Back in the 1800s, during the crimean war, the Russians found their outdated pistols to be worse than their western counterparts. Some soldiers even didnt carry their issues pistols, dispite their orders. (I dont know the model of what they carried, but ive seen revolving flintlock guns) So some Russia officials got some 1851 Colt Navy revolvers from America. Some russian workshops or factories began making their own copies of the pistols, with straighter grips on them.

I have no idea what possessed me to research this some time ago, but i remember a decent bit about medieval armor. Armor kind of drifted down in who had it. First would be Nobles & knights, with well made cutting edge (pun intended) armor. Then, the mercenaries would get their hands on it, not rich enough or with a stable enough income to gain knightly armor, but pretty good. Then, after all that time, peasants would get it. Families would keep their armor and pass it down throughout generations. Many times people made their own armor, like with "Jack of plate," which is just pieces of metal sewn onto a shirt. Funnily enough, conquistadors in peru, and likely other places, I dont know though, often wore thick padded armor called a "Gambeson," similar to the natives. This was both because Conquistadors were buisnessmen or people seizing an opportunity, and also because hiking through mountains in thick, hot, heavy, armor is a horrible idea.

For now, im gonna keep this short bc Its early & i'm tired. The kern was the main fighting force of Irish armies until (i think) the 1500s. They usually carried spears, axes, similar to their heavy infantry folks, the gallowglass, and had some kind of ranged weapon. Javelins and bows were used, with guns being added later on. They were VERY lightly armored, usually wearing a helmet. I havent seen any paintings of Kerns wearing anything more than a chainmail shirt, occasionally even ignoring footwear. Mind you, the rest of Western European warfare at the time preferred Platemail armor with blunt weapons, complex polearms, and heavy crossbows.