Elite Medieval Units be like...

[@Pilps]

Alright, time to load up Medieval II Total War again.

[@reubenchandy2052]

Love your videos man!

[@crusadernikolai1996]

Giltine’s chosen at the ready

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

Yo Pilps, do a Teutonic Experience video sometime

[@Sillytommysadventure]

Yeah you’ve had enough buddy. Time to log off of the old TWM2 and maybe do a empire vid for once…

[@DarthLevicor]

The feels dude 😭

[@carlosdionisio5568]

Its nice to see Cataphracts and Khesigs given the Respect they deserve. Although Mamluks, Knightd Hospitaller, Knights of the Holy Seplcher and Byzantine Flamethowers Flamethrowers being left out is a damn shame.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

The Mamluks use oil

[@TheCrusaderReturns]

I'm making a part 2 right now.

[@TheNEOverse]

Eh, Cataphracts aren't really elite in the same way that the likes of the White Company or Keshig are. They are expensive, well trained and deadly... but then you might as well call Knights elite too. And that would make Templars and Teutonic knights pointless. Varangian Guard are an Elite unit, they can stay.

[@carlosdionisio5568]

@@TheNEOverse Actually Cataphracts are considered Elite Units fielded for their use in charging Heavily armored Cavarly and Infantry formations. And they predate Knights and are thought to have influenced them via ERE Influence with post Roman Western Europe.

[@TheNEOverse]

@@carlosdionisio5568 That still doesn't make them a distinctly elite group in the same sense as something like the Varangian Guard or etc. They are basically in the same category as knights, mamluks, samurai- they are elite yes. But then you start wondering why Templars and Teutonic knights are mentioned distinctly when all knights are 'elite'.

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

Hussars would be more like late renaissance rather than medieval tbh.

[@LeatherSoup-c5j]

Shush

[@barnabasfarakas7376]

Hungarian Hussars had their golden age in the late medieval era And the Winged Hussars transcend time

[@aleksa6548]

Well Husar tradition thrived in medieval Serbia, although they were not elite units in those times as far as I know, Serbia relied more on heavy cavalry as Elite part of her army

[@Peti-kc6wg]

Hussars were originaly light cavalry used to counter turkish raids into hungary

[@aleksa6548]

@@Peti-kc6wg Hussars appeared in Hungarian army after Serbian Despotate have fallen under Turks, Many nobles with common people migrated to Hungary after a fall. Hussars were well suited for warfare against light Turkish Calvary as you said and overtime became a class of Calvary for other European nations. Thought for sure there was many influences in the creation of Hussars, even in Serbia they might have found origins in some Byzantine light cavalry

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Landsknecht and Swiss Guard but no Condottieri? They had the unprecedented skill of switching sides 8 times before you hit the ground.

[@MinkioTauro]

I crave to know more

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

@@MinkioTauro Read up on the Italian Wars 1494-1559. Complete and utter shitshow.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@TaRAAASHBAGSThe Swiss were just peasants and I only defeated one of the leaders of the Holy Roman Imperial Army by luck 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Norwegianjesus13]

Aren’t condottieri just mercenary band leaders?

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

@@Norwegianjesus13 The translations are rough and I'm bad at Italian but one of the spellings means something close to "captains," which still refers to the warbands sometimes, and the other "contract men." Regardless, they're a pretty close Italian equivalent to Landsknecht and were still highly sought after. Though maybe not as much as the Genoese Crossbowmen.

[@aidancallahan4217]

I came to the comments to read cool historical facts about the units. All i got was "wHy No *iNsErT uNiT nAmE hEre*" Big disappoint.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

Yeah just a lot of bitching

[@cebadorcebado6609]

The Aragonese Almogávars were missing, they were mercenary skirmishers originally from present-day Catalonia

[@nenenindonu]

The fact that the videos deprived of Nökers, Jurchens, and Mamluks makes it incomplete

[@ParkerHayden-sx2tv]

Mamluks deserve a place on this list.

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

And Byzantine flamethrowers

[@gilgameschvonuruk4982]

Jurchen are an ethnic group, you mean banners?

[@FoulDwimmerlaik]

varangian guard is the only truly elite infantry unit.

[@CopeAndSeeth]

Part 2 👀

[@compatriot852]

Hussars and Winged Hussars are two different things

[@kacperz5683]

Not necessarily ;) this differentiation is used in English because it doesn't have different words for heavy cavalry hussars and light cavalry hussars (while in Polish for instance, winged hussars are called "husaria" and light cavalry hussars are called "huzarzy") but if we're all aware of what one is talking about, I think it's not obligatory even in English to call heavy cavalry hussars "winged hussars".

