Is This Napoleonic Cuirass A Fake?

[@metatronyt]

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[@Ethereal_BmZ]

Metatron! Are there any places that most people are not aware of that the Romans ventured/influenced? Love from SA🇿🇦

[@ducthman4737]

If you can you should visit this years battle of Waterloo. It promises to be a very big event . (Bob 79th Cameron Highlanders Light company)

[@craigyoung98]

Thanks for sharing, as always. Excellent community, noble ones. It is difficult to comprehend the difficulties endured by the soldiers in question, so may we benefit from their exemplary noble efforts.

[@The_Jeremitis]

I’ll be there👍👌

[@SisyphusOfSodom]

12:18 You didn't post the link of this website.

[@robertpatter5509]

People do survive stuff that is unbelievable. I was ran over by a garbage truck in Vancouver, Washington in 2013. I did not die in an actual warzone but some muppet almost kills me in a crosswalk.. I am sure there is a joke somewhere here. I now have about six titanium pins in my body.

[@BobGeanis]

My mother's boyfriend survived being hit by a train in 2015

[@robertpatter5509]

​@@BobGeanis Yikes.

[@Dowlphin]

Well, there is that saying that soldiers have difficulty adapting to civilian life. 😅 Seriously, though, I imagine you'd simply not expect mortal danger to come from such a source.

[@petervitale4431]

I think that officially makes you a superhero.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

according to wikipedia, a woman was cut in half by a train and she was conscious and talkative inside the ambulance and died shortly after on the surgical bed.

[@matthewlong9369]

I can understand being skeptical of unsourced statements, but I doubt anyone is going to survive a canonball going through their chest. The temporary cavity alone would probably destroy their spine. As for the hole in the back, it doesn't matter how soft skin is when it has been instantly accelerated to a few hundred miles an hour and forced through a metal plate that was already weakened by a canonball going through it. As for the case of him being alive on a marriage certificate, I could see a few things happening that could cause that, but most of them boil down to the fact that war is chaotic. Stuff is forgotten, stuff is destroyed, stuff is known only by people who died in battle, there are many ways that information can be lost that would clear up a mystery quickly. As for a lack of rust, that could also be a function of the metal. I don't know the composition of the metal here, but some types of bronze can be very resistant to rust. There was a bronze sword recovered recently (within the last 20 years) that was recovered from an archeological dig in China that was in near perfect condition.

[@TriScaleCreations]

Physics is a somewhat volatile field, with so many factors contributing to various results. Why is the hole in the back of the cuirass so much larger than the front? Maybe because the metal had less resistance to flex in the back from an outgoing force than the front had with an incoming force: the man's torso kept the plate from blowing in as much, but nothing kept it from blowing out the back. Another commenter on this video (thenamethatwasntaken2314) points out that the man's ribs could have ripped through the back along with the projectile. It's certainly worth investigation, but I don't think that's the smoking gun, or, perhaps smoking cannon, that the investigator presumes it to be.

[@davidmilburn655]

Have you ever seen an unopened aluminum can shot with a bullet? Small hole on entrance and totally blown out in the back. Its not about the size of the bullet or fragments of hard material being dragged out the back. it is the kinetic energy of the impact pressurizing the contents and essentially exploding the container. Not to dissimilar to armor with a body inside it (which is mostly liquid).

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

I looked for this comment. Water doesn't compress very well.

[@Xguider]

Just to give you an idea that in fact it is plausible to survive a cannonball-shot in certain circumstances: Marechal Duroc, a close friend of Napoleon, was hit by a ricochet cannonball at the 22nd of May 1813. He was moving with Napoleon and his staff a road after the Battle of Bautzen. It was a russian cannonshot and actually not directly aimed at the group, it hit a tree and went ricochet over the road. Duroc`s belly was opened up by the shot and another General (Kirgener) died instantly, some as well as I remember. Duroc was brought to a close farmers house and died there in the moring of the 23rd of May, Napoleon by his side. Napoleon was deeply sorrowed by his death but very thankful for the hospitality of the farmer. The farmer had alot of debt, so Napoleon bought the house to pay the debt and gave the house back to them. This is backed up by several sources and in fact actual history!

