Viking Shield Wall

[@douglasfulmer5483]

Wherever this is that this many people reenact shield walls, I need to move there.

[@nemipiu]

Douglas Fulmer, this was for a TV show (The Last Kingdom) but they probably do this kind of thing in Sweden and some parts of England

[@RumoleBumpkin]

Douglas Fulmer I know they have a lot of hardcore Viking re-enactments in Poland

[@manchestertart5614]

Filming is not far from Budapest, Hungary.

[@TheMrcassina]

​@@nemipiumore in Texas i believe

[@annedejong1040]

Who needs CGI?!

[@JustinY.]

The unholy urge to grab the boys, a viking uniform and re-enact this scene

[@mohamedfouda8181]

Might want to revise your comment, you want to get plenty of likes after all. 😎

[@AquaGS_]

Hello there Justin definitely not the first time seeing your comments scattered across KZbin 👋

[@lebaguette5393]

blud's still active after more than a decade

[@Domino-CT-5555]

Nice to see you are still around

[@nemipiu]

One set viking garment for... how many boys? I'm a bit confused here as to how you want to reenact this scene.

[@VG111-n7f]

- I promise I won't get drunk and form a 256 man viking shield wall. - a few drinks later.

[@beafraidofinsectattack]

why 256? because computer nunber oder becaus th

[@xryanv]

happens every time. :(

[@ekang9612]

@@beafraidofinsectattackdei Rome 2 that’s why

[@beafraidofinsectattack]

@@ekang9612 Ah makes sense lmao

[@CaptainLuckyLuke]

Funny how on ‘Vikings’ they knew how to do this technique in the first few episodes and then inexplicably forgot for the remainder of the shows run.

[@Thickcurves]

You're talking about a viking show where they wore motorcycle jackets.

[@derkylos]

99% of movies/TV series seem to forget that almost every battle before the 20th century involved rather rigid formations.

[@lucaslimal3]

exactly. First two shieldwall where perfect. Seems like they fired the shieldwall guys after.

[@TCS266]

Ragnar used the shield wall dozens of times wdym lol

[@SvyatoyNebozhitel]

​@@TCS266но последние сезоны сериала были не про Рагнара

[@805StrengthLab]

Girlfriend: He's probably out there cheating on me! Me and the boys:

[@ronlacker326]

Sexist much?

[@faustwulf3535]

I can hear the "Ho", everytime they advance

[@elvarsmar2280]

Now thats a shild wall!!

[@floofer9954]

"Its over bro... There's nothing we can do." -Saxons probably

[@thane9471]

spoiler alert, they did :D and from that moment, cavalry was born, shields redesigned, tactics changed and Normans fled the England

[@wallolo]

Let's bring pikemen against that.

[@Kalimandicus]

“wtf is that” “Idk” “WHY IS IT COMING TOWARDS US” -Famous last words-

[@captain_commenter8796]

*Unemployed friends on a Monday:*

[@tarro1114]

What makes it even better is that they are wearing casual track pants and sneakers lmao

[@bgraham9282]

pretty good camra quality for the 13th centurey

[@techterry5299]

Even Biggus Dickus cannot break through this barrier

[@kaspedkk]

FREM...FREM....FREM....FREM...FREM!

[@brightkey-inanutshell1320]

The Fact that the Creator is seeing comments even after 6 years is just Incredible 🎉

[@nemipiu]

I'm the first one that's amazed!

[@greatvideos1446]

When you find out you are 0,0001% Scandinavian

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

honestly, if you have just a tiny percent of that then chances are the ancestor really was a viking and not just some Swedish fisherman.

[@Mumintrollet8921]

@@user-tm8jt2py3d swedish fishermen usually went on viking raids in the summer. almost no vikings had it as a full time profession, most of them were farmers, fishermen and smiths etc. its almost impossible to be scandinavian without having several vikings ancestors

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

@@Mumintrollet8921 if you don't live anywhere near there and you have .1% Scandi dna, you are not a Swedish fisherman who went raiding. You are a generic result of their romantic assaults. Besides, only about 1% of the Scandinavians were Vikings, most of you were just poor farmers, slaves, something else.

[@jonasmollghin9719]

I live in Denmark so i'm not 0,0001% scandinavian.

[@accurategamer7085]

Viking: how are you gonna go through that English: through? 😂 *flanks them*

[@nemipiu]

That would work if the vikings hold the formation and don't see what's happening

[@lordofmiseenpalce7871]

Pov: you're a Anglo Saxon farmer who's been called up for war (you have never had a fight in your life)

[@rachellearthur4444]

holy shit thats fucking cool as hell

[@FRIENDOOSKI]

falling away from ME!

[@viktorsilva4017]

This was beautiful

[@Ilia2225]

Для многих людей это было последним, что они видели

[@anshumanjaison2749]

Just beautiful

[@Starvationru]

There is some irony in the fact that the Vikings terrorized all of Europe using the same tactics that Rome used.

