Guns vs. Medieval Helmets - From Black Powder to Modern Cartridges

The firearms:
Antique Aston 1858 percussion pistol, loaded with FFFg black powder
• Showing and Firing an ...
• An Accuracy Test with ...
Pietta Smith Caribine, .50 cal, loaded with FFFg Hodgdon Triple Seven (black powder substitute)
• Got myself an odd civi...
Pietta Peacemaker (single-action revolver), .45 Colt
Norinco 1911, .45 ACP
Smith & Wesson SD9VE, 9mm
Tokarev TT-33, 7.62x25mm
Hatsan MPA (semi-auto shotgun), 12 gauge
Windham Weaponry AR-15, 7.62x39mm
Lee Enfield No. 1 Mk III, .303 British
Melee weapons tested on these helmets:
• Helmet tests, part 3 -...
• Helmet Tests, Part 4 -...
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[@pnw_wheelies878]

no intro bullshit, just cuts right to the shooting this is why I love you

[@SiNCry0]

Word!

[@hazmat4938]

I like people who uses no intro

[@delbertvemarsomgudsen7389]

1000th like.

[@lenshibo]

fr, the title tells us all we need to know. i always hate when youtubers will say exactly what the video is in the title we all read before watching the video, only to spend 5 minutes explaining it again.

[@Bos_Meong]

Literally every youtube video ever. Fucking useless intros

[@mattd1466]

I love how this video didnt have a drawn out intro starting with "hey guys!.." and just gets straight into what everyone wants to see

[@gabeh1839]

Adhd

[@demonbasher4426]

TKK Bruh. “Hey guys so we have a SUPER cool video today but before that today’s sponsor is dollar shave shadow legends VPN and it’s just the coolest service that I’ve ever used hahaha also before we start the video I’d like to give a shoutout to Suckhead487 for helping me out with this video he makes great game gamer content so you should check him out link is in the description and make sure before you start watching to like comment and subscribe hit the bell button for notifications enter my gift card giveaway and follow me on Twitter Instagram Snapchat Facebook MySpace and donate to my Patreon so basically here today I had the funniest idea after watching time travel movies I thought ‘wow what if I went back in time with like a gun or something?’ so I called up my friend Steve and we went out and got some medieval helmet and went to the shooting range so we could shoot them and we used all sorts of guns on these we used powder guns and revolvers and modern weapons and I think this video will be a lot of fun hahahahahahahha” etc. etc. Do you really want that you drooling infantile smooth-brained neanderthal fuc k??

[@FlowerKnight2]

@@demonbasher4426 You forgot to say "anyway let's just jump right into this" before proceeding to talk for another five minutes.

[@elgenfranord1651]

@@demonbasher4426 just like it why do they feel the need to say everything just shut up and let me see the action

[@st4rlightr4v3n4]

@@elgenfranord1651 A lot of the usual intro stuff (but not all) is business. Doing sponsorships that are likely required to be at the start of the video by the advertiser, giving patreon shoutouts for the big spenders, sub reminder so the algorithm won't bury their channel, etc. are all ways they make money. Especially with weapon/firearm content, they don't really make enough from ad revenue alone to run their channel on. So yes, annoying, but unfortunately necessary, since it pays for the video afterward.

[@sik3xploit]

Guns vs. Medieval Helmets - It'll Blow Your Mind

[@JoseJimenez-sh1yi]

sik3xploit gate in a nutshell

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

sik3xploit unless they have revolvers, flintlocks or shotguns

[@therustedshank9995]

Literally

[@RenMagnum4057]

Gate flashbacks

[@Reza-hz1ce]

More like it'll blow your head

[@VidaSubliminal]

Year 3020: Testing Medieval Marines helmet with laser gun

[@randzy4190]

Hahahah and it should use the medieval ak-47

[@landoishisname]

We can already make laser weaponry it's just banned

[@neuroinsect1944]

Also fairly dangerous to the user. If your protective glasses happen to get a crack in them, a laser with enough power to be a weapon would blind you real quick.

[@YouTubeIsTrashAssGarbage]

landoishisname not the point.

[@daffaldin6401]

@Diego And yes, light generates heat.

[@funfact6880]

when you're playing civ 5 and forget to upgrade your military.

[@Deadsnake989]

I remember playing G&K with 3 of my friends one time. I was just getting to Great War infantry when they were researching the Manhattan project. But my econ and culture game was on point.

[@PatchworkLeyn]

Didn't expect that. Made me laugh. Thanks. Now i have Flashbacks...

[@jamiekrutzfeldt3522]

Fun Fact so true

[@joschuabluhm2315]

Fun Fact funny 😁👍

[@taejo4975]

worse thing happen to u today

[@XcaliburReborn]

you should bury that helmet and let future archaeologists freak out trying to figure out what happened here.

[@Jason608]

I support this!

[@Powerofriend]

standardized and regular molecule structure of the metal might give away the date of manufacture though. Order one that is smelted, forged and worked into a helmet by hand and do this again! Here's the hard part. don't tell anyone ^^ especially the internet.

[@TheHenirik]

but how do you fake c14?

[@19900niko]

where is there c14 in steel helmet? its just in living things

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Powerofriend *...or for a simpler solution;* *1) hang a clock in your bathroom while standing on the toilet.* *2) slip and crack your head* *3) bleed profusely* *4) while you're unconscious discover the secret to folding space time into the molecular pocket* (once those calculations have been adjusted accordingly and the theorem has been proven) *5) invent a capacitor to charge and discharge the static flux.* *6) after appropriate field testing using a refrigerator as a mock-up, retrofit a 1983 DeLorean dmc-12.*

[@AndyZach]

"Here's a pro tip: don't use a Norman style helmet in an American Civil War battle" - best line.

[@tripledot6758]

LoL americans were running into jungles in naked in that time

[@LilNeenerMcWomanRaypist]

Triple Dot It’s been 10 minutes and I’m still trying to decipher your comment.

[@guazazqui788]

@@LilNeenerMcWomanRaypist He is saying that in medieval times, people in The Americas were just tribesmen. (Edit: typo)

[@Mikey-xz4vn]

May protect against glancing shots or shrapnel from artillery

[@AndyZach]

@@Mikey-xz4vn True! Way better than the caps the North and South used.

[@coolkid9d263]

Everybody gangsta till the byzantine empire invents a SPAS-12

[@crutch517]

Lmao I'm dead 😂

[@Stellar001100]

King Richard rolling through with his AR-47.

[@kcocozza]

And Augustus coming in with his scar

[@thefrontline1]

You know it was proven that the Kieran rus used the mosin nagant.

[@antigonus1826]

Alexander the Great showing off his AR15

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

Now take this helm, time-travel to medieval times, ask a blacksmith to repair it and observe the look on his face as he sees the damage.

[@battletoaster5470]

Fegelein I have an antic idea Say to the h-men tath it's bulletproof and then give him tokarev to shoot him self to look cool...

[@vynonyoutube1418]

Are you cooking up another antic for Dolfy?

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

He might think some weird new pickaxe weapon was created.

[@cinnamongum466]

War hook?

[@gerardotarifaskorpian]

Fegeline >:v come back to Berlin

[@alphonsokurukuchu]

Now do archery and swordsmanship vs Kevlar helmet

[@Storiaron]

Did this video pop up in your recommended again too?

[@alphonsokurukuchu]

@@Storiaron yeah I have no idea why since I've not seen a single video about weapons in my entire account

[@Storiaron]

@@alphonsokurukuchu ikr. And i already saw it. Like wtf

[@andrewpenn1145]

Yeah, those arrows would get through like they were air.