[@lonelystrategos]

There's also the somewhat famous case of Lord Uxbridge's leg. His right leg was hit by a cannon shot and whatever was left had to be amputated.

[@karlburkhalter1502]

A Confederate Officer was struck by a cannon ball during the Seven Days. The Hospital refused to treat him since he had no chance to survive. He Wife cared for him and he survived. Less chance of staff infection away from the hospital. His Jacket is in the Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans.

[@ducthman4737]

Not a Cuirassiers but a Carabiniers cuirass. All artillery is moved by animals mostly horses. Horse Artillery normally accompanies Cavalry and Foot Artillery normally stays on one spot but is brought there by horses..

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

that's correct! Maybe the smallest regimental guns could be transported for short distances by men but not on the march. The greatest difference between horse and foot artillery is that the cannoniers in the first accompanied the piece on horseback while in the latter the cannoniers were sitting on the artillery chests, on caissons, or on "sausages" dirrectly over the carriage.

[@thenamethatwasntaken2314]

Sadly, it was probably the shattered ribs of the man that broadened the whole in the back of his cuirass.

[@craigyoung98]

I agree.

[@robo5013]

The cannonball would have carried some of the breastplate through with it also making the hole in back bigger.

[@trikepilot101]

Vidicette argues that bones are softer than metal. I have heard stories of soft objects being forced through hard ones in hurricanes, but he has more experience with ballistics than I do. Also the whole in the front is reportedly too big to begin with. Other commenters make good points as well. I look forward to a follow up video. Someone call Tod Cuttler!

[@JuniusTarquiniusDives]

Isn't the hole a couple inches bigger because the metal of the breastplate bent on impact? If you bend the metal back into place, the hole will be smaller.

[@creepingdread88]

I agree. If it was a perfect hole, then I'd doubt it was true. The hole looks right to me.

[@blueishgreen76]

Also, the curvature of the front would have favored compression vs tension for the back. Add in the support of the chest for the front, vs no support in the back, and some potential hydraulic shocks, getting a bit of a flower petal opening on the back makes sense.

[@tucknet]

Another explanation could be this. It's very unlikely that a cannonball would hit its target from straight on and dead level. It's much more likely that it was on the downward path of its trajectory and entered slightly from one side or the other. This would create a slightly larger hole, both vertically and horizontally, than the actual size of the projectile.

[@robo5013]

The hole in the breastplate isn't just a puncture hole but there is material missing as well which would mean that some of the metal from it would have carried through with the cannonball making the exit hole larger.

[@wackener666Metal]

I would explain the biger hole in the back by saying it's not only the cannonball leaving there is also the preasure of meat cloth and bones.

[@HunterGargoyle]

well he's obviously never seen the affects of a car crash: metal deforms crazy amounts when hit at high speeds when the cannon ball hit a good amount of the plate bent inwards accounting for the large entry and on exit the metal was likely torn apart by the shot not to mention his shattered bones being driven out of him didn't help

[@MrDrumStikz]

Cool to see you covering this time period.

[@refan5876]

So if it is a fake, it's a plausible one. War is never something to be wanted, but the grizzly nature described here is horrific.

[@creepingdread88]

The part about the hole in the back being bigger than the front is a very weak argument. We know this happens. It not caused by a modern bullet deforming of breaking up. It's caused by pressure. We know the damage, the very same types of cannonball caused to wooden ships too. The hole was almost always larger on the other side, for the same reason.

[@Lee-vk1xy]

I was at an NSSA shoot once where a cannon crew depressed the barrel to far and the shot rolled forward a bit before the charge went of so the ball hit the ground about 12 ft in front of the muzzle and then rolled at what looked like the speed of a bowling ball for well over a hundred yards then up a 45 degree or so slope that was around 30 ft high and off into the woods where it knocked over a goodly sized tree. The amount of KE in it was truly amazing. A person trying to stop it wasn't going to have much luck.

[@j.r.warren5794]

Unfortunately, he is comparing apples with oranges. Bullets do tumble producing larger exit wounds, but a cannon ball is round. He needs to look at musket balls and the damage they do in order to determine if his hypothesis is correct. Also, he needs to understand that metallurgy was much more primitive and less precise. The metal on the back of the cuirass could have been inferior to the front. The particulars of the wearer and the damage sustained are left to history. Without documentation we can't know.

