>>8946455>No concept of steel plate armorNanban do gosoku. An adaptation of contemporary European armor designs, adopted by some members of the samurai class as a response to the rising number of firearms in armies during the Sengoku era.
Hell, even prior to this steel plate armor was being used even by peasant ashigaru in some armies. It might not have been as common as iron, but saying that the Japanese never used heavy steel armor is a straight up fabrication.