[@ByBartinho]

@Tovalokodonc Because they didnt should be.

[@ByBartinho]

@Tovalokodonc If they want to look like Hussars they make same unit as Hungarian but they didnt. They wanted to make winged hussars heavy cavalry with wings.

[@iIiasz]

@@kacperz5683 I always thought hussars were Hungarian and winged hussars were Polish. Correct me if I'm wrong tho

[@kacperz5683]

@@iIiasz nope, "hussars" is typically used to reference traditional light cavalry and winged hussars are either Hungarian or Polish heavy cavalry used from 16th to 18th century. English Wikipedia does a pretty good job so you can go there - there are different pages on "hussars" and on "winged hussars".

[@reubenchandy2052]

When I saw Genoese Crowssbowmen I got flashbacks from Medieval 2 Total War. Goddamn Milan

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

These backstabbing traitors!!! Even the words of the Pope couldn't persuade them not to attack me

[@jescruz5465]

Milan and Genoa were two separate entities though, MTW2 just joined them for convenience or gameplay probably.

[@reubenchandy2052]

@@jescruz5465 Oh I know. Stainless Steel turns Milan into Genoa

[@sometingwong2733]

Genoese Crowssbowmen is the greek pike phalanx in rome 1, disgustingly hard to deal with

[@18Hongo]

M2TW Milan be like: Watch me pick a fight with you for no fucking reason at the worst possible time, and then turn every single battle into a thirteenth century version of Omaha Beach.

[@ville4090]

I like how most of them appear in Aoe2 as unique units for various civilizations Housecarl (or Huskarl in-game) = Goths Winged Hussars = Poles and Lithuanians Genoese Crossbowmen = Italians Knights Templar = only available in scenario editor Janissary = Turks (also available to Ottomans in aoe3 and aoe4) Keshig (or Keshik in-game) = Tatars (also available to Chinese in aoe3 and to Mongols in aoe4) Longbowman = Britons (also available in aoe3 and aoe4) Swiss Guard = available as a mercenary unit in aoe3 Landsknecht = available as a mercenary unit in aoe3 and to the holy roman empire in aoe4 White Company = can't recall them in aoe2 Cataphract = Byzantines Druzhina = appears as a researchable technology for the Slavs Paladins = available to a handful of civs Gallowglass = didn't appear in aoe2 but the Celts' unique unit: Woad Raider is loose stand-in Teutonic Knights = Teutons Samurai = Japanese (also available in aoe3) Varangian Guard = Vikings under the name Berserk

[@MilesDei95]

​@Tovalokodoncthe swiss guard is present in aoe3 for the italian states.

[@TheGamerecords53]

Also, huskarls are the soldier type in MB warband.

[@UnstableGoat]

​@@TheGamerecords53and arguebly one of THE best infantry units in the game

[@TheGamerecords53]

@@UnstableGoat Verified

[@vietnguyenhoang5795]

Housecarls being Goths are inaccurate.They were mostly Scandinavians,intermixed with a bit of Germanic blood in them,not purely Goths.Aside from that,everything else is represented precisely

[@RicherDePersis]

A cataphract was a form of armored heavy cavalry that originated in Persia and was fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa.

[@Povest1389]

Fun fact: We Serbs had mounted crossbowmen, consisted of mostly lower nobility, although they don't have official name, you can often see them portrayed in Total War games and mods, being called "vlastelinčići", which can be translated as "lower noblemen".

[@cpp3221]

Why didn't they do shock cavalry as most of the other lesser nobles did at the time in other kingdom ? I imagine there is specificity in the Serbian medieval context.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

@@cpp3221 partly because it’s cheaper and partly because they were fighting steppe people who used bows from horseback.

[@Kobanyai_enjoyer]

You had an elite medieval combat unit, yet you still couldn't take back Kosovo 🤦

[@sanehead]

@@cpp3221 It all comes down to money and manpower. Serbs had a tradition of light cavalry, being the home of the gusars, later known as hussars. Heavy cavalry on a larger scale was also present at a later date, starting from 1330s onward. After the battle of Kosovo, manpower was a huge problem, but money was not cause of gold and silver mines. Serbian Despots were therefore able to raise and maintain a small but superbly trained and equipped heavy cavalry force that fought with success against the French and Hungarians at Nicopolis, Mongols at Ancara, and Venetians throughout Zeta (later Montenegro).

[@Povest1389]

@@Kobanyai_enjoyer Sadly our Empire collapsed mainly because of internal conflicts and then simply Ottomans used whole situation and destroyed divided remnants of Serbian Empire, and later Serbian Despotate. It's very sad, but we can't change the past. There are Serbian medieval fortresses and monasteries in Kosovo to testify our golden era in medieval times.