[@janwitts2688]

The conversion of energy trauma liquidated the entire contents of his rib cage.. plus skeletal damage etc.. without any chest organs and with no neural connection system he would have legally died within a moment.. his head may have stayed functional for some time as this was noted with beheadings... the cannonball would likely be no greater than 6 pounder.. the hole is very often much bigger than the shot as the energy transfer would carry the surrounding material...

[@PC_Simo]

2:15 I mean; Simo Häyhä, for instance, got shot in the face by an exploding bullet, at the age of 34. He died, at the ripe age of 96.

[@Ranstone]

"Why was the hole in the backface at odds with the hole in the front of the breastplate" Every gun enthusiast over the age of 12 is screaming at their screen right now. The fact that this Vidcette thinks fragmenting bullets is the primary mechanism of action that causes a larger exit wound shows he's never treated M855 wounds or ever examined military wounds. Hydrostatic shock and material-inertia spreading out from the source of impact play a much higher role. Further more, on a convex object most of the force is compressive, and upon an exit of the concave inner side, it would be mechanical sheer force. Completely different plastic-deformation and material properties. Career men who do one thing for 30 years need to be very careful when trying to examine larger topics. All they know is that one thing, and in everything else, they tend to be very uneducated.

[@toml8142]

The expert measured the hole diameter horizontally. The plate is not only has more curvature but more damage in the horizontal.

[@The_Jeremitis]

In my experience with ballistics, anything carrying enough kinetic energy to punch a clean hole through metal like that, would literally disintegrate anything on the inside. You would literally find an arm 30 meters away hanging from a tree. just my opinion.

[@MrDrumStikz]

Regarding the entry/exit: The pressure wave exerted by a projectile on a body always causes a massive (usually temporary) cavity. Given the mass of a cannonball and the velocity at which it travels, the pressure wave created by its impact WOULD be disproportionate to the size of the projectile, and the cavitation would likely be large enough snap the elastic tissues of the human body, making the damage permanent. HOWEVER, that does still cause problems for the entry. I'm not especially experienced with cannonball ballistics, but it is unusual for a projectile to cavitate steel on impact. It's possible the shockwave of the impact was sufficient to effectively blast the steel open, although that's more true of naval projectiles. In short, the ballistics are odd, but not impossible.

[@tucknet]

I agree with you on the exit hole. I shoot things (mostly wood) all the time and it always produces a larger exit hole. In that particular case, likely due to the deformation of the projectile. However, I see the same effect when hunting; the exit wound is much larger and there wouldn't be much to cause deformation there. It's best explained by cavitation, in that case. I think I can offer an explanation for the entry hole as well though. It's very unlikely that a cannonball would hit its target from straight on and dead level. It's much more likely that it was on the downward path of its trajectory and entered from slightly one side or the other. This would create a slightly larger hole, both vertically and horizontally, than the actual size of the projectile.

[@JaBronzzzi]

Okay, if this is real battle damage. The victim expired 3 seconds later. The right lung would haven blown out. The right arm would be detached from the thorax because the thoracic girdle would be compromised. The right carotid and sub clavian artery would be severed leading to death in a matter of seconds. That’s if the cavitation within the body didn’t pulverize the heart. You are kind of over thinking this. Or, this whole armor is a fake because I think the armor would not stand up structurally to handle an impact like that. A direct hit to the chest, regardless of the diameter of shot, would most likely pulverize the entire upper torso. Either way, it’s still an instant death, your brain just might need a few moments to realize it. And that is the science behind a massive chest wound.

[@tomhirons7475]

at the battle, we had captured cannon and Dutch and Prussian cannon and also maybe other nations, i dont know the poundage of those ,but many probably do.

[@Subutai_Khan]

Nicely done Metatron. To add to the horse artillery vs foot artillery difference, very often horse artillery will be attached to cavalry units to support them directly as well because they are fast moving. So if the cavalry finds an infantry formation that has formed square for example, you can roll up the artillery and start disrupting it with shot. In theory keeping these units supporting each other (as well as using infantry and skirmishers) means you can deal with just about any situation on the battlefield which is why Napoleon's corps system was so effective. Instead of having the elements acting independently, Napoleon essentially created sub armies that had elements of cavalry, infantry, and artillery working together so they could be highly adaptable. We still use this sort of organization in modern militaries today as combined arms is still crucial to modern warfare. The organization just looks different as the nature of warfare and armies has changed since the 19th century.

