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body armor

protective clothing; armor worn on the body
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Summary

body armor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,393 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: armor[2], personal protective equipment[3], protective clothing[4]
  • Commons category: Personal armour[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Body armor[6]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11]
  • Different from: vehicle armor[12], plate armour[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Model item: Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I[15]

Why It Matters

body armor has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Body_Armor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Body_Armor, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295942
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295942, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Armures, réserves du musée de l'Armée, Paris 2010.jpg, Bronze cuirass BM GR1873.8-20.223.jpg, Burg Vianden 3 (cropped).JPG +1
    Svkkl authority id → 0213226-zbroj
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0213226-zbroj, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 18w ago · Sumek101 · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Armures, réserves du musée de l'Armée, Paris 2010.jpg, Bronze cuirass BM GR1873.8-20.223.jpg, Burg Vianden 3 (cropped).JPG +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Armures, réserves du musée de l'Armée, Paris 2010.jpg"
  5. 18w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Rüstung.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Rüstung.ogg"
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