[@theunfair8925]

@@andrewpenn1145 WTF

[@x4st]

Medieval Museum: why is there a helmet missing? Skallagrim: Guns vs Medieval Helmets

[@stavrosachilleos07]

his destroying pieces of history things than can never be replaced that son of a bitch!🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡👎👎👎

[@luckyblockyoshi]

@Stavros Achilleos these are replicas dumb

[@christopheralvarado4544]

@@stavrosachilleos07 They're replicas dummy. Plus this guy has done so much for informing and entertaining the masses in sword history and the like.

[@micivison6339]

@@stavrosachilleos07 those are replicas, hell people can search in the internet to check out medieval helmets. This comment was a joke. So quit being niave and disrespectful to strangers.

[@riquta44]

Guys I think he's joking

[@kevinlin3747]

From black powder to... Oh! It's already broken...

[@jacksparrowjives3138]

Interestingly enough, it was the most impressive shot out of all of them.

[@MikyBounty]

@@jacksparrowjives3138 I don't know if it's that, but on modern guns, I think there's a norm of fuse powder in the cartridge case. Instead of a black powder gun. Free of you to saturate each chambers you got. _Military quantity_ they call it if I remember. Maybe the bullets are not penetrative, but sure as hell it gonna push the target's surface until rupture happens.

[@ddm_gamer]

@@MikyBounty Bullets are supposed to wound instead of kill because a heavily wounded soldier is more of a problem to everyone than a dead soldier

[@cmdrTremyss]

@Pudgee Monkey I'm happy if my PC can achieve 60 fps.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@MikyBounty There's one crucial difference. Old black powder burns slower, meaning it doesn't propel the bullet anywhere near as fast. The reason the first two self contained charges, the .45 ACP and .45 LC, didn't pen the helmet is that they were lead headed. You can even see in the slow mo, the bullets just deformed because pure lead heads are meant for unarmored targets, where saving the weight for better muzzle velocity matter more than having a denser round. It's why the 9mm FMJ penned

[@bozo5773]

Me: “ok he’s slowly climbing up weapons” My Mind: “Skip most of the video and see if he uses a Barret 50 cal”

[@fredricknoe3114]

He should have used a rocket

[@marlonbrandoseyes1443]

Or a Nuke

[@allenalviar9725]

Or a meteor.

[@knobhead5756]

Or a black hole

[@averageslayer8032]

Or the big bang

[@marcosdheleno]

can you imagine the reaction of a medieval armorer seeing the helmet after this "massacre"? him trying to figure out, what type of monster did this.

[@madhatten00]

Marcos Danilo go watch gate: jsdf

[@yingvergara8645]

Marcos Danilo watch GATE.

[@marcosdheleno]

i think you guyss missed my point, i dont want to see a "version imagined by someone else", i can imagine the scene my self, i meant a REAL medieval armorer, seeing the helmet as it was at the end of this video. not what someone else thought would happen.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

+Railey Airsoft Its shit though.

[@aidanyoshida1840]

I need no channel youtube! Totally agree with you, it's shit

[@doomsday9831]

If we want to have another crusade, we'll have to upgrade our armor, brothers.

[@DrewPeabaws]

Doomsday still has to look like a great helm though DEUS VULT!

[@shane907lol]

DEUS VULT

[@pewpewman._.3415]

Titanium armor with an heretic detector helmet and an AR-15 bathed in holy water :D

[@doomsday9831]

@@pewpewman._.3415 It brings a tear to my eye

[@tgaypewdiewin5385]

DEUS VULT

[@enuclearzzgaming106]

Not even 20 seconds into the video and he’s already beating his gun with a mallet

[@rexythet-rex3513]

eNuclearzz Gaming lol

[@julessam8725]

at 10:52 listen carefully, when he shoots, you could hear a silent snake spotted alarm (you know the game) right after the shot

[@luker4101]

Hit the Marx

[@marcusmeade9033]

Came to the comments to make sure i wasn't the only one who noticed haha

[@homemadehavoc184]

Same

[@mightisugestaginaskul-gunf2738]

You saved my sanity.

[@iamstewpit6740]

I noticed that too

[@NolePTR]

So this is what my enemies feel when I rush science in Civ?

[@PenguinNoodleSoup]

NolePtr yes

[@Arpin_Lusene]

"Parry this, you filthy casual"

[@aldxbaran]

*rolls and backstabs*

[@hidan407]

Lmao

[@furyx0978]

Git gud casul dex build

[@diamonddog2005]

Parry, reposte, parry, reposte

[@realisticminecraftsteve4308]

@@diamonddog2005 good ol' mordhau

[@cosmorunner23]

And yet my mum tells me to wear a helmet when I ride my bike, pffft what does she know

[@God-kg1lx]

Never know when you will be shot in your feet tho

[@luckystar3641]

Who shoots at you when your riding a bike?

[@God-kg1lx]

Ever tried disobeying oak?

[@danielmorrison2876]

@Zaween Exists racism

[@whitegradient5182]

@@danielmorrison2876 im gonna say the n word The n word

[@STUV101]

I find it fascinating that a medieval helmet stopped the 45 colt and 45 auto. I just wish modern body armor was as elegant as medieval armor.

[@Erebus66]

.45 = poor penetration. The Flak Jackets from the Vietnam war era weren't rated to stop bullets but they would stop a .45 dead in its tracks. Big and slow is the opposite of what you want against armor.

[@JohnSmith-zx2ge]

STUV101 they were black powder load. Smokeless would go through

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

You'd probably still be knocked out by the trauma (with the medieval helm from the video, that is).

[@brandonlee934]

Or killed by it. Or killed by your skull cracking/caving in (the .45 made that huge dent on the helmet, think of what it would do on your skull).

[@thedarkprinceVvvvV]

I also found that interesting with the 45 ACP/s performance against the helmet its still good to know though so you know how your rounds would behave hitting a round surface.

[@MasterOfTheBrood]

well now I see why people ditched Suits or Armor once even Muskets came along. Even if the bullet doesn't kill you, the metal suddenly bent into your skull most likely will.

[@oswaldsweezlebogger6826]

Firearms certainly played a small part, but are not the sole reason for the eventual abandonment of plate armor.

[@theZXDgames]

during the 17th and 16th century soldiers still used armor, armors were mostly abandoned because the cost of making a single full plate set is the same as making dozens of arquebuses / muskets

[@DarrielOni]

Still hoping for a "guns vs medieval armor" video where they actually hit the armor with the gun instead of shooting it. I don't even have a real reason for wanting to see this I just think it would be a funny bait-and-switch video

[@ThatGuyRBY]

Be pretty funny, and could be kind of effective, depending on how hard they're smacking/throwing the gun.

[@jamesvetrov4408]

Yo, where's smough?

[@DarrielOni]

Starved to death after getting his fat ass stuck in a doorway

[@ThatGunNut]

James Vetrov n

[@Tomartyr]

or throwing the helmets at the guns.

[@Pooperz100]

STOP! You’ve violated the law- **laughs in american*

[@ilikesaying]

Pay the fi-

[@TheMillionDollarDropout]

lmao wait what? In American? What?

[@__655]

@@TheMillionDollarDropout no sir lmao at you because your too stupid enough to not know what the comment means

[@TheMillionDollarDropout]

@@__655 Talk to me when you can speak in correct sentences, LMAO!

[@jonathansmithers2763]

@@TheMillionDollarDropout Long story short. You didn't understand the joke.

[@lumbyman]

*Sees a black powder semi auto* oh god... the fouling... the jamming...

