The current term for small metal plates joined together by chainmail is plated mail.

From the end of the 15th Century plated mail began to fully replace lamellar armours.

The first representation of classic plated mail (without lamellar elements) can be seen in Baghdad's miniature which dates from 1465.

He was wearing plated mail."

For armor, Cortés' steel cuirass was compared to Ivan's plated mail in protection capability.

Another option was wearing a laminar cuirass without any brigandine, but with plated mail pauldrons and cuisses.

Plated mail (tatami-do only)

In Japan plated mail is called "Karuta", small square or rectangular plates with the gaps between them filled with mail.

According to Bobrov the first plated mail appeared as cuisses in the Middle East, and were imported by the Golden Horde.

Ironically in the end of 15th century, when laminar armour became much more popular than lamellar ones, both armour types began to be replaced by plated mails.

Plated mail was in common use in India until the Battle of Plassey and the subsequent British conquest of the sub-continent.

So a typical laminar armour of that period was just a laminar cuirass which could be worn over brigandine with sleeves supplemented by plated mail cuisses.

Plated mail (sometimes called plated chainmail, splinted mail or splinted chainmail) is a type of mail with embedded plates.

This kind of armour prevailed in Central Asia during 15-17c, and could be worn over any armour including brigandines, lamellar armour, chainmail and even plated mail.

The Ottoman Empire used plated mail widely and it was used in their armies until the 18th century by heavy cavalry and elite units such as the Janissaries.

Equipment of Silahtar, Sipahi and Ulufeci divisions was plated mail, chainmail, round shield, sword, composite bow, arrows, lance, bozdogan mace and axe.

In the 16th century laminar and lamellar armour was superseded by plated mail in the Middle East and Central Asia, remaining mainly in Mongolia.

Iranian miniatures of the first half of 15th Century show different combinations of plated mail with lamellar armor and brigandines sometimes worn with a single round mirror plate as breast re-enforcement.

However in Iran since the 15th century lamellar and laminar armour were typical only in the south, while during the same 15th century the typical armour in the north was plated mail.

The laminar and lamellar armours developed a "pagan" or "Mongolian" image, especially when fashioned in a Mongolian style, while mail and plated mail had developed a faithful image.

In East Asia many types of armour were commonly used at different times by various cultures including, scale armour, lamellar armour, laminar armour, plated mail, mail, plate armour and brigandine.

Less commonly, plated mail or lamellar armor (which is similar in appearance but divergent in design, as it has no backing) was substituted for scale armor, while for the most part the rider wore chain mail.

According to Bobrov's theory, plated mail fully replaced laminar and lamellar armours when a result of the Mongolian Invasion the public perception of the Islamic World changed the perception of the armour it represented.

The main difference between eastern European (Russian and Polish) and Oriental plated mail is that eastern European versions usually do not have sleeves, while Oriental versions have sleeves (the forearms were protected by vambraces).

The Savārān cavalry during this early period had much in common with their Parthian (Arsacid) predecessors, most of whom would have worn a scale armor cuirass with long sleeves and chaps covered in scale armor or, less often, plated mail.