Medieval Superweapons That Sound Made Up

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@daveb.4268
@daveb.4268 2 жыл бұрын
Best? The Holy Hand Granade of Antioch.
@rich9684
@rich9684 2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree but the counting part is confusing and the French probably already have one.
@PanRimmon
@PanRimmon 2 жыл бұрын
Did u play fallout or watched monty pyton movies?
@tedjones3955
@tedjones3955 2 жыл бұрын
Call Brother Maynard!
@breakthecycle5238
@breakthecycle5238 2 жыл бұрын
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
@rich9684
@rich9684 2 жыл бұрын
@@breakthecycle5238 the best part is anchovies and orangutans. I have watched that movie hundreds of times and never heard that until the other day.
@lisapop5219
@lisapop5219 2 жыл бұрын
I saw a replica of the turtle ship at a military museum in Korea. Very cool looking. That statue of Ye is in a prominent place in Seoul and is also pretty impressive.
@valentinaminauro352
@valentinaminauro352 2 жыл бұрын
Cool🌟🥂🙏✌️
@sekhmara8590
@sekhmara8590 2 жыл бұрын
Seems pretty impressive, bet it was a sight to see in battle. Very cool that you got to see it, and the statue. Sounds like he was a formidable opponent.
@AeneasGemini
@AeneasGemini 2 жыл бұрын
His statue is well deserved, if only his state had treated him with that level of respect whilst he was alive.
@MegaOrion85
@MegaOrion85 2 жыл бұрын
The Korean War Museum of Seoul is beautiful, the statues on the outside depicting various warfare was beautiful
@Rule-be6lw
@Rule-be6lw 2 жыл бұрын
I know it’s not a Medieval weapon but people Underestimate the sling it uses easy to find/ make ammo rocks or lead balls easy to make and can Pierce through helmets and even shields.
@DammnDeejay
@DammnDeejay 2 жыл бұрын
Lol tbh that’s why I love the character “Usopp” from One Piece. He really brings light to the slings ❤️ I’ve always wondered why they were never used much, especially in early wars before legit weapons were the norm
@Philip_Taylor
@Philip_Taylor 2 жыл бұрын
Tried using one once, but couldn't get the hang of it. Cool weapon though.
@DimBeam1
@DimBeam1 2 жыл бұрын
​@@DammnDeejay What are you on about ?!!? They've been used for hunting and warfare since inception.
@brucewayneontheweekends
@brucewayneontheweekends 2 жыл бұрын
I mean it did aid David when he fought Goliath
@fsdfsdsgsdhdssd8559
@fsdfsdsgsdhdssd8559 2 жыл бұрын
@@DammnDeejay Slings were one of our first weapons and was used extensively until the gunpowder age. You don't see them in movies a lot though, hollywood doesn't like them.
@dvdv8197
@dvdv8197 2 жыл бұрын
I googled 'lost medieval servant boy' The result was 'This page cannot be found.' 😔
@briansullivan5908
@briansullivan5908 2 жыл бұрын
That’s hysterical 😭
@martinxy1291
@martinxy1291 2 жыл бұрын
"Sir, we've run out of stones for the trebuchets" "Bring the cows" "Sir?" " *YEET THE BEEF* "
@SEMIA123
@SEMIA123 2 жыл бұрын
Roses are red Water comes in litres A trebuchet can throw a projectile Over 300 meters
@exador6
@exador6 2 жыл бұрын
You neglected to mention that one of the strengths of the trebuchets were how easy they were to build. Most siege engines were built on-site, from local materials. You didn't need any special spring, or elastic rope, and you didn't have to generate the force to wind up any tension. You didn't even need to find and move a big rock, because as you showed, the counterweight could be a box filled with smaller rocks.
@djimma5080
@djimma5080 2 жыл бұрын
Shame you didn't have one when trying to raid that fuel depot ... I totally read what you wrote like Humongous spoke 😆
@kenellorando
@kenellorando 2 жыл бұрын
I've been playing Age of Empire 4 lately so this is super interesting to see the siege units in historical context.
