a specific part of its chest. Batman pretends to NoSell the Touch of Death in the fight with the ninja by hiding the dummy's chest padding under his costume.
* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''Manga/{{Japan}}'' (the manga by Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''Manga/{{Japan}}'' ''Japan'' (the manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
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* An advert for Strongbow cider had a guy giving a ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-esque RousingSpeech to massed ranks of tradesmen with suitably working class {{Improvised Weapon}}ry and armour - the shield wall is made up of satellite dishes and dustbin lids, various "soldiers" are armed with spirit levels, paint rollers and garden tools, and most of them are wearing hard hats.
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* An advert for Strongbow cider had a guy giving a ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-esque RousingSpeech to massed ranks of tradesmen with suitably working class {{Improvised Weapon}}ry and armour - -- the shield wall is made up of satellite dishes and dustbin lids, various "soldiers" are armed with spirit levels, paint rollers and garden tools, and most of them are wearing hard hats.
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''[=Japan=]'' (the manga by Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
* In ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'' when Masaki fights Taka the former uses a knuckleduster as an impromptu mini-shield. Yuu also uses books as bracers.
* In LightNovel/{{Toradora}}, Ryuuji's mother tells him [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in a nostalgic tone]] that his DisappearedDad was a {{yakuza}} who used to wear magazines under his jacket in case he got stabbed.
* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''[=Japan=]'' (the manga by Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
* In ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'' when Masaki fights Taka the former uses a knuckleduster as an impromptu mini-shield. Yuu also uses books as bracers.
* In LightNovel/{{Toradora}}, Ryuuji's mother tells him [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in a nostalgic tone]] that his DisappearedDad was a {{yakuza}} who used to wear magazines under his jacket in case he got stabbed.
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in''[=Japan=]'' ''Manga/{{Japan}}'' (the manga by Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
* In''Manga/{{Holyland}}'' ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'', when Masaki fights Taka the former uses a knuckleduster as an impromptu mini-shield. Yuu also uses books as bracers.
* InLightNovel/{{Toradora}}, ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', Ryuuji's mother tells him [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in a nostalgic tone]] that his DisappearedDad was a {{yakuza}} who used to wear magazines under his jacket in case he got stabbed.
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor "[[Film/IronMan in a cave, with a box of scraps]]."
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor "[[Film/IronMan "[[Film/IronMan1 in a cave, with a box of scraps]]."
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* In ''Film/IronMan'', he has to improvise his first suit of armor [[LockingMacgyverInTheStoreCupboard out of missile parts]]. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of PoweredArmor with fully operational flamethrower and mostly-operational [[JetPack rocket-pack]], [[GadgeteerGenius "improvised" doesn't do it justice]].
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* In ''Film/IronMan'', ''Film/IronMan1'', he has to improvise his first suit of armor [[LockingMacgyverInTheStoreCupboard out of missile parts]]. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of PoweredArmor with fully operational flamethrower and mostly-operational [[JetPack rocket-pack]], [[GadgeteerGenius "improvised" doesn't do it justice]].
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* In ''Film/Batman1989,'' Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
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* In ''Film/WorldWarZ'' Brad Pitt's character duct-tapes glossy magazines around his forearms as a precaution against zombie bites.
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* In ''Film/WorldWarZ'' ''Film/WorldWarZ'', Brad Pitt's character duct-tapes glossy magazines around his forearms as a precaution against zombie bites.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] presents Improvised Armour: [[spoiler:Dalek]] Edition, as a [[spoiler:Dalek recon scout]] buried on Earth for 1200 years, after reconstituting itself, controls a woman to build itself a new set of armour out of stolen remnants of its species' technology and materials found at a mechanic's shop.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] "[[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution Resolution]]" presents Improvised Armour: [[spoiler:Dalek]] Edition, as a [[spoiler:Dalek recon scout]] buried on Earth for 1200 years, after reconstituting itself, controls a woman to build itself a new set of armour out of stolen remnants of its species' technology and materials found at a mechanic's shop.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has 'Ard Boyz, relatively bright Orks who realize that by slapping together plates of scrap metal into a crude set of armor, they have a better chance of surviving the charge across the battlefield into melee. Of course, ''all'' Orks' armor counts as improvised, as do their weapons, vehicles, architecture, medicine...
* Pick a ScavengerWorld, any scavenger world. One post-apocalyptic ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' setting featured illustrations of thugs using American football shoulder pads for armor and a Stop sign for a shield.
* Pick a ScavengerWorld, any scavenger world. One post-apocalyptic ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' setting featured illustrations of thugs using American football shoulder pads for armor and a Stop sign for a shield.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has 'Ard Boyz, relatively bright Orks who realize that by slapping together plates of scrap metal into a crude set of armor, they have a better chance of surviving the charge across the battlefield into melee. Of course, ''all'' Orks' armor counts as improvised, as do their weapons, vehicles, architecture, medicine...
* Pick a ScavengerWorld, any scavengerworld. world.
** One post-apocalyptic ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' setting featured illustrations of thugs using American football shoulder pads for armor and a Stop sign for a shield.
* Pick a ScavengerWorld, any scavenger
** One post-apocalyptic ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' setting featured illustrations of thugs using American football shoulder pads for armor and a Stop sign for a shield.
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* There are many examples in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' 'verse, but the most obvious are the Raider armours from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. Highlights include using a pair of sieves tied with shoestrings as a bikini top, a cow skull as a shoulder pad, and an empty shell of a spherical hovering robot as a helmet. In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', Super Mutants wear bits of tire as shoulder guards, while their Behemoths wield car doors as bucklers.