[@PacTo4eK]

1:03 that's a real holy power ✟

[@phnx_tom5400]

Teutonic Knights! 🇩🇪

[@Cookie14653]

They betrayed Christians .

[@Cookie14653]

And because then they was kicked ass

[@dslai2938]

Can we appreciate this guy actually puts links to the epic music he uses in these videos so we don’t have to keep hopelessly searching the internet looking for these bangers?

[@italian_guy.]

i am so excited you introduce in the video the genoese crossbowman i am from genoa and thats so freaking cool thanks

[@joaoioshio]

1:30 Os cavaleiros de Carlos Magno eram tão lendários que aqui no Sul do Brasil houve a Guerra do Contestado (1912-1916) onde o Monge chamado José Maria liderou os rebeldes contra o Governo brasileiro, e ele tinha o livro do Carlos Magno que ele adorava e criou sua própria tropa de elite formada por 24 cavaleiros no qual ele intitulou os 12 Pares de França.

[@micalamb6144]

Carraio, onde vistes isto?

[@joaoioshio]

@@micalamb6144 Sou estudante de História na UDESC aí eu trabalho num grupo de estudo sobre a Guerra do Contestado.

[@micalamb6144]

@@joaoioshio maneiro

[@matheusbrandani3168]

Pode me dizer algum livro ou material aprofundado sobre o assunto? Eu me interesso pela Guerra do Contestado e queria saber mais

[@joaoioshio]

@@matheusbrandani3168 tem vários livros,mas um que indico é do Maurício Vinha de Queiroz chamado “MESSIANISMO E CONFLITO SOCIAL A GUERRA SERTANEJA DO CONTESTADO”

[@bluegeniusw1186]

The Mamluks, the Black Army, the Jinetes and the Makurian Nubian Archers should be in Part II. Please ?

[@strikeforce5331]

Pipe down, Arab

[@strikeforce5331]

Kneel before Christ

[@AhmedKhaled-wc3kh]

@@strikeforce5331 You do realize that the Mamlukes literally defeated all the remaining crusaders in the Levant? So that makes them in comparison better than the Templars

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@AhmedKhaled-wc3kh Mamlukes were defeated by Janissaries and Sipahis who were in turn defeated by literal peasants so peasants are the greatest according to your logic

[@AhmedKhaled-wc3kh]

@@the_kimchi_kommandant2603 There is like a 300 years gap between the mamlukes that kicked your butts out and the mamlukes who were corrupt and weak by the time of the pinnacle of the janissaries. You lack quite the iq there

[@KageMinowara]

Guys In The Opposing Army: "It's going to be an easy win boys!" 1:40 (bagpipes start playing) Guys In The Opposing Army: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@ShortSideSniper17]

Until basque music starts playing

[@benjesterw]

I think you meant Welsh Longbowmen rather than Wells. Wales (Welsh) is a country in the UK, Wells is a small town (sometimes next to the sea). Great video tho :)

[@IVIorat]

That's what I thought too, I've definitely heard about the professed skill of Welsh longbowmen and nothing came up when I tried looking for Wells archers

[@nyej9165]

wells longbowmen???

[@rhys7391]

welsh

[@EngineerOfVaul]

Hope there's a part 2 featuring the mamlukes at some point. Also wonder if anything from the mughals would fit into the list.

[@EngineerOfVaul]

@Emil.Fontanot true, I guess the mughal empire starts right after the end of the medieval period and at the beginning of the European Renaissance era. In that case I guess a better pick would be the Rajputs.

[@SoHanged]

This video deserves a second part in the future, there are so many elite units in medieval history to mention. P.s Why a occitan songs for the genoese crossbowmen? 😂

[@MinkioTauro]

Title of the song?

[@GRAHAMICVS]

​​@@MinkioTauro l'entra del tamps clar

[@MinkioTauro]

@@GRAHAMICVSit sounded a lot like italians words to be honest xD even i got fooled

[@SoHanged]

@@MinkioTauro The title is: A l'entrada del temps clar

[@SoHanged]

@@MinkioTauro I grew up and live in Italy and as a culturally Italian I would like to respectfully tell you that Italian and Italian dialects such as Ligurian (Region of Genoa) bear no resemblance to Occitan since it is a mixture of French and Spanish words and dialectics, if anything I can tell you that if you want to hear a French dialect that is imperent with Ligurian then Provençal is a great choice, especially the one spoken in Nice. Non si deve mai dire che i francesi sono come gli italiani è un peccato capitale come il mettere il ketchup negli spaghetti e l'ananas sulla pizza, e fidati che peccati del genere posso portare a indagini da parte dell'inquisizione direttamente proclamate dalla santa sede, si potrebbe fare la stessa fine degli Albigesi durante la crociata del 1022.