@Halfort57
@Halfort57 2 жыл бұрын
They're even better portrayed in Age of Empires 3
@NubyPlaysGaming
@NubyPlaysGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@Halfort57 I mean, a lot of the weapons shown here were really shown in Age of Empires 2
@donkarnage6986
@donkarnage6986 2 жыл бұрын
its normal weapons, you will see them all in civilization. Warwick trebuchet, try google that one, its the biggest trebuchet ever... it was so big that the defenders gave up!
@Kenxclout
@Kenxclout 2 жыл бұрын
My buddy and I argued all day about what to call a medieval soldier But it was getting late so we decided to call it a knight.
@vikhyatdogra4796
@vikhyatdogra4796 2 жыл бұрын
An wholesome villain can also be called MID-EVIL
@Kenxclout
@Kenxclout 2 жыл бұрын
@@vikhyatdogra4796 😂😂😂
@SamIAm10262
@SamIAm10262 2 жыл бұрын
Ba-dum-tss! 😂
@SeanTrn
@SeanTrn 2 жыл бұрын
Mah man 🙌 up top
@jackrotz2139
@jackrotz2139 2 жыл бұрын
BOO!!!
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 жыл бұрын
Sending the disease ridden bodies of dead enemies over into a besieged city with a trebuchet was an early example of biological warfare. It also had a significant psychological impact, obviously. Now though, I do wonder if they ever threw them over still alive. THAT oughta give the besieged townfolks some serious nightmares. "Want the prisoners back? Sure! We'll send them right over!"
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 жыл бұрын
So um... turns out Frederick Barbarossa used catapults to pelt the walls of the italian city of Crema with captured living children. 😐
@Searly255
@Searly255 2 жыл бұрын
I imagine stuff like that happened by accident, if the guy on the rope trigger doesn't see the loader is still there in the smoke
@Sedgewise47
@Sedgewise47 2 жыл бұрын
@@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 🤔 Source(s)?
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sedgewise47 Genghis Khan did it, among others. Just google it, it's easily found.
@minakainai
@minakainai 2 жыл бұрын
Love that you guys talk about history that isn’t talked about in school. One story that’s interest me recently is the story of the raft of the meduse. Maybe you guys to do a segment on shipwreck survivors
@shanecarroll4989
@shanecarroll4989 2 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on ancient/mythical weapons, like the trumpets that destroyed the Wall of Jericho. Love your videos, keep them coming!
@J3diMindTrix
@J3diMindTrix 2 жыл бұрын
Also Trojan Horse. ! I would like that .. I always wondered how big it could be and how many could fit inside; would it be able to fit enough people to take the city from the inside, factoring in the advantage in terms of surprise attack; and the dimensions i.e. where would everyone have to stand/ sit inside of it to make it work Also how would they exit; if one by one from a single hatch or something alonge those lines, they would surely just be cut down one after the other.. maybe all apear at once somehow? Just burst out through the 'shell' (for lack of a better term)? Or, alternatively. they could wait until nightfall and then slip out, making for the main town gates to open them and let in the main army, neutralising people as they went, like assassin style ...not sure why you'd need that many people for that though, as more people draws more attention
@ArcherSuh4721
@ArcherSuh4721 2 жыл бұрын
And definitely Excalibur as well. And there's probably a lot of fascinating ones from African and Asian history that aren't well-known in Western culture (and by "fascinating" I mean "totally effin' bad-ass!!")
@lbrlrsfdj8895
@lbrlrsfdj8895 2 жыл бұрын
Do Harry Potter wands next, since fiction and fantasy is on the menu.
@dannyjacobs6734
@dannyjacobs6734 2 жыл бұрын
As the channel name suggests, I never know what amazing and weird history I'll learn on any given day! Never a rhyme or reason to subject matters, which makes it the more interesting! Plus, gotta love the narrator!