[@Roland3ld]

Here's the usual full support for channel growth.

[@matthabir4837]

Nonsense. The man's measuring the hole across, where the metal has been distorted, rather than where the imprint of the ball is clearest. Also note, being British, he's apparently unaware that it was an Allied army that fought at Waterloo, not a British army. Were the Dutch artillery batteries limited to 9-pounders?

[@GeekNewz]

25:38 the entrence hole has only the cannon ball entering while the exit hole has the cannon ball and internal matter exiting. More material being pushed in high pressure leads to bigger hole. It's not that complicated

[@kleinjahr]

A possible reason for the hole in back being so large is the hydraulic effect of the cannon ball passing through. It pushes quite a bit of material and fluids ahead of it. So a smaller entry hole than exit.

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

One of my cousins was cut in half via cannonball during the French and Indian War. Incidentally, he was being court-marshaled at the time. He did not survive.

[@dski8097]

If it was buried for 60 years, sure there would of been rust on it, and it could have been cleaned and polished by the musuem..... But, one thing that would all over this piece would be pitting. No way the iron parts would not have loads of pitting all over it.

[@janibeg3247]

i think that person died within a minute of having a cannonball going through his chest.

[@robertpatter5509]

If not then at least broken ribs for sure.

[@PreacherGriff]

I don't want to get too grizzly, but there are plenty of video examples out of Ukraine of people surviving horrific injuries for a disturbingly long amount of time. Awful stuff.

[@creepingdread88]

Looking at the hole, you would think he died there and then, but people have survived some horrific injuries. Looking at where it is, he would've lost a lung, which in itself, isn't fatal. More to the centre, he would've certainly died, but there's a chance he survived being hit there.

[@fimbul_]

My theory, that the damage to the cuirass may be plausible. An iron ball, out of an early 19th century cannon, isn't as fast or stable as modern bullets. A modern bullet punctures the target, the old ball tares the ductile metal apart. For the front plate: The frayed metal folds inwards and creates a bigger hole than the original ball. For the hole in the backplate: Passing through the front plate and the body, decelerated the projectile and caused it to slightly deflect or even tumble a bit. Causing more of the mentioned above. Also, the material on the backplate looks like it was a bit harder and less ductile than the front plate. The additional shattering of the material helped to create an even bigger exit hole. There is a KZbinr named The Cannoneer. He may be able to recreate the shot, if he can get hold of a suitable replica.

[@firestorm8471]

The temporary stretch cavity of a ball that size would have swelled that person's body up to twice it's size inside of that armor. He would have popped like squeezing a grape.

[@TheKerberos84]

The Question could maybe answered by investigating it for residue of human blood. It is unlikely that the museum was able to remove all traces of potential blood on it.

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

Entirely possible the marriage ceremony was before the battle but the paperwork was in the hands of bureaucrats.

[@robo5013]

Looking at the pictures the hole in the breastplate isn't just a puncture hole but there is material missing which would mean that some of the metal from it would have carried through with the cannonball making the exit hole larger.

[@firestorm8471]

When those shot were fired, some were angled to bounce just in front of the rank of men. That bounce sent rocks and pebbles and pretty much anything else flying in a cone of debris towards the target like shrapnel.. this Idea was gotten from hunters. If you are hunting with a .75 caliber and spot a squirrel, you do not want to shoot the squirrel directly . Nothing would be left. Thus you shoot the limb just under the squirrel and let the splintered wood do the job. The practice is called " Barking the squirrel" . With a cannon shot, it still gets the multi projectile effect with a single ball. Done correctly, that ball could also be bounced through more than one rank of men.

[@Chris-ob8ok]

Ive seen it in person at the napoleon museum in Paris. Its one of the coolest things there. But I could see it being fake.

[@larsmuller97]

24:40 lmao this police officer has no idea about ballistics

[@DanAtkinson918]

The guy that had that on is dead. No doubt.