[@Whitemoon193]

B-but...wingedd hussars were not medieval unit

[@maestro3947-b9g]

There are many units in the video that are late medieval or early modern. Dont blame them, as the transition was not so clear

[@CopeAndSeeth]

Shhhh

[@svesnimajmun2731]

Depends on how one defines medieval, and thier predecesors were. The most likely origin of them are serb light cavalry auxiliaries in the hungarian army. Medieval serbia pretty much entierly consisted of shock troops, either lightly or heavily equiped, mounted or dismounted. The word hussar, or serb spelling gusar, means pirate today, but its root, older meaning is more of a bandit, brigand, highwayman, robber etc. Something that light cavalry was doing even as of late as of late as mid 19th century. While mentioning the origin of polish hussars, if you look at thier tactics, they actually weren't proper medieval heavy cavalry, as they neither had that much armour, neither big heavy armoured horses, neither were willing to get stuck in the melee. What they were doing is the hussar, or light lancer tactic of recoiling as soon as possible after the charge, and either look to make passing cuts with sabres or retreat to thier lines for new lances, because a head on charge into a formation that doesn't rout immediately is so violent and forcefull that the lance either breaks, your grip on it breaks, or is impaled sometimes into multiple soldiers, so no reusing of it.

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

​@@svesnimajmun2731 "Depends on how one defines Medieval" Although there is no official standard definition of when the Medieval period (Middle ages) was, the most common dating is fall of Rome to fall of Constantinople (keep in mind a time period doesn't change in a single year, but if you were to pinpoint years for convenience, these to are the most common). So to answer your dilemma, one defies Medieval as *476 to 1453* - anything outside that time period is technically not "Medieval" (although can be in "medieval style", eg: If a Medieval armour or battle tactic remains as a standard design or in use post-1453; it is still Medieval technically, but not Medieval per official definition). The Polish Winged Hussars are definitely post-Medieval period by more than a century, if not two, and although I am not a great expert on how their army worked, I don't assume that they were much Medieval, at least in style par general.

[@doliwaq]

No hussites and mameluks? Hussars as medieval unit? No Varangian Guard by Turisas theme for Varangian Guard? Wells longbowman? You meant Welsh, isn't?

[@goosepuke]

finally, THE that guy

[@Mr_Schizo]

@@goosepukeThat guy is a nerd, then.

[@jpfg2713]

​@@Mr_Schizomate, we're all nerds here.

[@Mr_Schizo]

@@jpfg2713I know, me is count on that type too. But, he's like the ultra-nerd.

[@doliwaq]

@Emil.Fontanot well, that's technically truth. Hussites were peasants mostly, and despite they could massacre most elite units of their time, they were not elite units themselfs

[@Haggysack2k8]

I am from north germany and even then Gallowglass just gave me chills. I can't help it, i love bagpipes.

[@angbandsbane]

Nice selection and great music choice. I especially loved the Winged Hussars arriving lol. Though if anyone wants a power metal alternative for the Varangian Guard, I'll recommend Turisas' "March of the Varangian Guard"

[@Elegiast]

Turisas is god-tier as far as history-themed metal goes. I have cried around a dozen times just listening to *End of an Empire.*

[@carolusrex3025]

@@ElegiastA man of culture

[@_byrtsi]

GUARDS OF GLORY AND OF MIGHT

[@VoicesOfNihil]

@@_byrtsi RED AS BLOOD AND BLACK AS NIGHT!

[@wtz_under]

damn they look grand

[@Arviragus13]

i'm not convinced you understand what those faces are also yucky 18th century occult symbol on the housecarl shield

[@outlawzaku79]

What are the faces then

[@Brandonhayhew]

The Real warriors are actually Mamlukes and Cumans, Mongols, Turkic horse archers.

[@Tzimiskes3506]

crusader bro, where Hospitallers?

[@JAZ_2002]

On God fr fr 😔

[@DominatorLegend]

Been playing Bannerpage lately and it was a nice detail of the dev to add many of these units in the mod as independant mercs, Cataphractii are busted.

[@dybo3793]

The last one should’ve been “GUARDS OF GLORY AND OF MIGHT, RED AS BLOOD AND BLACK AS NIGHT! FLIES OUR BANNER AS WE MARCH, IN THE EAST FOR THE KING OF THE GREEK!”

[@nicolausg7058]

0:10 Hussars were not in Medieval times. Not the Winged Hussars. My bois were thing but started thier career in XVI century untill the XVIII century.

[@nicolausg7058]

@Tovalokodonc Well that was the point. I told that there were not winged hussars. And I know about the hungarian hussars.