@mickpalade8331
@mickpalade8331 2 жыл бұрын
"Trebuches were first encountered by Europeans during the cursades" *Alexander the Great feeling discredited*
@kristofantal8801
@kristofantal8801 2 жыл бұрын
Source?
@jordinagel1184
@jordinagel1184 2 жыл бұрын
@@kristofantal8801 he’s probably thinking of a different kind of trebuchet, not the counterweight one we usually associate with the word
@coureurdesbois6754
@coureurdesbois6754 2 жыл бұрын
I have made extensive research in univeristy on the Longbow in particular. Here's one thing most people get wrong: 1 - It was a specialist weapon. The "peasants" that used the longbows where trained from the age of 6 to do so. As they where very useful, they made a lot of money as soldiers and most of them wheren't serfs, but Free men. 2 - It had some penetrating power, expecially at short range. It could go trough chainmail at medium distance, but you had to be very close to go thtough plate. The types of arrows also evolved in regards with this : you don't need to go through plate if you knock them with a 280 pounds bow shooting a 3 foot long arrow with a large diameter and a very heavy tip. It will just knock them out cold receiving a huge volley of them. 3 - They aren't cheap. The rope was made of silk and they require very specific materials and very specialized workers to produce.
@booketoiles1600
@booketoiles1600 2 жыл бұрын
They are "cheap" compared to the price of equipping a knight with full armor and horses.
@donkarnage6986
@donkarnage6986 2 жыл бұрын
Would a crossbow be better for a "super weapon" instead? its easy to use and only little training to handle. and its very effective. (its not as good as the longbow, but u and i can use it)
@davidstone9154
@davidstone9154 2 жыл бұрын
The Trebuchet units of antiquity probably had names on their weapons like we do today in our armored tank units. Once you have qualified a TT VIII as an Abrams’ tank gunner you will be allowed to assign a name to your own 120mm smoothbore cannon, and my guns name was ‘Bucepheles’; which is of course the warhorse of Alexander The GREAT!!
@readerrabbit6690
@readerrabbit6690 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see more videos on ancient life in Asia, especially around the huge deserts. I feel like most people don't even realize that most of China is covered by vast deserts in the northwest. Also, politics and leadership in the US colonies. We all know the colonies were ultimately ruled by the Royal Crown, but with most founders and settlers being British/English exiles, you gotta wonder how the resentment towards the Crown influenced local everyday life.
@gorilladisco9108
@gorilladisco9108 2 жыл бұрын
The Greek Fire wasn't used to expand Byzantine, instead it was used to defend Constantinople which was under various assault from the Arab, then from the Seljuk, and finally from the Ottoman. Byzantine at the time of invention of Greek Fire was already shrunk with most of Anatolia fell to the Turks and it also couldn't kept its western territory from seceded away or wrested by Holy Roman Empire.
@wodhpah7691
@wodhpah7691 2 жыл бұрын
The Warwolf was a 6-story tall scaled up version of the Trebuchet, so just imagine King Kong hurling rocks at your castle and you’re halfway there to envision the Warwolf
@inoppi
@inoppi 2 жыл бұрын
The story goes that the defending castle surrendered when they saw the Warwolf getting built but the surrender was accepted only after they took a shot at the castle and destroyed a length of wall. Like if you go all the effort to build it you gotta try it at least once, right?