[@Cynwulf]

A small correction on your presentation the difference between horse artillery and foot artillery is that the gunners were mounted for horse artillery while the gunners for foot artillery walked beside the guns. Both horse artillery and foot artillery used horses to move the artillery pieces.

[@Nick-Lab]

This was a super interesting video. I am really looking forward to the follow-up video.

[@T1JumpTIX]

1. Nobody is surviving that specific shot. 2. Exit wounds/holes are almost always larger than the entry wound/hole.

[@mansfieldtime]

Are we just going to skip over that Bad Ass moment, General Montburn.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Heavy and slow (if the cannonball has spent a great amount of its velocity) projectiles have the tendency of making the most grievous punctures on resistive materials. If you try to drive your finger through tinfoil the puncture would be of irregular shape and with a really "forceful" look altogether. Also the English did have 12 pdr guns -with quite a large variety, to say the least- through the Napoleonic wars with the best variety, the 12 pdr of 18cwt, being used until the decade of 1880s.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

The dude forgot that in real life friendly fire is always ON! Even if the British didn't have 12 pdr(they actually did) the French did and a stray French cannonball has the ability to kill Frenchmen, British, Dutch and Prussians. Afterall, to cannon all men are equal.

[@randydickinson4864]

Grape or chain shot is worse than a cannon ball hit.

[@creepingdread88]

It's worth mentioning, British gunpowder was more powerful than French, or anyone else's for that matter. The 30 men taken out in one shot, gives credence to this. It does make you wonder why Napoleon would march the French in such deep columns in the first place. I don't go along with the notion, he's the greatest general in history, he wasn't the greatest general at Waterloo.

[@shanephillips4011]

Haha, I thought you were name dropping when you said ricochet. I was like, "who the heck is this dangerous guy, Enricho Chez." 😂😂😂

[@Beardshire]

There must have been loads of armor damaged and crumpled up on the battle, why was this one kept? There had to have been a reason this was special, maybe the person survived for a time, or maybe it's because it went strait through and the body wasn't even inside of it anymore? Some weird anomaly must have happened.

[@andrewvanorden2336]

Absolutely died on impact bro

[@RickandElliedoEverything72]

I would say hydrostatic shock would have reached his heart and he would have been dead almost instantly pretty much without a doubt.

[@that44rdv4rk]

did you mean to have the thumbnail say "real of fake?" or were you going for "real or fake?""

[@metatronyt]

Corrected, thanks.

[@springbloom5940]

Unfortunately, seen worse wounds where people survived way too long, if for only moments. Most incapacitations are psychological. The heart can be completely destroyed and the subject will still have 10 - 20 seconds of conscious fight in them. The only physically effective immediate incapacitation, is a critical shock to the central nervous system, ie brain/brainstem. Even then, a subject may 'live' for a significant time after conscious action has ceased. A more accurate statement would be that anyone wearing that armor would've incurred an unsurvivable wound.

[@youenbodenan7295]

Like Django Freeman would say: I'm possitive he dead

[@petervitale4431]

I think that two layers of rib cage and a shoulder blade being pushed through the hole along with the canon ball might have a chance of making the hole bigger out the back side. Without several practical tests to prove otherwise, his assumption is just that, a guess. Brass isn't that strong a metal (compared to steel), and could have been deformed in the manner as seen. I'm not familiar enough with the Napoleonic wars to now if the cuirass was simply ornamental in nature, or if it was meant to actually provide protection. I believe at this point in warfare, armor was well bellieved to be worthless against bullets, and ornamental armor was used mainly for traditional purposes.

[@Pentagon6519]

I don't think the hole was made by solid shot. With the size of the entry hole it would have to be some insanely large siege gun firing something like a 300lb ball. Not the most likely thing for a calvaryman to be shot with. But if a battery was being charged by calvary they would probably load canister shot to stop the charge. So what if the hole was caused not by a cannon ball but by grapeshot from a range close enough that it had started to separate but still together enough to punch a 45cm hole into the front of the armor. The larger more ragged looking exit could be explained by the grapeshot/canister shot continuing its spread possibly helped along by traveling through the body.