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* There are many examples in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' 'verse, but the most obvious are the Raider armours from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. Highlights include using a pair of sieves tied with shoestrings as a bikini top, a cow skull as a shoulder pad, and an empty shell of a spherical hovering robot as a helmet. In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', Super Mutants wear bits of tire as shoulder guards, while their Behemoths wield car doors as bucklers.
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* Mal in ''Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers'' uses the indestructible necronomicon as body armour in [[http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/keep-safe/ this strip.]]
* Mal in ''Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers'' uses the indestructible necronomicon as body armour in [[http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/keep-safe/ this strip.]]
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''[=Japan=]'' (the manga by Kentaro Miura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
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* A ScavengerWorld example: in ''[=Japan=]'' (the manga by Kentaro Miura), Creator/KentaroMiura), body armor is cobbled together from available junk. The main character has an old tire as a pauldron.
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor "in a cave, with a box of scraps."
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor "in "[[Film/IronMan in a cave, with a box of scraps.scraps]]."
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* Some of the Egyptian protesters against the Mubarak regime were seen sporting helmets made of concrete slabs tied on with rope, and even loaves of bread secured with tape. The bread is actually a pretty decent choice; Egyptian bread is thick, tough, glutinous pita, and probably makes for halfway decent armor in the same way leather can.
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* Some of the Egyptian protesters against the Mubarak regime were seen sporting helmets made of concrete slabs tied on with rope, and even loaves of bread secured with tape. The bread is actually a pretty decent choice; Egyptian bread is tape (A good thick, tough, glutinous pita, and probably makes for halfway decent armor spongey bread could be passable protection from a baton), in the same way leather can.one particularly [[MemeticMutation memetic]] example.
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* In ''Series/TheWire'', when Omar ends up in prison he [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-tapes]] several thick books to his body. Sure enough, only minutes later someone attempts to shank Omar for the large bounty put on Omar's head by a vengeful crime boss. Thanks to the books the attempt is foiled and Omar [[NauseaFuel horrifically turns the tables]] on his attacker as an example to the other inmates of why they shouldn't try to claim that bounty themselves.
* In ''Series/TheWire'', when Omar ends up in prison he [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-tapes]] several thick books to his body. Sure enough, only minutes later someone attempts to shank Omar for the large bounty put on Omar's head by a vengeful crime boss. Thanks to the books the attempt is foiled and Omar [[NauseaFuel horrifically turns the tables]] on his attacker as an example to the other inmates of why they shouldn't try to claim that bounty themselves.
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'': a baddie-of-the-week wears a homemade armor suit for his back robbery jobs so he can be bulletproof.
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* Several episodes of ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' have mannequins dress up in
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* Several episodes of ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' have mannequins dress up in improvised armour based on the setting, and fired at with a slingshot, longbow and crossbow. For example, if war broke out in a home, a mannequin in the kitchen might use a wok as a chestplate.
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* Several episodes ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] presents Improvised Armour: [[spoiler:Dalek]] Edition, as a [[spoiler:Dalek recon scout]] buried on Earth for 1200 years, after reconstituting itself, controls a woman to build itself a new set of ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' have mannequins dress up in improvised armour based on the setting, out of stolen remnants of its species' technology and fired materials found at with a slingshot, longbow and crossbow. For example, if war broke out in a home, a mannequin in the kitchen might use a wok as a chestplate.mechanic's shop.
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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In "Trust but Verify", Oliver uses a garbage can lid as an improvised shield to block a tear gas grenade.
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'': a baddie-of-the-week wears a homemade armor suit for his back robbery jobs so he can be bulletproof.
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* ''Series/VanHelsing2016'': In "Wakey, Wakey", after initially dismissing a lot of money he finds as [[WorthlessYellowRocks useless]] because they are in an AfterTheEnd scenario, Axel uses [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]] to cover his arms and vitals with the wads of cash. It works well enough to stop knives.
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* In ''Series/TheWire'', when Omar ends up in prison he [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-tapes]] several thick books to his body. Sure enough, only minutes later someone attempts to shank Omar for the large bounty put on Omar's head by a vengeful crime boss. Thanks to the books the attempt is foiled and Omar [[NauseaFuel horrifically turns the tables]] on his attacker as an example to the other inmates of why they shouldn't try to claim that bounty themselves.
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* In ''Film/{{Batman}},'' Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
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* In ''Film/{{Batman}},'' ''Film/Batman1989,'' Bruce Wayne hides a [[PocketProtector small silver tea-tray]] inside his jacket, as body-armor against the Joker's gun.
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor [[MemeticMutation IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!]]
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* This is essentially ComicBook/IronMan's origin, although where he gets the material varies from retelling to retelling. Most famously, he used parts of his own stolen missiles to build his armor [[MemeticMutation IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!]]
"in a cave, with a box of scraps."
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* ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': In the "Near Algodones" chapter, an old bank teller covers himself in improvised armor of cooking pots and pans, then charges at a would-be bankrobber. Each time a bullet ricochets off of the bank teller's armor, he gleefully shouts, "Pan shot!"
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* The GrandFinale of ''WestenAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
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* The GrandFinale of ''WestenAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:Toph bend a metal door around her to protect herself from Firebenders.]]
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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman is not impressed.
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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman in his $300,000 body armor is not impressed.
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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. A group of Batman-themed vigilantes wear hockey pads as protection. The real Batman is not impressed.