[@nicolausg7058]

@Tovalokodonc I said Not the winged hussars. I precised it there what i had in mind in first sentence. Therefore I am 100% right and my sentence is faithfull to the history. Dla mnie słowo husarz zawsze będzie oznaczało naszą ciężką jazdę, naszą dumę i sławę, mimo że używaliśmy ich tylko 2 stulecia to zawsze będą dla nas symbolem złotej ery i czasów chwały. And for you, my Hungarian firend, I wish you all best, with love from Poland. Just 200 years may be but a strip from our history, but it is one of the best remembered strips.

[@jjunghsok]

What is that song in 0:08 please?

[@gergelyhangodi9008]

Needs the Black Army of Hungary, should you make a second part.

[@ressam_tr]

0:40 song: mongolian soldiers: turkish structure: china💀💀💀

[@bol4death]

I remember the ethnic turks and turkifed mongols (Mongols who spoke turkish) Were the majority in the army like 10% i think

[@srenhenrikeriksen8393]

Somethings clearly wrong i Don’t see the “Free Company” the most used mercenary Company used between the year of 1444-1821

[@randomelite4562]

There wasn’t any sort of “the Free Company” there were many and they were largely independent of one another

[@srenhenrikeriksen8393]

@@randomelite4562 Its a game reference (Europa Universalis 4)

[@Ejej-zi4vo]

​@@srenhenrikeriksen8393 Medieval period would be over after 1450 so it can't be a medieval elite unit

[@mcevan1222]

druzhina and varangian guard are my favorites as always

[@BrotherInGod777official]

If you don't know who 1:41 Is, Gallowglass were an Irish, Scottish and Norse mercenary group that fought Vikings. The more you know

[@Slauche6373]

1:09 The White Knights

[@HumbleDirtMerchant]

The White Company clip really makes me want a medieval John Wick movie.

[@deus_v00lt38]

0:13 bro what the fu** hussars aren't from middle ages

[@MW_Asura]

Neither are the Samurai and Khesigs

[@victormatei1885]

Or the jannisaries

[@mehdiexe03]

@@MW_AsuraNo, they are both medieval

[@mehdiexe03]

@@victormatei1885the janissaries were formed during the 14th century by sultan murad I

[@Eurico_el_grande]

who cares nerd

[@xavi_6767]

Everyone is a gangsta until some chinese looking guy with horses arrive while singing with his throat.

[@slobodailismrt_]

Beautiful, my brother, keep your work up!

[@m4rt1osasomig15]

And the Almogavars?

[@victormatei1885]

What about the Spanish Tercios?

[@peterl3417]

tercios are not medieval

[@samuelflorenciooliveira]

Not medieval

[@michachrzanowski1064]

​@@peterl3417neither do half of them

[@victormatei1885]

Neither are hussars or jannisaries

[@samuelflorenciooliveira]

@@victormatei1885 yes

[@TheBetterBleedingBladesYouTube]

Interesting that they chose the song “Die Eisenfaust am Lanzenschaft” for the Landsknecht even though it was a song written about the Teutonics, which are also included?

[@russianboogeyman544]

How could you left out the hospitaller knights?

[@gabrielbitencourt1879]

Yeah, leaving them out is heresy!

[@russianboogeyman544]

@@gabrielbitencourt1879 Indeed.

[@TheCrusaderReturns]

I'm putting them in part 2.

[@JAZ_2002]

@@TheCrusaderReturnsHuge W

[@russianboogeyman544]

@@TheCrusaderReturns Thank you very much, I'm calling the inquisition back...

[@ingold1470]

Odd that Die Eisenfaust am Lanzenshaft is paired with the Landsknechts, when there are Teutonic Knights (the subject of the song in the video. Also, The White Company has a novel about them by Arthur Conan Doyle, which he liked better than his Sherlock Holmes stories.

[@elecroser0005]

You need to put the elite unit of the crown of Aragon the almogávares

[@alszajba7478]

In the teutonic knights background there is a Castle from Kwidzyn (Marienderden in germran)

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

How about Mamluks, Sipahis and Akinjis?