[@pavelavietor1]

he dead cannon ball to the chest, saludos Romano

[@tscully1504]

The professor makes a few good points. on better investigation, particularly on the identity of the wearer. But then goes on to make several weak arguments against its authenticity. The Allied artillery at Waterloo (British, Hanoverian, Dutch/Belgian) were 9pdr, 6pdr, 5.5 inch howitzers and 24 pd howitzers. Not only solid shot was used but also spherical shell and cannister. I;ve seen the piece and small pictures may not show numerous pits around the entrance hole. I am not sure what made these but guessed debris that accompanies the ball out of the cannon. Again just a guess but that suggested to me a fairly close range. The carabiniers were indeed committed last by order of Ney himself and suffered severe casualties making a charge alone and making a good target. I would say that Cuirass must of had a body in it when hit (or I would think it would have been much more crumpled) and could not have survived more then a few minutes, but I suspect death was close to instantaneous. Tissue/bone damage too catastrophic. I don't know the true physics but have little to no problem believing the mass of bones and tissue could make a larger exit hole seeing as the Carabinier cuirass was only 2-3 mm wrought iron plated over with red brass, especially with the cannon projectile leading the way.

[@bobmigarski283]

Getting hit by a cannonball is now a new fear of mine.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

the cannonball fairy has been notified.

[@jockjammer3443]

Even a well charged .72 could go through many ranks. Why not a cannon shot? Pure insanity.

[@Salomon-py5eu]

Prepare the shieldwall historians

[@larsmuller97]

Bones and viscera can easily enlarge an existing hole made by the cannon ball when accelerated at 400mph through steel that thin. Also the more resistance the ball would encounter the more damage it would do. Exit vs entry wounds/holes are a well documented field. I think this is a completley mute point. What i do have doubts about is the armor belonging to the person the proffessor names. That could be faked to humanize the piece more and add to it's value so untill we have primary source confirmation, that aspect of the story could be fake. Fragmentation isn't the only thing that occurs when talking about armor penetration. In this case given the nature of the projectile and target i am fairly sure if he was the first to be struck by said projectile there would be no fragmentation. What occurs more often in penetration is spalling. Fragments of the armor/ target breaking off and becoming secondary projectiles themselves. Also the human body is basically a water sack so the impact could presurise his insides like that of a can of coke. You can watch plenty of videos of people shooting cans on youtube and the back is always blown out. The ballistics argument is entirly mute, this man has no idea what he is talking about there. On another note Napoleonic warfare is so insane to me. How utterly insane you would have to be to subject yourself to such battlefield conditions. It's fascinating. It's almost ww1 levels of carnage but it's executed in a very gentlemanly way. It's absolutley wild to me that people lined up to fire upon each other in waves of lead and stood there while being pelted by artillery.

[@MrSpaceMees]

kinda surprised that you would think someone could survive that. how ?

[@Jeffersoniananti-federalist]

I have seen a few videos testing modern projectiles against steel, and some of the arguments made by the investigator don't match what I have seen at all. First, a slower projectile will leave a hole much larger and more jagged than that left by a faster projectile, which matches the decrease in velocity that the cannonball would have experienced in passing through the Frenchman's torso. Second, a round, relatively slow projectile could very easily leave a hole much larger than its own diameter. I don't consider myself in any way an expert, and I am not saying that the investigator is wrong, but it seems to me that not all of his arguments match with the laws of physics.

[@haroldchase4120]

Frankly speaking any body that doesn’t think these cannon are extremely strong is silly. Been in living history for years in the states trust me we test if this kind of thing can be done with live amoe

[@davidgibson5756]

11:49 Decimated? @Metatron, surely you know that what means!

[@DominikGuzowski]

I think this is the first time I heard you really mispronounce a word in English - Colonel is read as Kernel (for whatever godforsaken reason)

[@dapotlicker4624]

Metatron, please look at this video. Its doing my head in. This isnt just about acient egyptian history, but also current Egytian history. Specifically, Egypts connection to etheopia. The woman is saying that Egyptians are arabic and the real Egyptians are the nubian people. Im worried if this is an agenda being pushed onto me. But I do not know if she's being a central africanist on purpose kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZCxc6GDadSSpbcsi=M4cXAz_8gm0oDZHW

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

Finally not a reaction! YES

[@igorscot4971]

Probably the Cuirass was taken from a French cavalry officer and no-one care who he was. The name he was given is a later invention.

