15 AMAZING Ancient Ranged Weapons

[@robfinch3277]

3:13 It is physically impossible for the spear to accelerate after it has left the thrower regardless of how its springing or bouncing. To accelerate it must receive more energy (action x reaction) Its speed is determined by the amount of energy imparted to it at the time it leaves spear thrower and that is time of its maximum acceleration, the same as a bullet from a barrel of a gun. Thereafter its velocity can only decay.

[@BillOweninOttawa]

I just said the same before I read your comment.

[@SaanMigwell]

Yeah he didn't know the Franks were the most famous of the german tribes either. And a lead dart will not always land point first, and basically the entire video of errors.

[@soggycarrot3319]

YES, finally a chance to brag about atlatl. I was ranked top 10 in the world for the youth category on the world atlatl association.

[@ered203]

Bola's don't require that much practice to get proficient. They are pretty forgiving as far as hitting a target because of the way they spread out. What takes years is to be able to get close enough to something to properly utilize one. You are not going to get much range. They skip a little too when they hit the ground and can be sort of glided across the grass to get something's legs. As you may have been able to tell, as a kid, we made some of these in boy scouts and spent a few summers throwing them at each other. The trick to not getting hurt is to freeze as soon as you feel one hit your legs. Don't try and leap out. You're gonna face-plant.

[@davidmorningstar]

Hi everyone! A lot of the slinger footage in this video comes from my channel. You can see my video on how to learn to sling here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2WQfaOCqdd6p9U

[@ArcanisUrriah]

Already a subscriber of yours before I saw this video. Was thinking "I've seen that chap before, they've nicked this!" Love your content.

[@petertrevorah7388]

0.54 Error: The bow and arrow did not make it to the continent of Australia. Hunting weapons of spear, woomera and boomerang persisted to modern times.

[@Debbiebabe69]

The 'continent' of Australia includes more than just Australia, it includes several countries around it.

[@alanblakely230]

@@Debbiebabe69 you make no sense. try again

[@lindisfarnedruidakaganjawa5081]

@@Debbiebabe69 What school did you go to lady. Continent of Australia is just that New Guinea, Timor, New Zealand, New Caledonia, all sit on a different tectonic plate than does Australia so which island countries are you including, Thursday islands?? Which are part of Australia and are on same plate and guess what. No bow and arrows there in pre history.... So your point being???

[@arielhermoso4262]

@@Debbiebabe69 : Yes!.. Such region around Australia nation was also a "continent" at the same time... So New Zealand, Tasmania, etc. belongs to that "continent"...

[@cookieplaze9805]

BTW it's not called a slingshot it's called a sling

[@grammybear4226]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️

[@Animanarchy]

Any boy's bragging rights: "My grandma is cooler than your grandma; she likes ancient weapons! Could probably dartgun yours with a sewing needle."

[@jodo7814]

I like how they talk about a bouncing axe, with no footage of it bouncing.. Next up, Bigfoot, with no footage of Bigfoot.

[@davidhaynes3126]

Sling shots and sling fire weapons are an effective and economical weapon. Still used.

[@gazzas123]

The first people in Australia have used the spear thrower for 10's of thousands of years. They called it a Woomera.

[@JohnJ469]

Which is why the name of our rocket testing area is so apt. The modern Woomera throws very big spears.

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

And they throw a proper spear not just an oversized arrow.

[@akron1000gpm]

So glad sooo many people have corrected this error in the video.

[@alfonsedente9679]

In splatoon, we call it a woomy

[@guessundheit6494]

Bolas aren't outdated. They're still used in South America by gauchos when herding animals, much the same way the lasso and hogtie is used in North America.

[@philippe5518]

The Australian aborigines did not know of the bow and arrows. So it was not found on "all continents and countries".

[@mrvn000]

Are you sure???

[@stamatisfreskos7337]

The trebuchet does not trace back to the 6th century, it goes back to the end of the 4th century actually.