[@Skallagrim]

Don't worry, I only took a couple of shots and cleaned it thoroughly afterwards.

[@terranceperkins9656]

Glen Patterson bub

[@Ragnarokflare1]

God damn time traveling knights wouldn't stand a chance.

[@mryayayify]

Never in fucking hell ever bring a medieval armor to a gun fight.

[@lurk7757]

Zian Xelmeus you should watch tv show called gate. Shows exactly what you just said

[@TheGamerking247]

lurk yea good show

[@alphabloodhawk]

Unless there are millions of them at one battle, in which case it would be like World War Z Battle of Yonkers and modern army would lose.

[@morningmidnight9398]

The flu would probably get them first

[@ihave_noidea]

10:51 Snake this is a virtuous mission, not so much as a casing can be left on the ground. You are not engage the enemy unless absolutely necessary.

[@SteveIsHavingMC]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Lalelilolu!

[@3rdBalance]

Two plus two equals five

[@TheProrage509]

Someluckyzero reeeeeeeeeeeee

[@TehNoobiness]

He twisted his arm to absorb the recoil. That's more of a revolver technique.

[@Gallivanter00]

Guy: Shoots something not designed to stop bullets and bullets go through. Everyone: surprisedpikachuface.png

[@indissolubilisociavit6560]

It works good against blunt force if I'm not mistaken

[@lefterisphasarias8934]

Actually we just came here to see which bullets WOULDN'T go through.

[@indissolubilisociavit6560]

@@vermin4275 I'm joaking of course XD

[@thomasfplm]

Actually it was interesting because of the ones that didn't go through.

[@NemyacX]

Stoneloan learn to spell

[@rafaelapari]

This game sucks, the reload animations take too long

[@CannibaLouiST]

like killer7?

[@CannibaLouiST]

X Infinity I actually meant killer7 the game by Grasshopper. There's a girl character who reloads so slowly, I laugh every time I watch my brother playing and get the girl bombed by these "heaven smiles". Man, that's almost ten years ago. :P:

[@HausAbendrot]

Nerd, just get fast mags+sleight of hand

[@liamgrey7974]

Honestly ugh

[@jonnassan]

Rafael A not as long as the cz 75 from csgo when you pull it out

[@arcxcc]

I love how you just got right into the video. I love how there's no 5 minute intro of you explaining what you're going to do. I hate having to search through the video to find what I came for. Thank you sir!

[@BloomerMindset]

in short. The helmet lost most of the time

[@dantheman4543]

RIP helmet

[@manictiger]

It's crazy to think that a piece of metal and leather is as effective as a modern combat helmet.

[@tobiascarlsson5967]

modernhelmets are also steel and leather the shape is diffrent thoe.

[@manictiger]

No, they're mostly layers of Kevlar. I was sort of joking in my last comment. I think the difference is that modern helmets don't have internal deformation that can still crack your skull.

[@engineerskalinera]

lol. the helmet *always* loses. even 45 colt would propably kill you beacuse it would damage the skull or at least give you a concussion.

[@presidentdeadpool3198]

10:53 did anybody else hear the metal gear '!' noise?

[@koenkohrt1531]

!

[@trashshinobi5758]

"CP, this is PMC Unit 1, I've got gunshots in my area, going to check it out"

[@johnm3907]

Trash Shinobi its just a box.

[@R3___114]

!

[@blitzkriegt-1650]

!

[@HaragothNAR]

After shot number one, that helmet is not coming off that persons head.

[@risasb]

The material may be valuable even if not repairable. If it's in repairable condition but doesn't fit you, you might still want it for your friend Bert.

[@dwwolf4636]

There are quite entertaining accounts of looting after the Swiss kicked Charles the Bold out.

[@hedgehog3180]

I'm pretty sure you would loot armor no matter what. Even if you can't use it you can maybe sell it if it's high enough quality. Though I think armor might be one of the last things you would loot since it's heavy and a corpse may have other more valuable things.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The Battle of Visby was unusual in that dead were often buried in their armour, with no attempt to remove it. Normally armour was removed from the dead, and often entire clothing, by the winning side or by local civilians prowling after the battle was over. Armour did become less and less popular with armies as firearms made wearing these relatively expensive items less worthwhile.

[@schlik5042]

Steve Kaczynski Thank you for providing great information, that I didn't know.

[@Legion12Centurion]

So the lesson is if you are in the US it is ok and accepatble to wear full medieval plate/mail armour since it protects a little towards some handguns while also can be seen as a form of modern metropolitan new age fashion.

[@jacekwaasiewicz716]

;)

[@AwesomeReshiram]

brb buying me a medieval suit of armor

[@thefarter6462]

This could help gang members in Detroit and Chicago.

[@kotor_fan]

This video confirms it. If I'm ever in a situation that I'm getting ready to go into a gunfight, I'm not wearing medieval style helmet!

[@daanwilmer]

life4nina Not if there's a better helmet available. However, it's still better than nothing!

[@SpaceCowboyfromNJ]

Depending on the style of helmet it can definitely be better than nothing. They did not do to badly against pistol rounds, and while they beat them to hell and would not hold up well to multiple shots, that still beats the hell out of taken that same round to the unprotected head. Hell even going against people with rifles those helmets still offer some protection. Sure there is no hope for stopping a direct hit, but against ricochets or bullets that pass through a barrier first it may stop them form killing you. Of course if your helmet has a large face shield, limiting your field of view that might be worst for you over all.

[@Certio0]

It held up pretty well against the 9mm (most common small arms round in the world).

[@imperialityofserbia5138]

Well i am - im also wearing a full plate armour if i can .

[@AstralS7orm]

Mostly because it was lead nose normal pressure 9mm ball. It wouldn't hold up against 9mm designed to pierce armor at all. Result would be similar to the rifle shots. You need much thicker steel plate to stop that. Even IIIA plate doesnt stop it.

[@guilty_mulburry5903]

Thanks for not spending 10 minutes explaining what your going to do, your a legend for just starting the experiment instead of trying to drag out the video for ad revenue

[@Jenjak]

I wonder what archaeologists will conclue when they will find the remains of this helmet...

[@maukka1545]

Renat Gal am I the first one to realize that this refers to warhammer 40k?

[@artios162]

Hail the Omnissiah. Where is my toaster ?

[@100nitrog2]

That Stargate SG-1 was in fact a documentary series. It was, after all, filmed around Vancouver. How else do you explain someone in a viking helmet getting shot with a 9mm?

[@renatgal2946]

=D

[@Cypeq]

Time travelling zombie knight was shot multiple times in different eras.

[@GBWCo]

From your previous video bows and crossbows were just annoyances, but wow, you can really see how guns made armour obsolete! Even if it doesn't penetrate, you're going to get a big bit of helmet pushed into your skull

[@I_like_Batman]

More importantly, all the kinetic energy from the bullet gets transferred into the helmet which in turn transfers it to your head. If you don't die from the bullet, you'll probably end up with a concussion or something like that.

[@MedievalSolutions]

GBW Co guns made medieval armor obsolete. Modern armor does exist. It just has a replaceable form of vests and plates(oh and helmets of course).

[@Gakulon]

GBW Co The crossbow was a low-weight one. Heavy war crossbows would absolutely do more damage to the armo

[@SepticFuddy]

Modern helmets are not designed to stop bullets, but rather explosive fragmentation.

[@Sextus70]

This shows why from the XVII century and onwards the full plate armors eventually disappeared. They just became pointless after the guns became increasingly cheaper, more practical and reliable enough. The high cost of manufacturing an armor wasn't worth anymore.

[@44theshadow49]

these helmets take "born in the wrong generation" to a new level.