[@ibrokemykeyboard]

My old cuirass! Never thought I’d see that again. Survived btw. 😉

[@randydickinson4864]

Old archeological was not done with much where about historical trueth get in thier way to get published and money.

[@prime-viscosity]

Big fan of the channel, can you please explain the name?

[@jjw56]

What’s your opinion on medieval knights battle reenactments?

[@martinhg98]

If you have sen what a punt gun does i think you know way that dude would di on impact

[@nuggz4424]

Metatron! I need you to do a react to Ammon Hillman on Danny Jines podcast! He actually has done 2 episodes but the 2nd dropped today. He has some wild claims, I cant read classical greek so I cant verify what he's saying. Its wild stuff. I would love another smart & fair minded brains thoughts on it.

[@we4selradio591]

have seen with my own eyeballs. it's far more impressive face to face, regardless of it's provenance.

[@jacqueslandry2319]

Is your hair real...can I touch it?

[@pavelavietor1]

hola que tal, I like Napoleón. saludos Romano

[@I_am_Diogenes]

Do not listen too closely to the "experts" , most are simply repeating what they have heard someone else say . Ironic since most people do not listen to themselves .

[@drakoslayd]

1 view in 36 seconds Bro has fallen

[@septimus64]

The story behind it is fake

[@lteodorani]

Terzo

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

Early today I am

[@Sehlan-jw2cm]

1st

[@THEScottCampbell]

It REPEATEDLY sounds like you are saying "queer ass" instead of "cuirass". Perhaps "odd donkey" or "bizarre burro" would have been a better choice of words conjuring up memories of "Francis The Talking Mule".

[@maram-k4r]

أنا اختك والله تمر ايامنا وليالينا واحنا لانملك شي اين القلوب الراحمه ضااااق حالنا ووضاااااق بنا الحال والله ما كتبت هذا الكلام الا من الضيق وقسوت الضروف يِآ نآس يِآآمٌـٍة مٌحًمٌد صِآرتٍ قلّوبگٍمٌ بلّآ رحًمٌهً ولّآشفُقهً ولّآ آنسآنيِهً گٍمٌ شگٍيِتٍ وگٍمٌ بگٍيِتٍ گٍمٌ نآديِتٍ وگٍمٌ نآشدتٍ ولّگٍن لّآ حًيِآٍة لّمٌن تٍنآديِ هًلّ يِرضيِگٍمٌ آن آخوآنيِ يِبگٍون ويِمٌوتٍون مٌن آلّجُوع وآنتٍمٌ مٌوجُودون يِعلّمٌ آلّلّهً آلّعلّيِ آلّعظَيِمٌ آننآ لّآ نمٌلّگٍ حًتٍى قيِمٌـٍة گٍيِلّو دقيِق آبيِ مٌتٍوفُيِ ﻭﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺻﻐﺎﺭ ﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻗﺴﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻬﻢ ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺍ ﺃﻣﺲ ﺟﻮﻋﺎﻧﻴﻦ ﻭﻫﻢ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ من الالم والولايات ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺃﻣﺲ ﻟﺤﺪ ﺍﻵﻥ ﺑﺪﻭﻥ ﺃﻛﻞ ﻳﺎﺃﺧﻮﺓ الأسلام يافاعلين الخير انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيتنا ايجار الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد يطردنا من البيت نبكي ورجعویبکوایموتومن الجوع والله شوف كيف حالتهم خيراتـــــــــ الجزاءءء.~~~-----♡♤اااا♤♢♢♢♢♢>.>..>.>.

[@canailleism]

What a rant 🤔!!!

[@grimmwolf9690]

First

[@monsieurboks]

nah you're second mate

[@horseman217]

@@monsieurboks You are last

[@JasonShumate-s1z]

It was cleaned, but he was Cannon Fodder.

[@blumiu2426]

You'd be amazed by the things people lie about and doesn't usually make sense. The prestige behind possessing something can also be enough or the fact of possessing a fake won't inspire a museum to declare it.

[@PhanThịPhúcúc]

That's what I call talent! I only have a teapot that can sing, and not always🍒