[@unknownartistz]

alternative title: how/what people have used to kill each other with over the centuries lol

[@davegoldspink5354]

As good as this video is it does show you how little people outside of Australia know about our country, it’s history and 2 of the world’s oldest weapons ever created the boomerang and spear thrower called a woomera. Fun fact the Australian Aboriginals were the only people never to adopt the bow and arrow.

[@Gk2003m]

9:45: the drawback of the medieval crossbow was the loading time. An archer could loose four arrows in the time it took a crossbowman to shoot once

[@johnbuyers8095]

Look at the advantage crossbows had at Agincourt, lol

[@Gk2003m]

@@johnbuyers8095 crossbows can be awesome weapons. But it depends greatly on the scenario, as you note with Agincourt. In modern times, the repeating crossbow is a phenomenal tactical defense weapon for an average citizen.

[@jakubkonecny7369]

Problem with bows was it took years to train good archer. If i remember english bowmans was trained from age 8. Make good crossbowman took about days and most of this time was about how to properly load your gun :) Bowmans had definely advantage at battlefield, with exceptions as shots from wall, but if you lose your bowman unit you need long time to train new. With crossbows... as long as you have enough crossbows and mans, you have enough soldiers.

[@tejas4567]

That's why Legolas is best

[@andyman8630]

the longbow required much practice to be accurate, the crossbow could be properly fired by a newbie - and who's to say they didn't have one 'shooter', multiple weapons and multiple loaders?

[@amenhotepavoskin1307]

And then, they invented the deadliest weapon of all times: propaganda.

[@FastEddy1959]

I thought I’d read that the “nest of bees” was singularly ineffective. It was both notoriously unreliable and inaccurate. The strangest thing about “Greek Fire” as that, even today, we don’t know what it really was. There are many ideas about its make up, but none have all the characteristics described by historians. Did I miss the catapult?

[@gerrynightingale9045]

My guess would be either natural 'tar' seeps for the 'stick' quotient...but they are few and far between* *Sap from coniferous trees is extremely 'sticky' but once it begins drying it's hard as concrete* ____________ *The 'burning on water' part has me puzzled...!* *Who knew how to create Magnesium or Palmetic Acid with Napthenic Acid pre-dating Christianity?* ___________ *Sheep's fat will burn and float on water and readily available and it too will ignite but 'puffs-out' easily but it decays rapidly so not much use to try and store it* ____________ *How about finely-ground coal mixed with alcohol?* *Both those items were known and coal-dust will stick to anything and anyone clever from that era could make it...maybe with a small amount of sulfer added to increase the flammability...all those items were known and used for thousands of years*

[@CrispyChristieMAC]

@@gerrynightingale9045 It would be some oil based compound, fire burning on water is not that complex it just requires a fluid that is able to float on the surface of water. Imagine the fire not as one thing, but layers and it becomes less confusing. You have the base layer which is acting as a protective screen between the water and fire that is bouyant enough to stay above the surface of water and you have whatever the fire was that maintained it in a pseudo-perpetual state of ignition. It would extinguish given enough time, but it would remain for minutes and so it would be technically burning on water. If you've ever watched an oil rig fire, or seen oil burning on water, it has the same characteristic.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

@@CrispyChristieMAC *All true. but I'm trying to stay within the parameters of 'What was available then...?* *From what I've read two factors are always present...'it burns on water and 'sticks' to whatever it touches'* _____________ *All I can come-up with is varying allotropes of Carbon from whatever source combined with some 'sticky' agent and everything after that is a guess* _____________ *Olive-oil was known and used then and it does 'float' and would readily spray from a hand-bellows and it too will burn with some agent to 'help' it keep the flammability point 'up' and all I can think-of is carbon created from burning wood and even that would be tricky since the heat would decay very quickly once removed from the source, like a brazier*

[@SaanMigwell]

We know what greek fire was. It was refined crude oil with plasticizers. Likely hay straw.

[@SuperTrunkspace]

@@SaanMigwell I've heard it theorized that quick lime was also included, possibly giving it the ignition energy to burn on contact with water

[@ghosthauntingadventureswit3182]

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[@Lavenish]

9:23 "They were essentially the guns of the medieval period" Guns were the guns of the medieval period not crossbows, crossbows were just also good.

