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Armour of the Kelly gang Surrounded by the police, Ned Kelly fashioned a makeshift suit of armor from a number of stolen iron plowshares and emerged from his hideout guns blazing. A newspaper would report after the shootout that "many shots hit him, yet he always recovered himself, and tapping his breast laughed derisively, as he coolly returned their fire." See the photos and discover the unbelievable tale of the outlaw folk hero Ned Kelly In 1879, Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly devised a plan to create bulletproof armour and wear it during shootouts with the police. He and other members of the Kelly gang—Joe Byrne, Steve Hart, and brother Dan Kelly—had their own armour suits and helmets crafted from plough mouldboards, either donated by sympathisers or stolen from farms. The boards were heated and then beaten into shape over the course of several months, most likely in a crude bush forge and possibly with the assistance of blacksmiths. While the suits successful...