[@yosefyonin6824]

Mamluks aren't elite units though, they're just endentured soldiers, they aren't better fighters than regular soldiers

[@purritto3779]

@@yosefyonin6824 how so when literally every video about mamluks says that they were expert riders, archers and swordmen, that's why they managed to well counter mongols and their horse archers, and they also defeated crusaders on multiple occasions

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@yosefyonin6824 The Mamluks were among the very few enemies to defeat the Mongols in combat, and they were never conquered. The Mamluk institution had appeared in Islamic civilization in the eighth century as the Caliphs sought to create a military force that was loyal only to the Caliph and not to regional, tribal, or another personal ties. Most Mamluks were of Turkic origin, primarily because the Turks were viewed as better, or at least more natural, warriors than Persians and Arabs. Turks of nomadic origins possessed riding and archery skills from an early age, so that after purchasing them as slaves one only had to refine those skills. The Mamluks therefore became perhaps the most highly trained warriors in the medieval world. They seized power in Egypt in 1250 during the ill-fated Crusade of Louis IX (Saint Louis) and created a Sultanate that dominated Egypt and then Syria until the sixteenth century. The Mongol Art War, p.109

[@yosefyonin6824]

@@purritto3779 they were well trained by their arab masters but they weren't "elite" in the sense that they were a special army. they were a regular army that just happened to be very good it's like you don't call Britan's longbowmen an elite unit because they were an inseprable part of the British army (as oppsed to the Wails Longbowmen)

[@juliusnorr3041]

I think the sipahis can`t really count as an elite unit, they were a major part of the army and just generally owners of small to medium fiefs that acted as the cavalry backbone, not to say they werent good, just not really made for this tier.

[@niskalaaristide4093]

I actually read the title as "Early Medieval Units be like"

[@Dunarcarn]

We need more parts!!

[@GraphicalAdri]

Where are the Conquistadores and Tercios?

[@eclip1991]

0:10 party like it's 1610 😃

[@grancapitan7822]

So, where are the tercio pikemen and arquebusiers? You added 1600 hussars and not my boys who ruled the battlefields for over 150 years

[@Helmet_enthusiast]

Not only good meme but you are a true medieval meme saint, you included the music in the description, may your next harvest be bountiful and your next hunt be plenty

[@jaimealysson4317]

What’s the song you used in druzhina?

[@tengia7927]

Look in the description.

[@pomponion6977]

Another cool one was the Persian Order of Assassins, most commonly known as the Hashashins. They ran operations that targeted people from East to West. Mamluk Sultans would hire them to kill Crusader Kings such as Edward I. They literally inspired the Faceless Men in Game of thrones! Would also include the Rajput Warriors and Elephant Units, Varangian Guard, Aztec Eagle and Jaguar Soldiers, Hwachas, Cataphracts, Chinese Imperial Guard, and the Seljuk Ghulams

[@peterhamlet1415]

The assassins were disgusting and diobolical

[@moonshadowsong]

@@peterhamlet1415 I gonna sand one after you

[@peterhamlet1415]

@@moonshadowsong you're wasting your money

[@jameswoodard4304]

Cataphracts at 1:20.

[@جهادال-ش3ث]

Arab not persian

[@Valhmyr]

And the thirds?

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Add Mamluks👀 The Mamluks were among the very few enemies to defeat the Mongols in combat, and they were never conquered. The Mamluk institution had appeared in Islamic civilization in the eighth century as the Caliphs sought to create a military force that was loyal only to the Caliph and not to regional, tribal, or another personal ties. Most Mamluks were of Turkic origin, primarily because the Turks were viewed as better, or at least more natural, warriors than Persians and Arabs. Turks of nomadic origins possessed riding and archery skills from an early age, so that after purchasing them as slaves one only had to refine those skills. The Mamluks therefore became perhaps the most highly trained warriors in the medieval world. They seized power in Egypt in 1250 during the ill-fated Crusade of Louis IX (Saint Louis) and created a Sultanate that dominated Egypt and then Syria until the sixteenth century. The Mongol Art War, p.109

[@ciagangstalker]

Turk N

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

Turkish ultranationalist logic: Every ethnic group is Turkic because i say so

[@numeron509]

​@@dirckthedork-knight1201The term Mamluk was used for Turks first. And Bahri Mamluks that defeated Kitbuqa were Turks too.

[@ciagangstalker]

@@dirckthedork-knight1201 YEP

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@numeron509 even Kitbuqa himself was also Turkic just like majority of Mongol army

[@TheAurelianProject]

“Wells” longbowmen

[@genovayork2468]

The flag of Genoa was a red cross on white background, since its allegiance was Guelph. You put it backwards. Cataphracts aren't elite, they were the equivalent of knights. Die Eisenfaust am Lanzenschaft is inappropriate for the Landsknechte and should have been for the Teutons.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

For Teutonic Order would be good "Jesus ist Erstanden" IT was in Polish film "Krzyżacy" about the battle of Grünwald (Tannenberg) 1410

[@randomelite4562]

Cataphracts weren’t the equivalent of knights. They were professional soldiers whose (for awhile) only peers were knights, but they were not equivalents in structure, origin, and training.

[@genovayork2468]

@@randomelite4562 I didn't say any of those things. I said they were equivalent in eliteness.