[@marlinblack6597]

Actually, the atlatl is predated by the woomera which goes back 60,000 years. It was, and still is used by Australian aboriginals. Cheers from down under.

[@christopherwhitney2711]

Yes watching that story about the atlatl gave me the irrits, Typical poor research, and not even an acknowledgement to your legit comment. It's still in use among Australian Aboriginals to hunt even large game like kangaroo and even spear fishing for the actual communities.

[@marlinblack6597]

@@christopherwhitney2711 I see a lot of docos about Australia that have mistakes that any Australian could easily correct if asked. You are right poor research indeed. More importantly lazy research.

[@bigschnozer576]

I can’t believe how many raptors I’ve bolad in ARK

[@justing1810]

I love archery

[@FingerAngle]

At least he didn't mention the Spoonapult like it was a real thing back in the day! hahahahaha

[@abdulsami1284]

Great info... Appreciated

[@marcleseach1256]

Non mais les gars ils ont collé un extrait d'un indien dans la ville jpp.

[@spy6ter]

Greek fires translation in greek literally means "Liquid Fire"

[@KathrynLiz1]

The Australian Aborigines were using spear throwers (called a "Woomera") over 20,000 year ago....they also perfected the throwing stick (Boomerang) thousands of years ago.. They have lived in OZ for 40-60 thousand years, so had plenty of development time...

[@NS-mz8gq]

Just shows how old the Australian aborigines are since they never used the bow and arrow,which means they came to Australia before bow and arrow was invented.

[@Rob-fc9wg]

@@NS-mz8gq The oldest continual culture on the planet.

[@fergspan5727]

They made a lot of progression in all that time

[@Akindone53]

@@fergspan5727 Most people will advance as far as there is need.

[@mattblack9069]

@@NS-mz8gq Real good point.

[@bearup1612]

The Atlatl is the same as the Woomera used by the Australian Aboriginies

[@MrMZaccone]

One correction: Blowgun darts don't need to be dipped in poison to be deadly. They can be given small, thin, bladed heads that can wreak havoc on organs and the circulatory system, including the heart. There is a video here on KZbin of a man in South Africa killing a 100 + pound alpha male baboon with a single dart to the heart. Afflicted with a minimum of pain and no cognition of what had actually been done to it, the animal lay down and died only a few feet from where it was shot as if going to sleep. Blowguns can offer shocking velocity, accuracy, and penetration at middle distances, on the order of 400 feet per second and groups of an inch or less. I myself have hunted small game with them for decades and taken such animals as rabbits and birds at ranges approaching 30 yards. During target practice, I've sent piano wire darts easily through both sides of an old-style steel coffee can from across two rooms of the house.

[@keftonbrown1460]

Tim wells. Hes also taken bear with it

[@MrMZaccone]

@@keftonbrown1460 I saw that. Absolutely amazing.

[@sweeny1979]

Waited till the end, but no ninja stars.

[@jguenther3049]

Because they suck.

[@mr.gamingwatchminiwargame2377]

We still kinda use grape shot in the form of canister rounds from tanks, same principle

[@Fanimik]

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[@josephpacchetti5997]

Awesome video, enjoyed it very much, Subscribed a few months ago, great channel, Thanks. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽

[@histhoryk2648]

Ancient - Trebuchet and Hand Canon Medieval - Have a nice day

[@agni_bows]

0:30 the bow in the woman's hand is strung from backside. 😂

[@easyrecipesanddeliciousfoo2954]

我好喜欢这个频道的节目哦👍👍

[@sumerbc7409]

I bet throwing a rock goes back even further in time...

[@ch-mu2de]

ネジも電動ドリルもない時代に良くこんなもの作れたよな

[@jkre]

11:54, 11:59 and 10:08 those are not spring bows, those are crossbows, the last one isn't even with a steel prod (crossbows bow part is called prod), but a wooden one.