@emekaamadi8699
@emekaamadi8699 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how much creativity there was in this time imagine where humanity would be if they focused on making life instead of beating the motherloving shit Out of each other
@SnailHatan
@SnailHatan 2 жыл бұрын
Humanity would be even more screwed, because there would be more humans. More pollution, more carbon emissions, more overfishing, overhunting, and less resources of all kinds. Smaller wildlife populations, more agricultural land, mor habitat destruction, the list goes on
@user-et6cr6qd8v
@user-et6cr6qd8v 2 жыл бұрын
@@SnailHatan 1. there arent to many humans 2. the effects of the green house gases polutin and so on arent as bad as most people say we survived the ice age the plage.....rising themperatures are a "joke" the main problem will be recources and energy humans adept if there is a problem we solve it keep your hate for humanety to yourself
@AMT_823
@AMT_823 2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! They are always informative and entertaining. Could you do a video on medieval torture devices? (Don't judge me lol)
@ztnep_3670
@ztnep_3670 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's stupid when people say "BCE" or "CE". It's a Christian calender just use their terms
@rickkinki4624
@rickkinki4624 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, I agree with you! It's been BC and AD for two thousand years, and it's good enough to use today. But we don't want to offend anybody, right?
@coreydavid9497
@coreydavid9497 2 жыл бұрын
Legends say the English knight became a guard after taking the arrow to the thigh. Thus giving up his adventuring.
@protocetid
@protocetid 2 жыл бұрын
oh man you need to cover the Soviet's wacky military inventions, they'd make for a good episode or two
@zeusathena26
@zeusathena26 2 жыл бұрын
The US made a few too. My favorite was the bat bomb in WW 2.
@jlshel42
@jlshel42 2 жыл бұрын
Or even better, the "nuke the moon" plan
@NexVoidGaming
@NexVoidGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@zeusathena26 why not both!
@zeusathena26
@zeusathena26 2 жыл бұрын
@@NexVoidGaming that's what I meant. There's a lot of ideas for future videos. I never said they couldn't. I was just telling the original commenter that the US also had wacky weapons.
@mikitz
@mikitz 2 жыл бұрын
German officials during the WWII: 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't care if you built a huge, flying bell, for as long as we win this war.'
@kirbymarchbarcena
@kirbymarchbarcena 2 жыл бұрын
To think that they called a ship with a dragon's head "Turtle ship" is quite a misnomer, I wonder how many ninja turtles were in that ship
@proudamerican4050
@proudamerican4050 2 жыл бұрын
I would love for you to do a history of archery and bow making technology video! 🎯
@michaelhowell2326
@michaelhowell2326 2 жыл бұрын
If Constantine was more forward thinking he would have imprisoned or killed the cannon maker so he couldn't sell his tech to the Ottomans. It's what I would have done.
@Amy_the_Lizard
@Amy_the_Lizard 2 жыл бұрын
Or you know...pay the guy to keep him on your side. Better to recruit useful people then kill them or piss them off...
@blakelowrey9620
@blakelowrey9620 2 жыл бұрын
By the time Constantinople fell it was a just a city state surrounded on all sides by the ottoman realm. The were basically screwed no matter what by then lol.
@athrq4828
@athrq4828 2 жыл бұрын
i would love to hear more about medieval cannons
@Chris-iy5qv
@Chris-iy5qv 2 жыл бұрын
'Medieval super weapons that sound made up'... a long bow??! Who have you met that thinks a long bow is made up??
@donkarnage6986
@donkarnage6986 2 жыл бұрын
oh like the trebuchet? or turtleship? made up weapon i think like the GunSword, its really a weird weapon
@grapeshot
@grapeshot 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah there was some earlier form of napalm that used dolphin fat. It was used in warfare in China during the Middle Age.
@interwebtubes
@interwebtubes 2 жыл бұрын
Cows FTW 👍👍🐄🐄🐄🐮🐮🤠🤠
@btetschner
@btetschner 10 ай бұрын
A+ video! What awesome weapons, they really became creative!
@NewMessage
@NewMessage 2 жыл бұрын
Of course, you have to run through history on 'Hard' before you can unlock most of these.
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 жыл бұрын
By the way, the Sumerians had war wagons way before the middle ages. They're beautifully depicted on the artifact known as the "Standard of Ur".
@mikitz
@mikitz 2 жыл бұрын
And, according to Civilization 6, the didn't even need horses to operate them.
@-K3M0SABI-
@-K3M0SABI- 2 жыл бұрын
Yall should check out the remains and skeleton of a longbowman, its wild lookin!