[@Katiplays1291]

Either the Romans just had superior combat tactics or the whole of medieval Europe was unable to counter the tactics, either way it makes you think

[@aquila4460]

To be fair, most of Europe would agree that the Romans terrorized them too.

[@perineo2231]

​​@@aquila4460 the Gauls, the celts and all the conquered tribes merged with Roman culture and society very well, so not really terrorized🫤more likely civilized

[@kreken5260]

sorry man but this depicted shieldwall is not accurate at all plus the idea of staying closer together with shield on shield (u created a shieldwall!!) was something that most armies used until the late middle ages so its not really something just for the vikings and Romans (viking enemies used the exactly same tactic on the battlefield)

[@aquila4460]

@@perineo2231 Tell that to the million gauls slain, and the million more sold into slavery. I am sure they were loving their advanced copy of roman civilisation. Just because the romans were pretty good at committing ethnic cleansing and forcing their subjects to adapt to roman ideals does not mean they didn't terrorize the surrounding country side.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

It's falling away from me... 🎶 🎵

[@Ruslove-animals]

This is giving me relaxing but at the same time getting me intimadated

[@sutthikiattheteller1725]

We all wanted to do this once in life

[@benaroo9087]

Form a shield wall! This was really cool. Really do need to get a battle going (With weapons that won't kill somebody no clue how'd they do that..)

[@nemipiu]

At least today, you can go with foam swords, shields and arrows!

[@corny3566]

Everybody gangsta untill the enemy just walks around and backstabs everyone

[@garstigwildeber465]

As soon the wall is broken, these guys wished they had helmets...

[@sal-1426]

Men now: Take me with you, pllllleeeeease .....

[@xIII13-king]

POV: it’s 1066 and you’re fighting William the Bastards army

[@williamlingardsson6961]

This shit is amazing

[@shaojiewu9805]

why do I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to assemble an onager...🤣

[@kenmorrisproducer]

I imagine they were all chanting “Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo”

[@ericmon13]

The good old times ^^

[@UltraCollagenBooster]

CHHAAARRRGGGEEEE!!!!

[@user-nz3ym8uu2t]

Pov: Mount & Blade

[@zentax5876]

the urge to even just attempt climbing up the wall and flanking the enemy

[@angusnelson6441]

holy fuck that DP brings back so many memories

[@othmaankamall7479]

Me: pulls out a belt fed machine gun.

[@TotallyNano]

Just imagine you are walking on the garden and suddenly YOU saw a horde of viking shield wall getting readdy to charge STRAIGHT at your position, i would be dead on the inside ngl.

[@fintanmccann1128]

Beautiful

[@Cromwells_Wart]

Whilst the Saxons advanced towards the Viking host, Ubba, the Viking leader quietly switched on Spotify to play some Korn. 'Get's me in the mood for some casual blood-letting' he once told a Chronicler named Oswald.

[@danielchester8359]

I can feel my primal male instincts kicking in. Quick hand me a sword and shield, I'm about to hit the road

[@erinyes3943]

Don’t hit the road bro it can’t fight back

[@wandering69238]

this here (slaps shield wall) can parry many waves of attackers (gets killed by some Viking 2 seconds later)

[@chrisfishdawg]

Defensive!🤘⚔️

[@Markyyourcrackaddict]

As a english bowmen in the battle of hastings i just wasted my arrows to shoot this impenetrable shield like wtf did the duchy of normandy is thinking

[@moisesalvarez8799]

Cavalry goes brrrrrrrrrrr

[@NordicJarl27]

Last kingdom vibes. This is how the show Vikings should of done shield walls. Even though it's probably not accurate it still looks cool asf

[@greenteanomad7411]

The last kingdom?

[@nemipiu]

Wen Qualto Yes!

[@yeshaw984]

Uthred son of Uthred

[@Person...11223]

Alfred the great

[@VilleMarjeta]

Hell yeah!

[@dachessnoob6818]

Its like a caterpillar moving sideways

[@Ensbey2004]

When You meet Raiders in warband*

[@Qahtanite]

so cool

[@charliemartin8955]

This needs to be redone with Shield Wall by Amon Amarth

[@BeGreat114]

Shield + Wall = CHARGE!!

[@laureate.warrior]

Everytime I play Bannerlord 2.

[@M-Rayan]

It's mount and blade 2 bannerlord for the love of God

[@matthewcheng7805]

Wow!

[@mutyalammapalemps892]

Now bring the oil 🛢️

[@PixzL.]

*korn - falling away from me*

[@thatdudewelove8498]

needs the chanting!!!

[@datmexboi2121]

I tried wiping your prophile pic off my screen

[@Benjo619]

Oh well… there’s nothing we can do. - enemy of vikings

[@mikebouman2508]

i need this with original audio

[@Player-rv8ph]

It is all fun and game until cavalry or infantry attack from side or back.

[@sunking5939]

this is most likely just a modern interpretation.

[@enomisv9830]

Hell yeah

[@Xargosss]

This is based on holywood and not on historical facts. Real shield walls were just one line on people standing with their shields next to each other, not a roman testudo line.