[@DrKuryakin]

Why is it when bow and arrow comes to discussion, I immediatly remember captain Picard trying to explain technology to an underdeveloped race

[@stumccabe]

Spear throwers are much older than 200BC ! They have been used for an estimated 30,000 years! The earliest known example is from France dated to approx 17000 years ago.

[@lindisfarnedruidakaganjawa5081]

Or you could actually do some research and realize the Woomera has been used in Australia for 50 000 years

[@firehouse6226]

Yard darts as a weapon.

[@ObeyCamp]

1:30 That's just called a sling, not a slingshot.

[@jeffrichards1537]

Plumbata is like the Lawndale we played with as kids. We stood inside target and played chicken. Til my cousin didn't move and needed stitches. Then we couldn't play anymore

[@ArcanisUrriah]

And that is why they got banned. :)

[@davidnoel9355]

You included the Spring Bow and the Nest of Bees but not their much more impressive cousins the Chinese Repeating Crossbow or the Hwacha. Also, no ballista, onager, or mangonel (traction trebuchet)? Props though for including the atlatl and the amentum, these cool inventions are often overlooked.

[@CollinRezac]

The atalatl is even a weapon though.

[@pixiesmate]

The most likely weapon used around the time of the story of David slaying goliath would have been a shepherd's sling, similar to the sling you have shown but the fixed end was attached to a stick usually about 4ft long the free end was looped over the same end and launching the rock was a very similar principle to the trebuchet. It allowed much heavier ammunition to be used with surprising accuracy.

[@tuguybear930]

Correct, And recall what Goliath said to David? "Am I a dog that you come at me with sticks".

[@MrMZaccone]

There's also a very plausible theory that an individual like goliath might have been afflicted with a form of giantism that would make certain positions of his skull more vulnerable to such a projectile.

[@varun009]

​@@MrMZacconeGoliath was probably 5'10"

[@MrMZaccone]

@@varun009 What's your evidence for that?

[@DrKuryakin]

The never ending creativity of the human being to kill things.

[@thehorseman1806]

And blow things up

[@Rob-fc9wg]

Or starve.

[@hellavadeal]

Where is the ballista?

[@brianadams1907]

In my small village we boil fish and have re-stick the goats day when we tie wooden sticks across the horns of goats to keep them from absconding through the fence. The next day we cook goats and tie wooden sticks to foreign visitors. We make much happy laugh and eat good.

[@user-st2it1kt8r]

Crazy how nowadays we are dropping grenades from drones

[@petertrevorah7388]

Atlatl = woomera - much more ancient than merely 2000 years.

[@erikhornby8557]

He said 2000 bc. That puts it over 4000 years ago.

[@arronjohnston742]

@@erikhornby8557 austalian aborigals were using them long before 4000 years ago

[@Rob-fc9wg]

@@erikhornby8557 The Australian Aboriginal people are the oldest continual culture on the planet. They been using woomeras for 50,000 years!

[@johnosborn7897]

If you are putting together a 15 minute video with time spent on editing etc, at least do some diligent research. This has many inaccuracies.

[@yalilbrothegonewild8164]

This is a great lesson in historical weapon's. Great work

[@ParraEel]

THE ABORIGINALS OF AUSTRALIA HAD A WOOMERA ( 0.54 SPEAR EXTENSION) AS FAR BACK AS 10-15,000 YEARS AGO.

[@reichtangle4146]

I use blowgun for no reason and make it look like a riffle

[@mm-yt8sf]

i remember trying a blowgun of a friend's roommate. i was shocked that even just sighing into it produced a satisfying thud into the wall. i didn't try blowing it very hard since we were indoors and i just wanted to see what it was like.

[@arielhermoso4262]

m m : Its a poor mans home defense weapon!.. Specially if its tip (cotton wrapped) was dipped in liquid poison (formalin, water dissolved oxalic/ chlorine powder, zinc phosphate, etc.) before launching... The expose area of: neck, head, face must be the 1st priority target area - for quick effect of poison to the brain area of the target... Same toxin can be also used in the tip of hollow. point slug of ammos- secure the slug tip with "vulca- seal", fast drying glue, etc., to prevent its spilling into the air- while on flight toward your target...

