The Strange Brewster Body Shield of World War I

A trained soldier in body armor is a frightening sight to behold. The layers of metal covering his body basically dehumanized him, making him more like a mechanical weapon of war rather than organic flesh and blood. Throughout history, armored warriors never failed to amaze us, and frighten us all the same. From the Greek hoplites, the Roman legionnaires, the Japanese samurai and to the medieval knights, we could only imagine what the enemy felt as these warriors charged towards them.