[@Skallagrim]

Yeah, I guess the helmets probably also blame millennials for everything. :)

[@johnnydagostino8706]

Skallagrim that's an impressive interesting gun collection

[@MrBioniclefan1]

LMAO

[@sofialaya596]

yoy killed me

[@user_name_redacted]

Incredible that even a siege crossbow would have difficulty penetrating the same helmet, really puts the power of a bullet into perspective

[@destroyeryt8166]

bruh but that bullet cant penetrate a bulletproof armor but just a simple bow would have no problem with penetrating it

[@vyor8837]

@@destroyeryt8166 wut? No? Bullet resistant armor is not made of sand the rifles shown would go right through any soft body armor out there. An arrow isn't making it through a level 3 plate.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

​@@destroyeryt8166LMFAO no bow and arrow would ever go through a body armor plate.

[@SmileyD1125]

Now I want to see how modern helmets would do against medieval weaponry.

[@shun2240]

modern helmets wouldn't stand a chance against halberds and longswords!

[@josephkerking8638]

Ehhh. A level III-A Helmet would be quite a challenge to get through, considering that they can stop a 44 magnum.

[@raztaz826]

yes and riot shields vs lances and maces.

[@madhatten00]

Raz Taz riot shields would fold over...

[@raztaz826]

madhatten00 I don't think so. We disagree, so it would be fun to see a test.

[@galbert117]

So moral of the story is, if a bunch of dudes dressed in medieval armor are attacking you, make sure you don't shoot them in the head with pistols unless you have really good aim.

[@kyle18934]

an AR would do just fine

[@beaconofwierd1883]

Well, you got to remember that the dent you see on the helmet would extend to the same "dent" on the wearers head. Meaning at best a fractured skull.

[@galbert117]

***** Yeah you're probably right. Regular modern gunpowder would have worked better.

[@WhyName]

DrakeMarvell also the penetration doesn't really matter if you're getting hit hard enough to dent steel.

[@jellyjohnson7393]

No, it does matter. Haelsrig was shot at close range to the helmet in the ECW, he did not die. I am very sure that Haelrig's helmet was dented from that.

[@jacksparrowjives3138]

The first shot was the most impressive one to me.

[@LaVeyCharkusVeros]

0:32 - I loved how out of nowhere *Officer Barbrady* started explaining the shot. :D

[@PopeCromwell]

I'll consider my life a success when I earn enough to buy that many guns and have medieval helmets made for target practice.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

kill a commie for mommy that's incredibly rich coming from you.

[@PopeCromwell]

Thanks. I came up with it whilst thoroughly drunk and reading English history.

[@crwydryny]

who else thinks this needs to be done again but with a water melon inside the helmet so we can see melon brains explode (or one of those zombie heads... I'm not too fussy)

[@crwydryny]

Nahodakk to be fair holding a handgun in one hand is the standard way to hold it for a lot of static target shooting competitions (a lot of competitions it's the only way you're allowed to hold it) and if that's the way he learnt it's probably the way he feels most comfortable

[@MajorArtillary]

You're actually supposed to shoot one handed and with your body turned sideways. Only shoot two handed if you're wearing body armor.

[@ghazghkull133]

It would be cool to see with a watermelon but ultimately unneeded. Even the .45 hitting a helmet is a killshot or at least incapacitating shot with the dent.

[@cealfonsovargas]

Dan Nguyen Nah... Nazy Zombies

[@cealfonsovargas]

Dan Nguyen I know they have better helmets. Just google Nazy Infantry WW1 uniform.

[@jazzhands6055]

“Who would win? Knights or the army?” 4:40

[@ganzow1735]

1 soldier would fuck up a whole kingdom

[@ulquiorra4196]

The army is just an upgraded version of the Knights

[@d.t.w1390]

1 Dude with Guns Can wipe out whole kingdom in 1 week

[@DanteAlmandine]

@@d.t.w1390not really. He would get killed as soon as he has to reload.

[@Omega1337]

@@DanteAlmandine the fear and confussion from a guy firing an m60 killing people from really far would cause everyone to be scared and think that the dude with the gun is a demon of some god

[@mochalavender9398]

I can only imagine how brutal it was when these guns first started being used and made armor pretty much irrelevant.

[@icebear326]

*Just casually being a warrior* *Getting shot by something that very obviously isn't an arrow*

[@dragon12234]

Quite a bit late, but that never quite happened. Sufficient armor just became too expensive to outfit common troops, or too heavy for long marches. During the American civil war some soldiers did buy armor privately, and during WW1 French and German curassiers did still have their breastplates (and yes, cavalry was still highly effective wherever and whenever there was not trench warfare)

[@SidusBrist]

Yeah war of that period war just a big cloud of smoke and people randomly dying until the ammo was over.

[@dragon12234]

@@shitemite2457 Mmh, these Handcannons (not quite yet musket or arquebus) were used by shock troops when charging. Knights also strapped gus to the end of their lances and stuffed them full of slow burning powder to essentially create a flamethrower. Then they added shrapnel, and turned it into a flamethrower/shotgun hybrid. This weapon was called the Fire Lance

[@filmandfirearms]

Actually, most heavier armor could stop bullets, or at least deflect them. Armor was made irrelevant because the vast majority of soldiers couldn't afford armor good enough to stop a bullet, so it was better to wear no armor at all. This helmet was much, much earlier than that. It likely wouldn't have even stopped most blades from around the time guns started to become commonplace

[@HolyRoller1026]

lmao 10:52 YOU FOOL! YOU DIDNT USE A SUPPRESSOR! THEY KNOW YOU ARE HERE!!

[@Diditallforthexp]

I could dump most of the channels I'm subbed to... But this is one of maybe half a dozen I would never unsub. Just too unique, friendly and cool.

[@Skallagrim]

Thank you. :)

[@RayMasters03]

Skallagrim wadi jus me or did your rifle bend? 7:03 I hope I was jus me

[@Skallagrim]

RayMasters03 It's just the fisheye effect from the wideangle lens. I wouldn't shoot a bent barrel.

[@Vince-qp5rs]

thats what happends when you dont wear a GAMBESON underneath - Shadiversity

[@littlesherlock2313]

As a viewer and fan of shadiversity, I highly appreciate this comment chain. But, such a comment also begs the question: What about dragons?

[@geradosolusyon511]

@@littlesherlock2313 Peasant, What about Castles?

[@Spoon80085]

Imagine how confused future archaeologist will be if they find this.

[@angeloluna529]

10:52 metal gear solid detected sound

[@diegosilang4823]

probably a ringtone

[@NoobieLandCity]

@@diegosilang4823 noo Snake was nearby that's all

[@SkrapMetal84]

!

[@julianbelkan2384]

!

[@itsclemgamerogdoms1clem773]

!

[@thenedoriiistewardofrondog6965]

Next week; thermonuclear devices verses medieval helmets

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Surprise: the helmet wins

[@luker4101]

Next next week: atomic bombs v chain mail

[@luttingdude9415]

Nah you probably won't find the helmet.

[@ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER]

at 10:53, after the shot is fired, the Metal Gear Solid " alert" noise ( ringtone) goes off right away, hahaha, perfect timing

[@benwildheart]

This is why they finally stopped wearing plate armor around the mid to late 17th century. Had absolutely no protection whatsoever.

[@TheCompleteMental]

There were some thickened, these helmets are, from my knowledge, twice as thin as those used in that era

[@_lumiaart_2010]

@@TheCompleteMental dude cetain types of European calv used Helmet and breastplates up till ww 1.