[@randomelite4562]

@@genovayork2468 The standard is different, if only by a little

[@lyfe_of_lai]

thanks 4 da history lasson g

[@Mangoeplanter]

No way my boy missed the black army☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@kardanon1549]

Is there film about swiss guard last stand in Rome? or anything about them?

[@fodge5395]

>includes longbowmen >picks Welsh even though it became much more associated as an English unit and tradition >doesn't even spell Welsh right

[@imperialinquisition6006]

Supposedly it has somewhat welsh origins, though of course England really really got into longbows for a bit.

[@benjesterw]

Yeah the Longbow has contested origins, but was possibly Wales originating with units used in Hit-and-run tactics against Edward I

[@Жнец-ь1ы]

didn't Landsknecht a XVI-XVIII elite mercenaries? In remember that in the X-XV they were just a mercenary workers who runs away when the deal makes hot

[@taytolad9278]

*Thinks the won't mention the gallowglass* *They mention the gallowglass* *Happy Irish noises*

[@giuliadio9125]

the music>>>>>>>

[@thatsablackperson4708]

Cumans😔

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Cummans 😊

[@theleetworldbest]

"Medieval" "Cataphract"

[@randomelite4562]

They’re medieval lol

[@theleetworldbest]

@@randomelite4562 The concept and the name itself is much more ancient, existing in the ancient times. Used in the Persian Empires, it was known to the Greeks as Kataphraktoi. It was even adopted by more eastern Greeks, and later, the Romans.

[@randomelite4562]

@@theleetworldbest So are spearmen also not a medieval type of soldier? Are pikemen no longer medieval?

[@theleetworldbest]

@@randomelite4562 chadyes.jpg

[@ramenodorime1919]

I have to ask. What's location of Hussar's in the video? Isn't it marienburg (malbork)?

[@ramenodorime1919]

Also if anyone knows locations of druzhina, teutonic knights and cataphract.

[@SCARRIOR]

Biased much? no English Longbowmen? Either you completely glossed over England and never heard of them, or you hate England. Never the less the English Longbowman won some crazy battles all on their own. King Henry V conquest of France for example. PS: I think the video creator failed at 0:45 and meant to call it Welsh Longbowmen, but wales was never a thing and still isn't so back then they would have been called English longbowmen, and even then it wasn't a welsh thing. The idea of wales has only recently became a thing since the 1930s. They would have been called English back then.

[@juliusnorr3041]

I feel like putting peasents with bows (however good they were) into an elite unit tier difficult, although you could argue the same for the genuese, ig mercenary companies are something different. But even with King Henrys conquest they werent the elite units, the knights were, without them the inevitable would have happened far earlier

[@SCARRIOR]

@@juliusnorr3041 They were though, it was the law that all English men should practise at least two hours per week archery, henceforth they would become elite units. I don't know what you are saying by a knight. A knight is someone who has been made a ser, King Henry V's army was comprised mostly of men at arms and bowmen. If you are talking about cavalry there was very little of it if none in Henry V's campaign exxcept on the French side. Cavalry was rendered completely useless during the conditions of agincourt with the muddy fields. I would argue that you are more talking about tactics and formations rather than unit strength. Having an English longbowman who can fire at extensive lengths with excellent accuracy due to extensive law enforced training would make him an elite unit. An elite unit is not the equipment, but the person molded for the tactical, strategic, and military drilled to create an elite fighting unit in itself. A spartan for example had fantastic gear, but it was the training overall that made them effective conqerors of fear, death, and war. An Englishman being put into the role of archery utilising a formidable weapon such as the longbow after practising two hours if not more per week for his entire life would make him a deadly unit to be feared.

[@TheNEOverse]

Maybe the 'Wells' Longbowmen are that? Though he did misspell them.

[@genovayork2468]

​@@SCARRIOR If you think the "idea" of Wales appeared in the 1930s, you're deluded and in urgent need of help. The ethnonym Welsh (Cymru) appeared in Cadwallon ap Cadfan in 633. Politically, Wales was unified 1057-1063 by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. The appearance of the title "Prince of Wales" was in 1216, then bestowed upon Llywelyn Fawr at the Council of Aberdyfi. The title has been used to this day by English and British heirs since the conquest of Wales.

[@randomelite4562]

Saying Wales never existed is the same as saying the Principality of Novgorod never existed. Or the Qin, Han, and Ming Empires never existed.

[@leb14]

I live in a Tremplier commandery, that's exactly the sound I hear when I open the front door or a shutter. 0:23

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

Deus vult! Keep up the great content man.

[@vonbeedle554]

What is a proud Hibernian doing, speaking ANOTHER Germanic tongue?!?

