Armored Combat:Equipment standards - Armor - Hand and wrist

Hand and wrist armor

1. The outer surfaces of each hand, to 1 inch (25.4 mm) above the wrist and including your fingers and thumb, must be covered by one or a combination of the following:
   1. A gauntlet of rigid material lined with 1/4 inch (6 mm) of closed-cell foam or equivalent, or designed to transfer potentially injurious impact to the surfaces being grasped.
   2. A gauntlet of 11/64 inch (4.4 mm) or 11 oz thick stiff leather lined with 1/2 inch (12 mm) of closed-cell foam.
   3. A gauntlet of heavy padding.
      1. An ice hockey glove is considered to be heavy padding, but looks blatantly modern, so you are encouraged to use something else.
      2. Street hockey gloves are not equivalent, as the padding is lighter than a regular ice hockey glove. Street hockey gloves can be treated as padding in other hand protection if thick enough.
   4. A partial gauntlet of rigid material, or a partial gauntlet of 11/64 inch (4.4 mm) or 11 oz thick stiff leather lined with 1/4 inch of closed cell foam or equivalent padding to cover the back of the hand and at least the first knuckle of the thumb, as well as the points and back of the wrist, used in combination with:
      1. a rigid basket on a weapon or side-strapped shield, a center-grip shield, or cup hilt with enough bars or plates to prevent a blow from striking your fingers or the back of your hand.
      2. If you are using a basket or cup hilt, a side-strapped with a shield basket, or center-grip shield, your forearm armor and/or partial gauntlet must cover the remaining exposed portions of your hand, wrist, fingers, and thumb.
2. If you are a combat archer, siege engineer, or using a thrown weapon, you only need a partial gauntlet made to the above standards, without additional protection.