[@TheCompleteMental]

I have heard of that, though it isnt my area of expertise

[@eleethtahgra7182]

It still offer protection if its on heavy cavalry troops. Of course, it is not used to charged at a properly lined muskets. Wingged hussar, a heavy cav with heavy spear swords n pistols, was still a thing up to late 18th century. Slower reload of musket weapon can still be countered with cavalry. And you can still put armor on them so that they dont get stab to death. Of course, with faster reload, it then becomes obsolete.

[@ShiryuCain]

false, because it was easier and cheaper to arm people with gun than train a night from childhood and equip him with full armor.

[@SALSN]

I feel prepared to fight a time travelling knight now :-D

[@thehobbyistartist2475]

Simon Als Nielsen Lets enter the Special Region in Gate

[@Bones98]

Even if the .45 colt and .45 auto didn't penetrate, that shit would hurt someone really bad and they'd most likely be out of the fight getting shot while wearing that helmet

[@gargoyles9999]

Bones98 with as far in as it dented they would be knocked out at the very least if not having a skull fracture on top of it. That's why I prefer blunt weapons, doesn't matter if I can't cut through something if I can turn your guts into jelly with kinetic energy

[@danielstonebraker1952]

Or, you could cut through them, AND turn their guts into jelly with the hydrostatic shock from a modern rifle round. Modern bullets, mainly and especially rifle rounds, are amazingly, unbelievably powerful.

[@WhatIsLove170]

gargoyles9999 That's why maces were used

[@Longnima]

the helmets were padded so maybe not

[@HippieMagic]

Tubby Almond lol not padded enough. A different 45 load would probably penetrate it. That hit would probably kill or cause real brain damage as is. It hit crazy hard.

[@jacobocorujo6693]

Moral of the story: if you went back in time with a gun, you’d be mostly lethal but not 100%

[@boomerisadog3899]

Depends on the gun. Nearly any full rifle caliber will go in one side and out the other, some with enough energy left over to do it again.

[@jesalt8230]

Until a disease kicks in.

[@MEGASTRIX]

If you're vaccinated youd be a freakin god.

[@jesalt8230]

Ultra Fox Try an actual vaccine against diseases in 1121.

[@Mr-Trox]

Even the ones that didn't penetrate would ruin the person's day. He's got a concussion at least or a piece of metal where his cheekbone was.

[@ahmedsamir1404]

Imagine missing the shot after all this reloading time

[@azinyefantasy4445]

Wouldn't matter. The first line would retreat to reload and if the enemy pressed the bayonet attack or simply tried to gain ground the second group would fire. Plus you would have a single bullet pistol as a back up. Plenty of time to recover.

[@Stellar001100]

Takes the average shooter 3-5 seconds to reload an AR based platform. More than enough time to reload, and put 30 more holes in a knight.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@Stellar001100 And I've seen competition shooters and some infantrymen do it in under a second

[@withnovideos-wm8bf]

Remember the saying, don't bring a medieval helmet to a gun fight!

[@Wooper160atThePond]

26744 with no videos unless it’s a wild west gunfight apparently

[@jakedunning9995]

I love that Skall always fires handguns like a proper gentlemen, one handed...very impressed with his marksmanship, especially with the percussion cap guns...bravo good sir, it makes me happy to know you are fairly proficient with modern guns as well as swordsmanship skills...new favorite channel

[@4ziku]

10:53 it seems that you alerted an enemy there

[@drofseh]

Yah, my cell phone went off.

[@MistrzTrzechMieczy]

I was looking for this comment xD

[@drofseh]

***** You must have been standing there next to me all invisible then. ;)

[@Sylfa]

+drofseh That explains the alert sound, being invisible on a shooting range sounds like a bad combination XD

[@BruhOmeter-_-]

0:17. LMAO, I was expecting this giant blast from the gun and all it did was "pop"

[@nohype-fi6468]

Next: Medieval Helmets vs Lazers

[@gigaslave]

A direct hit from IS infantry-scale microlaser pistol would burn clean through even under 25% power

[@gigaslave]

BTW IS as in Inner Sphere for all you Periphary hicks

[@themightiestofbooshes9443]

1:50 "That one bounced!" 2:17 "Ricochet!"

[@roller1815]

Paul Berger Nice wot reference you got there

[@juancamacho766]

Paul Berger "We couldn't penetrate his armor"

[@roller1815]

Ya'll still play wot?

[@themightiestofbooshes9443]

Hell yes.

[@CaptainGhost1331]

"WOT is shit" -Me 2014

[@explosivesexplode]

I'm genuinely impressed by how the helmets held up. They tried their best.

[@Doot2131]

Good video, no talking at the beginning, just showing what people want to see

[@WhatEver-ej9vs]

I literally got here from watching GATE clips.

[@masebot1247]

Jet MaX gate was randomly in my recommends. Checked Hulu and was like yes!!! Binged that show.

[@TK-nn8jd]

Violent Japanese nationalism is not the kind of thing we should condone-they have psycho loli berserkers and cute loli sorceresses? Sign me the hell up!

[@Macintoshiba]

Saaame lmao

[@Frosty14748]

