Did Napoleon's infantry have breastplates? Not the cavalry asked about the infantry. Did Czarist Russian infantry of the same period have breastplates? Anyone who knows of any please tell me is lookin

Did Napoleon's infantry have breastplates? Not the cavalry asked about the infantry. Did Czarist Russian infantry of the same period have breastplates? Anyone who knows of any please tell me is looking...

Napoleonic armies have abandoned armor, because armor has been unable to resist firearms, but rather affect the movement of soldiers, breastplate is also very expensive, in Napoleon's command of the French army, only in the cavalry still retains a breastplate cavalry, to play the role of the heavy cavalry is responsible for the role of the battle raids, but the breastplate has been questioned the role of the majority of the countries are the same as the French, only configured to replace the heavy cavalry of the breastplate cavalry, but the role of the breastplate is questioned, most of the countries and France, only a replacement for the heavy cavalry of the cavalry. Cavalry with breastplate cavalry, and the British army did not even have breastplate cavalry.

The bottom right of the image below is the only breastplate cavalry equipped with breastplates, along with iron helmets.