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Hemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898
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Hemp fiber is stronger than steel tensile strength wise, a bunch of it in thick layers is like a proto-kevlar
yeah, but without being able to bind them together horizontally, the gaps between the larger rope strands will allow small arms fire to pass through in most cases.