@Jet Max Just because I feel like it, I'll clog this thread from a few of my posts that are way too long about this topic: Even if we were to assume that JSDF forces had 2000 people and a total of one million rounds of ammunition(or killing potential when we include artillery, missiles etc.), there's some serious supply problems! An average soldier usually carries 300 rounds, but using my numbers, soldiers carry 500 bullets each. If we assume an awesome hit rate of 25%, and 10% of soldiers willing to butcher their fellow humans(usually 25% or less of soldiers are willing to shoot to kill, rather using suppressing fire even when they have an opportunity to score a headshot!) when you consider they're JSDF and HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED FRONT LINE COMBAT!= 1000000 (rounds of ammunition) x 0.10(percentage of people willing to kill) x 0.25 (% of hitrate) = *25000 casualties. Keep in mind casualties means wounded, injured or otherwise out of service, NOT OUTRIGHT DEATH! If I use a statistic from WW1 that like 75% of casualties were caused by artillery, and just handwave that onto the choppers and whatnot, that's 100 000 casualties. If we use Roman numbers alone, they had an army of at least 250 000 people. Keep in mind the Empire in GATE is very militaristic, and could have a much higher population than the Roman Empire had at it's peak! The Empire in GATE could conscript an army of perhaps 1 420 000 people or triple that amount! Even if we said the JSDF or whoever got 300 000 or even 500 000 casualties, they just couldn't possibly have enough firepower to win purely on their own. The first few battles would be a complete massacre for the Classical Era Empire. Like, they'd probably be totally obliterated. But after the tenth of twelfth battle, the modern army might be exhausted of munitions, but who knows how well they could live off the land? However, the enemy will have adapted and devised tactics and counter-tactics to nullify and twist advantages into disadvantages.* If the JSDF or some other modern force of a few thousand were truly trapped in the past (or an alternate universe set in the past so we don't have to alter our history and had no GATE or easy method to return to the present), it'd be nasty! *Imagine the morale plummeting realizing you'll never taste Coke again. You'll never experience the internet and playing with your cat or dog on the weekend ever again. The country you fight for is non-existent, or at least thousands of kilometers away and is thousands of years in the past. Family and friends that were left behind are lost forever, you'll never see them again! You've bombed these Imperial cities, you've killed countless in fields of fire and acrid plumes of smoke and putrid toxins that melt lungs and shrapnel shredding your body into mulch and explosions incinerating you into charred steak and rubble crushing your bones and have had brothers see their family's heads explode into paste by an enemy they could hardly see. Imagine the horror! It'd be a stress bomb an order of magnitude higher than most soldiers would ever face!* The modern army would have to keep moving, lest they be cut off from supplies by a large blockade/encirclement. Maps wouldn't help as much because the topography and river placement would be very different than what it is today. An average unit of Marines is not likely to be able to make an oil refinery, start generating electricity, or create machine tools to make spare parts for equipment. And even if they could figure it out, it would take a few months or even years. So, as soon as the Marines ran out of gas, their tanks would become little more than hunks of metal. The upside is that helicopters can run off of things like biofuels, you'd be forced to use helicopters sparingly, as your helicopter would run out of it's own ammunition quickly and good luck manufacturing bullets, specifically the primer. In the short term and in the open, modern infantry could massacre any ancient soldiers at little risk to themselves, but you could not support modern infantry. So all of these weapons and vehicles could make a brief, dramatic, and even devastating appearance, but would very quickly become nearly useless. Probably in a matter of days or perhaps weeks. Imagine if in the show we saw a guy make a brilliant golden statue of their Emperor that has given his citizens "peace" and "prosperity." He spends over 2 decades constructing the glorious monument, only for it to be completely obliterated by bombing runs as civilians and the artists and engineers get crushed and blasted into pieces. *JSDF soldiers begin to feel horrible as it seems less like a war and more like a genocide they're enacting. JSDF marches in the streets, gunning down all Imperial supporters of this "evil" Empire, including melting civilians running in the streets with flamethrowers and a flurry of bullets.* Imagine scenes of us learning about a proud Imperial citizen who bathes with his family. His brother who leads a cohort of troops gets shot to pieces by someone. There's flashbacks of tens of thousands of Imperial soldiers and civilians dying. This fills the demoralized Imperial Army with resolve and they begin to devise counter-stratagems using the magic, troops, terrain, and tactics at their disposal. Imagine scenes of JSDF soldiers scared and severely traumatized and panicking as scores of them charge forward in a mix of blind rage and defecting from JSDF just so they might be treated well as prisoners of war. *The Imperial tactician shatters a fleeing Private-First-Class's arm. Both of them are crying in agony, staring into the others eyes, both pleading for mercy. The general then hoists the PFC and his friend onto his horse, and escorts them behind Imperial lines and assures them they will be treated with respect. That's way more tense and interesting, and really humanizes both sides.* We see the overconfident JSDF begin to shatter, and they actually, lose a battle because most of them are psychiatric casualties of war. *We also see how the "evil Imperials" are people fighting for the survival of their very world. They're paranoid that if the JSDF secures a solid foothold in Falmart, that it'd be like what happened with Natives in the Americas and Africa, except most of the casualties are from being murdered.* You could have miscommunication leading to some guy killing a merchant just trying to trade to the JSDF. Or they run low on MREs (portable rations/meals), and raid farms owned by civilians to use the food to feed themselves as well as biofuel for their helicopters. This also raises ethical questions as well? Does the Empire actually have an argument as to why the JSDF should leave their fantasy world alone? Our protagonist now goes from idealistically support the Japanese army to seriously questioning their actions! Imagine during mid-battle, when it seems the overconfident JSDF has yet again slaughtered thousands of Imperial troops and sent the Imperial army group running like lightning, a "civil war/mutiny" breaks out in the JSDF! Each side tries to assassinate the other commander and take control of the army! Both sides have differing ideals regarding Japanese expansion into the GATE, what to do with PRISONERS OF WAR(POWs are such a huge issue, they could be the focus of entire episodes!), how should civilians be treated, and how much political interference should the outside world be allowed to have, just to name a few sources of potential conflict. This would also be a great reasons as to why some Western nations, or at least America because they're close allies, should have came with military forces with Japan into the GATE. American doctrine dictates a covert assassination/infiltration, while the Japanese doctrines dictate a pitched battle using psychological tactics to skyrocket the morale of the troops. You could also have a few dozen diplomats and personal bodyguards come in from a colourful cast of other nations to provide all sorts of drama and humanization of both sides! What if a few troops/diplomats of these other nations and ethnicities happened to have experienced genocide in their pasts? What if there was a call for peace with these fantasy nations? Or further war? See if we can bring their fantasy magic into our world? *GATE MANGA AND NOVELS>GATE ANIME, DESPITE THE OBSCENELY DUMB SHIT LIKE THE HAKONE INCIDENT AND THE TUKA AND YAO ARC! NATIONALISM DESTROYS THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT COULD'VE BEEN AN AMAZINGLY DEEP STORY IN ALL VERSIONS!* *If you read all that, awesome man! Great to see someone hopefully enjoy my post as much as I did making them!*

[@Frosty14748]

@Whoever else read my shitty posts: Imagine if the "Zulus and Indians" had access to magic, vast amounts of cavalry, archers (that the Empire actually uses because arrows are still very effective, unless you were wearing ceramic [that shatters eventually]/steel plates), and Oni, just to name a few. Why doesn't the Empire get a dozen Oni/Ogres etc. Here's some examples of how to make some of the battles interesting: 1 - Imperial Commander wising up and trying something other than the mostly wooden shields they've been using for defense. Switching to full metal, thicker shields which would prove problematic for the kinds of weapons the JSDF has been shown to be using. "Nyah! But most bullets could probably pierce straight through metal shields!" Well then use some durability enchantment or something on your shields to counteract that. You could try durability enhanced full plate armour to really toughen up your soldiers. But it'd take a fair bit of time to create plate suits then mass produce them. However, if that doesn't work you could improvise even further and using essentially thick metal slabs pushed by non-humans or human teams (essentially moving versions of the old archer's defenses) to force the JSDF to use vehicle munitions or explosives to take them on head-on. 2: The non-humans. Something like Tio. They've shown catgirls, orcs, kitsune etc. Its not too hard a stretch to imagine that there are Oni and Ogres as well. And in most myth and anime/games Oni and Ogres are depicted as being massively strong - strong even to wear basically what amounts to an MBT or LAV as armor while still moving, aside from being incredibly durable. So you get a bunch of them decked out in full, heavy iron/steel armor and let loose in the Capital against the JSDF and suddenly that easy as shit raid turns into a fuckfest as you can't shoot them to death (it'd be like trying to use an M16 to kill a Bradley IFV), forcing you to use explosives in tight quarters (bad) or try to get air support that doesn't also frag YOU. All while being chased by something that can pick up and throw chunks of building and road at you (and potentially any light vehicles it happens to catch). The morale of your squadron will plummet as many would probably just run away, scared shitless and perhaps psychologically traumatized for some time. Also keep in mind civilian casualties are a thing as well. The JSDF might be forced to choose between rapidly killing these giants with explosives, but in the process kill droves of Imperial civilians that are just trying to hide amidst the chaos. Ooh! Ethical choices! Drama! What if a fuckshit crazy overconfident commander says "Fuck it!" and bombs dozens of innocent civilians? 3: The really easy one - remember that little wind magic trick the bandits pulled vs. the town? So...what happens when the Imperial Mages realize that the JSDF weapons still use projectiles, and that their aircraft are just as vulnerable to poor weather as wyverns and dragons are? Guns and aircraft don't work so well in near-hurricane force winds - you don't even have to get that far. Get it up to "severe thunderstorm" levels and most aircraft would be grounded and your effective engagement range with ballistic weapons drops to almost nothing - not even counting your ability to effectively aim in that kind of situation. What if the Empire's magic wasn't as powerful as I think it is, but they could still assassinate commanders and cause a lot of havoc/equipment failures. Use torrential rain to fuck with guns, jam their signals, or just lightning strike an ammunition or munitions storage unit for a huge kaboom! Strap a super powerful fantasy version of Greek Fire and bombard the enemy with Scorpion/Ballista shots that have a 5x5 metre blast radius when they land, and the fire continues to spread. Or just drop vases of the incendiary fluids on the JSDF IF YOU HAVE THE HIGH GROUND OBI-WAN! There are a lot of things they could do besides "Empire tries the same thing over and over, getting its ass kicked repeatedly in the same way". Also, you could try stuff like what I mentioned in my first of 3 large posts, and just humanize both factions and have staunchly Imperial characters that we actually care about and so on. *If anyone read all that, thank you very much!*

[@pontashi2650]

When a medieval soldier accidently time traveled in a war

[@Nusma]

step 1: buy some nokia step 2: forge some into an armor step 3: forge another one into a katana step 4: go to war and be invincible step 5: profit

[@notirishrider7953]

why not get some lvl 4 armor ? the problem is not stopping the bullet the problem is absorbing the energy.