@PaiviProject
@PaiviProject 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Those were pretty effective weapons. Poor cows. This was quite interesting. Thanks 👍
@guitarfreak521
@guitarfreak521 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Greek Fire isn't just an awesome band, it was actually a weapon as well. I learned something today. Thank you. 😊
@menotyou9836
@menotyou9836 2 жыл бұрын
How much different is warfare today if the Byzantine recipe for Greek Fire had been incorporated over time. Whew. Kinda glad
@sekhmara8590
@sekhmara8590 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Some things are better lost to time.
@cakapcakep241
@cakapcakep241 2 жыл бұрын
Well, i think it is not going to change much. That weapons is pretty much obsolete by the end of the 4th crusade due to the rapid development of gunpowder based weapon. It is not a superweapon, we even had a lot better flaming weapon today than the greeks, like the thermobaric bomb, napalm bomb, or even white phosphorus bomb.
@thecovenant3842
@thecovenant3842 2 жыл бұрын
This appeals to me on a whole other level as a fan of the Age of Empires series. To know that things like the Great Bombard, Demolition ship, Fireship and even the Turtle Ship actually existed is truly magical.
@ColofrulLife
@ColofrulLife 2 жыл бұрын
Finally somebody else who knows about Age of Empires!
@extremepietbh
@extremepietbh 2 жыл бұрын
love your channel!
@uncle_thulhu
@uncle_thulhu 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, but none of those sound made up. In fact, the only one I hadn't heard of was the war wagon.
@donkarnage6986
@donkarnage6986 2 жыл бұрын
greek fire?
@uncle_thulhu
@uncle_thulhu 2 жыл бұрын
@@donkarnage6986 no, I had heard of Greek Fire.
@TheEnabledDisabled
@TheEnabledDisabled 2 жыл бұрын
Constantine XI: nooo you cant end our glorious over one and a half millennial empire Mehmed: big gun go boom
@brickrose9756
@brickrose9756 2 жыл бұрын
I nearly did a spit take when they said... "Welsh Longbowmen"
@hakureikura9052
@hakureikura9052 2 жыл бұрын
speaking of medieval superweapons, no bear that fires lasers from its eyes? what about cobra cars?
@cleverusername9369
@cleverusername9369 2 жыл бұрын
I remember Age of Empires cheat codes
@nickrykert2572
@nickrykert2572 2 жыл бұрын
When you say I'm just going to watch the intro and then the video is over. Great video as always.
@yves2755
@yves2755 2 жыл бұрын
I love me a medieval Death Star :)
@del5.0
@del5.0 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on Archimedes Death Ray...I'm not sure if you guys have done that already. Thanks for awesome videos.
@jenniferbalesteri2810
@jenniferbalesteri2810 2 жыл бұрын
I wish this narrator could narrate everything in the world…he’s the best!
@neveragain8078
@neveragain8078 2 жыл бұрын
What do I think? Bring back B.C and A.D.
@therealdaverice
@therealdaverice 2 жыл бұрын
at what point in the distant past did the cowbell become a weapon of mass destruction?
@dvdv8197
@dvdv8197 2 жыл бұрын
I read that in medieval times, if you lost your castle to invaders during a siege, it was incredibly unlikely that you’d get the well-fortified tower area back. Guys back then were playing for keeps. 🤷‍♀️
@bradbiggs4283
@bradbiggs4283 2 жыл бұрын
My, my... How military tactics have changed. 🤔🤔🤔
@fsdfsdsgsdhdssd8559
@fsdfsdsgsdhdssd8559 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@murphy4yt
@murphy4yt 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@scottmantooth8785
@scottmantooth8785 2 жыл бұрын
*you also lost your damage deposit and totally ruined your credit rating with the regional merchants*
@joy5816
@joy5816 2 жыл бұрын
No judgement, I was waiting for this one!