[@Mocking69]

古代人も色々考えたのですね～♪

[@sethkaicer319]

Chris Kane is a descendant of Alexander the Great.

[@suelynch]

I see the northern hemisphere thinks the southern hemisphere doesn't exist. The Australian Aborigines were using "woomera's" and boomerangs long before northern hemispheric fools realized they could count past 10 if they used their toes as well as their fingers. Creating a weapon that when thrown properly comes back to you if it misses its intended target is pretty awesome weapon.

[@mopar_dude9227]

And when the Northern Hemisphere was using iron and gunpowder, those same Aborigines were still using those primitive weapons and still hadn’t learn to count at all. Pretty sad to peak so early then remain stuck in the Stone Age longer than other other people.

[@brianadams1907]

The Earth is flat , SO there is no southern HEMISPHERE. Also watch out for those Government owned and controlled robot drone birds. It's a conspiracy but don't tell anyone.

[@louismallet3863]

Sad, I have not seen the lethal range and max range of those weapons. But nice video

[@michaelhill7927]

i guess im the only one that knoticed the redhead at the begining of the bow segment was holding the bow backwards???

[@sumatralex250]

Each seems pretty epoch-making unless I stick too much to the attacking capabilities. Never know what helps when evolution comes out and tries to prevail in society.

[@andyman8630]

bows and arrows cannot be found in all countries and continents! the Australian aboriginal never used them

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

With the nest of bees, being No1 I'd have thought we would have seen it in action.

[@EcouragingGodStories]

It's amazing the creativity of mankind to subdue wild game if they get hungry enough. GREAT VIDEO!

[@hinefamily7565]

Bow and arrows were not used by the Polynesians of the pacific..Strike 1. If king Edmund ironside died using the toilet he was reportedly stabbed from below..a stone toilet with no lid or seat (as per normal for that time) would be hard to set up a trap. Strike 2.

[@davidnewland2461]

Pre historic the most common oxy moronic word.

[@michaelyates5976]

The position of the kid's thumb at 1.36 is asking for trouble.

[@avaliausd.]

Wow

[@r_man-o5o]

The story of david and goliath is true my friend

[@gowensbach2998]

I think you are incorrect regarding Constantinople being attacked by Arabs, unless it was a previous failed attack I am not aware of. Ottoman Turks were responsible for taking Constantinople in 1453 changing the name to Istanbul. I know most viewers here know this...lots of smart folks that love history here!

[@aldosigmann419]

Balearic slingers were one of Hanibal's favs.

[@darrendrapkin4508]

And the Romans, I believe. The Balearic slingers were the choicest of Psilloi in a Roman army. That is if you believe Gibbon, and the Wargames Research Group who publish miniature figures wargames' rules.

[@aldosigmann419]

@@darrendrapkin4508 I don’t doubt it - i can also see during the Punic wars the Romans making captured slingers an ‘offer they couldn’t refuse.’

[@stevengoodloe3893]

Grapeshot is still used today in canister rounds for tanks.

[@alessandromazzini7026]

greek fire was not made by greeks in medieval times, was a bizantine chemical weapon

[@colinedwards7367]

David and Golaith is true it is not just a story!!!!

[@REEDRICHARDS2]

For the sake of PHYSICS and easyness of hitting a target at the same height as the shooter, the truth is that David hit the stone on the BALLS of Goliath and he fainted from the pain at the same time! 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevenlarose7325]

Grapeshot... Is awesome... I play some games "The Pirate: Plague of the Dead" and "The Pirate: Caribean Hunt" (Free download) If I want a ship I use Chain balls to take out the sails then "Grapeshot" to kill everyone on board

[@DiakronYT]

the giant cannon sized shotgun shell is Canister shot, an evolution of grape shot.

[@stevelamperta865]

It would be pretty impossible for those arrow heads to be 61,000 years old , The earth is only just over 6,000 years old !!!