[@ThedeadMapleoak]

But what if you just line your armor with pommels? You end their attacks rightly!

[@imperialityofserbia5138]

I always wondered what made those fucks so invincible - i broke my friends arm with one nokia (end him rightly) throw and later that day i dropped it from a 4 story high building on solid concrete .

[@muradm7748]

2k16. Still someone find "nokia strong" jokes funny.

[@imperialityofserbia5138]

i still have one and i still fight with them

[@justsomeguy3931]

I'm impressed by how well the old helmets did honestly, especially against handguns. I expected them to be kinda meaningless to very ineffective. The reality is a Medieval warrior in good plate steel would take more rounds to put down all other things being equal, if one didn't have a rifle. Modern steel helmet vs. bullets: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3TLoZaKlKd7ldU

[@ButcherCake6969]

What are you talking about, all the bullets went through like butter Every warrior/knight will be cold dead if they got shot at the head with those steel helmet on. Except if it was a modern helmet

[@mask8402]

@@ButcherCake6969 Not necessarily. It held up surprisingly well against .45 and 9mm. And, with sufficient padding, they would probably survive and still be conscious... along with a really bad headache.

[@ButcherCake6969]

@@mask8402 one thing is not getting destroyed and helding up and another thing is the first shot went all through, a clean exit hole that will literally pierce the brain No one can survive with a hole with such impact and kinetic energy in their brain

[@mask8402]

@@ButcherCake6969 The first round was a heavy .50 cal+ bullet... that, as skall said, conveniently nailed a weak point in the helmet. Once we got the modern guns, he shot .45 calibre rounds at that helmet twice, he then proceeded to shoot it with a 9mm. All three of these modern loads bounced off and just left dents. Modern handgun loads aren't commonly known for their power, on the other hand, rifle round will just zoom through the helmet like it wasn't even there.

[@Racingboom]

10:52 MGS ALERT SOUND?!

[@MrVux007]

Yep ^^

[@connertaylor9588]

Racingboom The Pleb haha lol

[@drofseh]

Yah, that was my phone.

[@gt4lex]

Perfect timing there.

[@IAMN00l3]

What was that noise!?

[@isleofgreg]

My takeaway from this is don't fight armor with a 45 pistol of any kind. More speed is required, so go 9mm or a rifle

[@shkeepr]

grinc333 yes but for a civilian that just wants a weapon for self defense I would prefer the 45 acp because of the stopping power

[@biggsydaboss3410]

Shotgun all the way for personal protection around the house.

[@johnandrewserranogarcia7223]

Barrel length has as much to do with bullet velocity as caliber. The 45. colt had no problem going through the armors.

[@afernandezaf55af]

grinc333 My takeaway is those men those men in the American civil war absolutely went through hell.

[@bruceluiz]

Or that Norse Warriors shouldn´t meddle with Gang Stuff.

[@Masterchezze]

10:53 was that the mgs alert sound?

[@curvalleirvin3867]

Yes it was lol

[@burlyheads]

exactly what I was thinking

[@flapadodawhitewoods5670]

Masterchezze isn't your profile picture a gay porn video?

[@RX7FDfreak]

It's the alert sound from Metal gear solid video game. Probably his text tone on his cell.

[@flapadodawhitewoods5670]

swvshp kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6qQZ4F7Z813p8U Its a meme by now

[@robertonome2448]

Its like they say, don't bring a medieval helmet to a gunfight

[@adamstringer7092]

It's interesting that the older, less efficient rounds did more damage than the more modern ones.

[@2SSSR2]

It depends on the caliber. 9mm and .45 cal do not have big penetrating power hence why are they used primarily by civilians and the police while more heavier rounds are being mostly used by military.

[@mcalsip]

Not even remotely true. 9mm is the primary round used in military sidearms. .45acp was developed for military use and fell out of fashion when the US adopted the M9 as the standard military sidearm in 1985. Both rounds are regularly used by military and civilians today and there isn't such a thing as a military caliber when it comes to small arms. The real reason the older firearms were doing so much damage is because the rounds were very heavy and slow moving objects. Many muskets are between .50-.70 caliber and feature a very heavy bullets traveling at slow speeds. This infers a strike that creates a big dent or hole in a metal surface that is relatively thin such as a helmet. Handguns are meant for self defense only and are therefore generally under powered, especially semi autos, because they often compromise power in order to have a round small enough to fit in the grip of the frame. If you are going to war then you are going to use a rifle. Modern military rifles use the same round as the AR15 they were shooting, 5.56x45(NATO) or 7.62x39(AK). These rounds are often lighter or the similar weight as their handgun cousins but travel at extremely higher velocities due to a much larger casing, thus a greater amount of propellant, and longer barrel to infer that energy into the bullet when fired. Even though the damage would seem greater from the older firearms, this damage is mainly cosmetic to the helmet. The lighter rifle rounds were penetrating at a higher velocity. Had there been a person wearing that helmet, the damage would have been substantially more lethal and also more reliably consistent. It just creates the illusion of less damage because it so effortlessly punches through.

[@dmdizzy]

You know an AR-15 fires a round that's smaller than a 9mm, right? It's conical and higher velocity, which is why it goes straight through.

[@2SSSR2]

I am not judging it by psychical size but by penetrating capability and also by their official designations. 9mm are small caliber weapons, while 5.56 ( or 7.62 here ) are considered medium size weapons.

[@majormassenspektrometer]

Rifles will always be more powerful than pistols or revolvers. The helmet could stop the old Colt .45 and the new .45ACP. Which it couldn't stop was 9mm, 7,62 Tokarev. Speed kills armor. And smaller projectiles are generally faster and are superiour when it comes to armor penetration.

[@karlhans6678]

next: gun vs medieval shield

[@mryayayify]

Shields are still sort of cowardly, even in the Era of Firearms. Still, do not wear metal armor in a gun fight.

[@paullytle246]

MrYayayify if its ar 500 you should

[@IchKomentiereNur123]

How would metal shields work vs blackpowder guns? Austria still used those in the 16th-17th century.

[@aduptuniform2647]

I have one thing to say: *HEADSHOT*

[@Kilgzzz]

People should look up the story about the Australian bushranger (bandit) Ned Kelly. He lived from 1854 to 1880 and he wore a suit of armour when going into combat with the authorities who where hunting him down. He killed many o police and took plenty o hostages before his last stand. At the time legend had it at the time he could withstand 20 police by himself and emerged uninjured and unhindered after many of his encounters with police. However he did not have any protection on his legs though and that is how the police finally captured him. He is now revered as an Australian hero and a is he is always there to remind Australian of their penal colonial past.