[@CollinMcLean]

So would you like to know what the primary role of the Templar were? You had the Order of St. John known as the Hospitaller who operated lodgings and provided shelter to pilgrims. The role of the Knights Templar, on top of providing protection to pilgrims, was to safeguard the assets of pilgrims, manage checking accounts and estates while they traveled, and provide financial advice... Yes the most militaristic monastic order synonymous with crusader brutality was mostly made up of accountants.

[@jescruz5465]

They also invented the early form of banking.

[@ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΔΑΣΚΑΛΑΚΗΣ-ξ9θ]

Extreme Sir Nigel vibes when the White Company appears... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud. For those that do not know, A.C.D. wrote two historical novels, the White Company (1891) and Sir Nigel (1906), a prequel to the first one. Wonderful books, worth every second of your time. I would also suggest the Black Arrow by Robert Lewis Stevenson, which takes place during the Hundred Years' War.

[@elgostine]

given what i know about the english chevauche iof the hundred years war... i think the white company scares me more than half of this list...

[@TheCrusaderReturns]

I am a big fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson's books. I have Sir Nigel and the White Company on my to-read list.

[@elgostine]

@@TheCrusaderReturns maybe ill seek out an audiobook... but for real, the white company sound scary.

[@alex52043]

You can tell which one is Roland with barely a glance.

[@schytoyamnaya9015]

Hussars are originally Hungarian

[@II-ug8ji]

no is tatar

[@schytoyamnaya9015]

@@II-ug8ji Tatars and Old Hungarians are related

[@naredayt]

How janissaries are 1) medieval 2) elite? Common 17 century infantry

[@randomelite4562]

Medieval; Founded in the 14th century Elite; Very well trained and well equipped, professional soldiers on the level of Western European Men-at-Arms and other similar forces

[@SL4PSH0CK]

❤‍🔥thanks for the music in the description, i appreciate ya

[@Adonnus100]

WELLS LONGBOWS

[@gragas7731]

age of empires 2 lore be like ;

[@pavelgundyaev7826]

Bro, please, make video about Russian principalities

[@user-cr2yx6ky4y]

What's happening, if we take the Teutonic knight on ice?

[@goldentamaro1987]

Imagine if the Medieval armor got good Improvement or Amazing model it would be awesome to see it and make it feels good

[@begemod1743]

Why is no one pointing out the Boyars? Even tho they can beat some of those mentioned in the video

[@Drozdq-7]

Fun fact: Hussars were those who gave their hearths to the Poland. They had to pay for their horse and equipment, for poor payment

[@BeyazZen-G]

I expected to hear different song for Janissaries(Yeniçeri) lol. Amazing bro, we definitely need part 2 🎉

[@silasz5553]

If You're wondering, the white company was a Anglo-Hungarian mercenary band operating in Italy

[@Sangth123]

There's actually a depiction in a manuscript of a Thracesian woman killing a Varangian who attempted to ah.. have his way with her, and the Varangian's comrades actually praised her for it and gave her the dead guy's possessions. That's some serious honor. The Byzantines made a good choice by employing them.

[@Crusader-Ramos45]

What’s the song playing at the Genoese Crossbowmen part?

[@eastorm2463]

And what about the Cossacks? They also had epic victories, such as the Battle of Khotyn, which stopped Ottoman expansion in Eastern Europe.

[@Z130U]

Why no mamluks?

[@Tokarev03]

Glad to be a descendant of a Teutonic knight✊✊

[@ProfibobWot]

Better be glad that U an orthodox Christian Descendant and a Warrior of Christ!

[@charrusdecastilla2271]

Where are the "Almogavars" from medieval Spain wtf.

[@dobry_chelovek157]

Russian Druzhina 😎👍

[@gatsbymaguire]

What helmets are the Templars using based on? Doesn't look like an actual helmet I've seen before but I am guessing it's a norman with a visor.

[@alkha4711]

Proud to have two of my ancestors who served in the janissary corps 🩸

[@mohammedabdul4832]

Eww traitors who submitted to their kidnappers instead of fighting for their own people

[@RikkiMMA]

Lmfao. That's not possible, they were castrated slave warriors bahaha you picked the worst one to lie about

[@antihumannuclearwarhead]

@@mohammedabdul4832 Janissary is one of the most evil things in the world. hail Ottoman Türk Empire

[@randomelite4562]

@@mohammedabdul4832they never knew their “own people” You don’t fight for people you have no loyalty or love for just because they’re related to you

[@mohammedabdul4832]

@@randomelite4562 you do, you do fight for your own people even if you don't know them. Every Janisary knew that he was abducted, but instead of fighting against their abductors they chose to serve them like slaves.