[@panchopistola8298]

Shhhhh don’t tell them that lol

[@craighearn747]

Insert line of comments here...

[@timengineman2nd714]

Poisoned Darts & Arrows: You coat the shaft with the poison, not the tip! That way if you accidentally prick your finger on the tip, you don't die! Also, an African nation died use Blowgun Pigmies against modern units (1970's ) and it ended the invasion of their country! (Something about a very silent and deadly weapon...) Also Bolos/Bolas have been used in war! Target was the neck and head of the enemy soldier or if agains cavalry, the head & neck of the rider or the legs of. his charging. horse! (Head shots often killed the soldier/rider due to concussion, or sometimes collapse of their windpipe...). Having your horse trip up when you're going 30 mph+ (~50kph+) is not a fun event either!

[@huynguyenquang3588]

in vietnam war talking tree use slingshot to shot the grenade to america soldier in their base from 300m, no sound, no warning, suddenly boom, no way to track it come from

[@marcusschulze9172]

the bow at 0:34 looks funny. is the string on the wrong side? if this is a recurve the binding should be in the other direction

[@michaelhill7927]

she was holding it backwards and i.t was strung backwards...

[@jameswaterfield]

People with Gigantism generally are a bigger target! Anyway, a stone from a sling would, most likely, be travelling at greater than 80mph (128kph to civilised people) and would crush the skull of just about anyone, unless they are wearing a helmet, in which case unconsciousness would be the likely result

[@brandonfelts6371]

Great video love these types of content only question why are the examples of the plumbatas being used over hand if they were supposed to be underhanded

[@riproar11]

They wouldn't have been thrown underhanded as it would have no velocity and wouldn't do much harm.

[@PieterBreda]

A cast lead shot for a slingshot will dent and sometimes kill helmets.

[@geoffschulz]

"Plumbata is thrown under hand", every example you showed, it was thrown over hand.

[@a.mathis9454]

Later know as Lawn Darts in 70’s and 80’s!

[@thereaction18]

Being found across all continents and countries is the opposite of being "unique".

[@petersackett9058]

Not to mention there are no degrees of unique. It’s either unique or not.

[@markcarey5673]

Perhaps he meant ubiquitous

[@nytmare11]

I am new to this channel. I have a question. Is the narrator also the narrator for simple history?

[@sebastianmelmoth9100]

Flaming arrows were a but of a myth as they rarely set fire to much and the blob of pitch at the point made them hard to launch and direct. Chinese did better with gunpowerder arrows but even those had minimal impact -- one might set a sail on fire or ignite some hay in a barn. The boomerang is the item that a human can throw the farthest using only your hand and no aids like bola cords or slingshot devices.

[@hardroaddavey5399]

The comment in regards to the bow and arrow being used in every continent is not correct. It was not used in Australia.

[@jacktribble5253]

The Atlatl goes back a little further than 2000 B.C. Okay, more than a little...

[@jkre]

1:15 That is not a mongolian bow, and plenty of other civiliations across eurasia also used so called "horse bow" (hate that word cus it's not only for horse archery nor made out of horses or for horses or by horses, better word is composite bow), and mongolians didn't even invent it. It has been used at least since ancient Akkadians.

[@harrykuheim6107]

FYI...All thrown weapons if they miss or are Avoided/Blocked can be picked up and thrown right back at you...

[@BillOweninOttawa]

About the atlatl. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2GUc6mmm6aUnZY Nothing increases velocity after it has been thrown. That's a physical impossibility. After an object, any object, from a bullet to a spear, leaves the launcher, the velocity must decrease.

[@mihaelbitola3812]

Man from Sirya invented so called Greek fire,

[@memphisrains1008]

The atlattle was a delive i was taught to use at a young age but i was taught it as a dutch arrow ...

[@TTeamFan]

also known as a woomera in Australia

[@CalidrisJZ]

The thing that David killed Goliath with is a *sling* and not a slingshot.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Superfortress Corsair Lincoln Mitchell

[@frepi]

Show me a warrior that throws his axe and I'll show you a dead warrior