[@Deadflower20xx]

Jacob Kilgore Damn. That's a really cool story. When you think of Australian history you never think of stuff like that

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Jacob Kilgore ...or watch the movie starring the late, award-winning actor Heath Ledger

[@KuraIthys]

Yeah, but according to legend that armour was made from ploughs. I don't know what kind of metal that was, but I would say pretty substantial compared to the kind of thing these helmets are made of. www.slv.vic.gov.au/view-discuss/ned-kelly’s-armour 45 kg metal armour made of plough metal. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/62iag9/how_thick_was_ned_kellys_armour/ Typically this is apparently only 3/16th inch mild steel. But it doesn't look as though the police had weapons that were all that impressive. And as you saw in the helmet demonstration shown here, there were a handful of shots that did not penetrate the helmets, notably, many of the pistol rounds. Anyway... Ned Kelly. Don't know anyone in Australia who is unfamiliar with that story... But outside of Australia it's a bit more of a surprise to people it seems... XD

[@TheManofthecross]

link to this please?

[@ianb9028]

Not quite right. Ned killed 4 police at a place called Stringybark Creek before he made the armour. He was captured at Glenrowan while he and the rest of the gang (Dan Kelly, Joe Bryne and Steve Hart) were wearing armour. No police died in the Glenrowan shootout. Ned had something like 28 wounds to his arms and legs. The other gang members died in the shootout when police set fire the the inn. The armour was only worn at Glenrowan. His armour is still on display in Melbourne A good you tube documentary is by Tony Robinson on Time Team on the Kelly Gang. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqGzknx8js6KmMk

[@showalk]

10:53 "!" Metal Gear Solid sound lol

[@MyBricks4you]

You kept pulling out bigger guns, I was starting to wonder when the rpg would come out XD

[@asdfgidji879]

Thats part 2 then hell hop in a tank

[@mcgoldenblade4765]

RPGs are illegal in about any civilized country

[@blackbaron9544]

You can own one in the US, but you better be determined to find one, fill wait the paper work, get the licenses and permits, wait forever and pay a healthy chunk. You can even get live ammo to

[@adisappointedfbiagent449]

Wow the new Pirates, Vikings, and Knights is looking great!

[@hippomantube]

10:54 Snake?...Snake?...SNAKE!!

[@Schenkel101]

Of course a gun that loud would alert the guards.

[@KrigRaseri]

Good, I thought I was hearing things.

[@JUGO49]

OMG i was wondering if anyone else noticed hahaha

[@laerbear6760]

I'm still confused as to where that came from.

[@WF_Dante]

He probably has it as a notification sound on a phone. So do i, and that really confused me when i heard it.

[@Eggomania86]

Speed kills. It's crazy that these helmets offer a level of protection against lower velocity rounds. Rifle rounds on the other hand different story.

[@alduinfeetpic9250]

Yeah, a majority of the bullets that were blocked still left enough of a dent to crack part of the skull underneath. Not necessarily deadly, but not pleasant either.

[@owenlewis1314]

Yeah, low velocity doesn't penetrate much armour. All other rounds went clean through both sides shows the difference between low velocity and normal rounds.

[@robertonome2448]

Need to upgrade these long swordsmen to champions already

[@caseyb1346]

Wololo

[@elgatoburgues809]

This reminds me Gate when the JSDF made a public demonstration of their firepower to the Empire against their Roman age armors usins some assault rifles and piercing them like butter.

[@christiandauz3742]

Don't forget the first book in the 1632 series 17th Century Armor isn't made to withstand hunting rifles or an M60

[@gwynedd8179]

fuck off you weeb

[@christiandauz3742]

Mozilla Firefox You better be talking about him and not about me!

[@jefferyjeffson4138]

+Mozilla Firefox how would you know what GATE is without being a web yourself?

[@7dayspking]

+Christian Dauz ...these aren't representative of any period armour. They are cheap non-battle ready armours.

[@przadlo1488]

Kids in africa could wear this helmets

[@theworkingkirk5730]

Kevin Trang but some already are No, to dark?

[@kevintrang3007]

Why did i got 10 likes?

[@dannylugo1340]

Kevin Trang you didnt.

[@kevintrang3007]

DONE Shadow now i got 16

[@dannylugo1340]

Kevin Trang exactly

[@FlfyCats17]

Thank you for this video. In a fantasy / time travel novel I've been writing, the setting creates several scenarios in which medieval knights are faced with historical and modern firearms. This provided some useful information as to how such encounters would realistically go down.

[@piglin469]

can I see the novel

[@Cortanis001]

I was a bit surprised how much damage those black powder guns did. Then again, it's pretty much firing a massive ball bearing any way.

[@PrincessJasmineh]

Skall, as much as I love your videos, how do you keep losing so much footage from the cameras? xD They have amnesia?

[@Skallagrim]

Crappy battery life. I actually have a spare battery for the Gopro, and 2 spare batteries for the slowmo camera. I burned through all of them in this session.

[@victor97O6]

11:18 And his mic is very tired, it fell asleep.

[@viczofrenia]

2:22 when you are playing resident evil 4 and reach the castle

[@trolltothebank]

hahahah true!

[@viczofrenia]

@@trolltothebank laughs in true facts

[@viczofrenia]

@@trolltothebank also laughs in handgun

[@viczofrenia]

@@trolltothebank and last but not less important, CRIES IN "LEON HEEELP"

[@viczofrenia]

@Arthur Morgan the good ps2 days, the amount of games I had was astronomic and I played a lot

[@zaodedong9935]

By Talos! How could you treat helmets so harshly.

[@joywisnun1674]

SHHH quiet down or those yellowskin will hear us

[@dr.freakshow3714]

I Wonder if dragon born would win?

[@comicstrider4851]

**angry Imperial and Thalmor noises**

[@zaodedong9935]

@@comicstrider4851 "Calm yourself milk drinker."

[@comicstrider4851]

@@zaodedong9935 "damn those stormcloak rebels"

[@AdamBlade17]

4:41 Lol, those last 2 shots didn't even move the helmet. They just passed through.

[@TypetwoAbsolute]

This is really making me crave a civil war style call of duty game.

[@daru_klas]

I guess Activision could just approach it like WW2 and have mag loading semi auto muskets.

[@mixinthebisquic1238]

TypetwoAbsolute nah battlefield franchise would pay propper homage to the period.

[@NMGamingYT]

Yeah but there would only be like a few guns. the musket and maybe some flint lock pistols.

[@zach7372]

I feel like you can only make a game with muskets as a realistic game.

[@oron61]

Call of Duty, No. Battlefield, No. Insurgency/Day of Infamy maybe. Red Orchestra/Rising Storm YES YES YES

[@josephyecla4796]

0:06 imagine doing this in a middle of a battle field

[@DarienDragonFox]

I guess didnt the peterson rifles did that long ago and they were technically gun and run, guns. Once you shot you ran, although it was more acurate than any musket.

[@obsoou9144]

Just after a fire... And reloading... The gunner keep spamming :" oh god ...oh god... WTF WTF ...hell come on, argghh.... Quick... Daeyumm... Oh shit oh shit.."" Gunner got killed...lol

[@miraak542]

It was nice to see the Enfield MkIII. It's one of my favorite bolt actions ever made. Also another favorite rifle of mine is the M1 Garand. Not bolt action by any means, but it was quite rifle.

[@drofseh]

The Lee Enfields really are just a pleasure to shoot.

[@nicholsjoshua15]

M1 rifles give me a hard on, I'm not joking!

[@jaydenwebster7510]

Those slow-motion shots with no sound make me feel a bit melancholic, haha. I'm glad this demonstration exists though, thank you.