[@TA-yw7ce]

You’re mostly Right, although such a formation was used as the siege of Paris

[@DubiousWisdom]

guys will look at this and say hell yeah

[@nemipiu]

HELL, YEAH!!!

[@rhubarbs7360]

an actual wall

[@LSDANNY7x]

Yes.

[@lui2684]

total war irl

[@deanayinbuomwan5117]

Wow do you guys still do this by any chance

[@WolfManG0975]

I saw that in real life i got scared because it almost hit me with a spear and almost got ram😅

[@shaunmckinney7440]

Three saxons and three Normans disliked this video

[@nemipiu]

Odin likes your comment very much!

[@asellandrofacchio7263]

Normans were vikings you absolute i-di-o-t and saxons used the same "tactics" as the vikings.

[@papahemmy8587]

-Combine- Viking Smart Barrier

[@TalosCreations]

Its still crazy to me that we essentially fought like this for almost all of human history till recently.

[@TannyWanny]

it worked. don't know what's crazy about that.

[@asellandrofacchio7263]

Actually no this kind of shieldwall is mostly bullhit

[@Korunovische]

That is making me uncomfortable and I don't know why.

[@HighLordCrypto8951]

me and the boys keeping the modern women at bay:

[@jakubbalaz1845]

real viking stuff

[@SpLiC3]

It is a shame you do not have the audio from this as it lessens the impact sorry to say. Iron rims clinking and hitting wood etc. Very cool though still.

[@nemipiu]

The original sound is NOT as you imagine it is. Those sounds you mentioned are added in post-production or editing...

[@QuiXoLP]

yeah, just go around it.

[@nemipiu]

You go left, I go right!

[@QuiXoLP]

@@nemipiu but a soldier without Formation will always be much faster. Now come from 2 sides and then they have to break the Formation or get flanked and killed.

[@nemipiu]

That's the idea; you and your men go one way, we go the other!

[@jvarosani777]

nope. thats a Holiwood shield wall.

[@niklas3595]

Yeah no arrow going through that one

[@user-hp8jn2ur8n]

SONS OF ODEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

[@hasanhuseyincalskan]

Where ias my horse archer

[@Gedon_Woon]

They still going to cameraman

[@White.Pikmin]

Roman box formations were better change my mind

[@Nick-sl7zc]

I doupt that this is historical accurate. Looks more like holliwood Troy reanactment.

[@asellandrofacchio7263]

Yep. It's all big bull-s-h-it

[@RubenDeanda-lb9wr]

Can I stand with you please?

[@defneagle.779]

Rashidun Caliphate shield wall

[@2Kz626]

add pikemen to support them..

[@nemipiu]

And a few archers too!

[@zeriel9148]

"Where did you learn this?" (Thousand yard stare, deep ancestral memories of strange, short foreigners from the south)

[@belowfactual]

I’m curious to know is spartan/Viking shield wall against a bayonet line

[@nemipiu]

Shooting the muskets will punch a few tiny holes in the wall and that might cause a few bigger holes that'll be quickly covered... The bayonet basically works as a small spear for stabbing, not slashing, and it might get stuck in a shield... With casualties, maybe heavy casualties, I think the viking shield wall would survive a squad of musketeers with bayonets!

[@ashleyprak9245]

I did that at school

[@annedejong1040]

My school did that for me

[@machielvanmierlo7761]

This doesn't look so practical. Spears will manage without difficulties to enter the gaps, the guys behind the shields can't see and thus can't react. This creeping forward while crouched will tire you out within 20 meters. Plus, the second and third row guys have to stretch out their arms. How long can you manage that with a heavy shield?

[@nemipiu]

The shield wall is not an offensive move, it's more of a stand your ground / impenetrable defense tactic. Did you see them do it in Vikings?

[@machielvanmierlo7761]

@@nemipiu How long are you gonna wait for your opponent in that stance? Are you gonna endure the enemy skirmishing for multiple hours with your arm stretched like htat?

[@nemipiu]

@machielvanmierlo7761 Back in those days, a frontal clash of suads was the common attack tactic... not much waiting if you can quickly put up the shield wall! Look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioW8q2dpbsh0a9ksi=ka9q6vjitWACu2yA

[@machielvanmierlo7761]

@@nemipiu You're linking me a scene from a TV show made in the 2000's. Back then, battles involved many hours of skirmishing before an actual clash. Almost never in that period in time would you see an actual full-on clash like you see on TV

[@nemipiu]

@@machielvanmierlo7761 Fair point... but that video answers some of the questions you've raised earlier! More importantly: if the enemy is not upon you, you DON'T assume a defensive position! You simply wait.

[@Kartongetier]

jo

[@user-nt3qs3bj1o]

cool shield wall; why korn?

[@nemipiu]

To make it sound hauntingly beautiful.

[@rorschach6295]

They were not disciplined , so they couldn't hold this for long

[@nemipiu]

Maybe they weren't disciplined... but they, somehow, managed to conquer and terrorize the main British isle!

[@gelatokey]

a switched up glock would go crazy in this age