@BuildinWings
@BuildinWings 2 жыл бұрын
Can you cover how differences in porcelain quality between cultures led to the development of ocular/lens technology? Stephen Fry mentioned it once and I'd love to see you guys do a deep-dive
@zelva6792
@zelva6792 2 жыл бұрын
can you please take a deep dive into czech or slovak history? both have so much content =)
@malakals7800
@malakals7800 2 жыл бұрын
I'd be interested to see something about the dancing plague.
@RedfishUK1964
@RedfishUK1964 2 жыл бұрын
There is no evidence that the longbowmen fired their arrows into the air - look at the medieval depictions [eg 4:18] - it shows them firing on the level - mainly because they were used to knock knights over - they probably didn't penetrate plate armour but hit you with the force of a sledgehammer The looping aerial flight was probably invented for the 1940's film Henry V as it looks really good.
@zermatt2567
@zermatt2567 2 жыл бұрын
It would make sense to shoot arrows in the air, if the arrows were cheap. With a 45° angle, the range of the shot would be much greater and most of the soldiers were just peasants without iron armor. It would also be a psychological attack and last but not least it was the time befor antibiotics. All in all, I would definitly shoot an arrow in the air if I had one to spare 🤔
@The3mbered0ne
@The3mbered0ne 2 жыл бұрын
So a lot of history is the Chinese inventing something and the Europeans returning having learned of them, then claiming to have discovered it and use it in their own wars lol wow
@briansullivan5908
@briansullivan5908 2 жыл бұрын
27 foot long cannon is pretty cool.
@budahbaba7856
@budahbaba7856 2 жыл бұрын
This is full of so many historical BS! So much of this needs to be approached with nuance.
@briana208
@briana208 2 жыл бұрын
3:46 I've played Skyrim enough to know that the arrow really struck his knee
@georgecristiancripcia4819
@georgecristiancripcia4819 2 жыл бұрын
Your video is full of half truth and also is misding a lot of informations and is overly simplified.
@Canuck037
@Canuck037 2 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on midieval ranged weapons, like crossbows, long bows, etc
@dert693
@dert693 2 жыл бұрын
The coolest weapon would be a trebuchet throwing Greek Fire from a Turtle Ship!
@josephbenson4413
@josephbenson4413 2 жыл бұрын
I rather think the 'war wagon' is the most interesting on the list... being sort of a tank & APC rolled into one.
@sweetwizzle
@sweetwizzle 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video on ingenious war strategies and tactics (unless you've already made one and I've missed it). This brought to mind the story of how Zhuge Liang "borrowed" a hundred thousand arrows from the enemy. Oh yeah, and to be a bit of a pedant, calling a trebuchet a catapult isn't exactly mislabeling since (as you mention) it is a subtype of said weapon, although it is an error in sufficient accuracy, depending on the context. Trebuches are catapults, so using the umbrella term isn't incorrect; just as calling catapults siege weapons is technically (the best kind of!) correct.
@tjnaples
@tjnaples 2 жыл бұрын
You use the Gregorian calendar dates but don’t say A.D. lol
@surfmotor
@surfmotor Жыл бұрын
So now we use CE instead of AD? The devil is making his move
@penonton4260
@penonton4260 2 жыл бұрын
that giant cannon is a meme for roman empire. they rejected and ridiculed the idea of making a giant canon. but sadly, the canon was actually used to attack Rome by their enemy. which ended up making the roman empire lost ~
@ZasukiJean
@ZasukiJean 2 жыл бұрын
About the Dutch Spanish war it took me a while that the river 'Skeld' is actually de Schelde 😂 maybe ask a Dutchie( like myself) to give some pronunciation tips haha ( it's pronounced kind of as s ch elle l da)
@jordinagel1184
@jordinagel1184 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for clarifying that the longbow could punch through “some” types of armor. Waaaay too many people assume that longbows were capable of punching through late medieval plate armor like it was nothing, when that would actually have been difficult to impossible (as long as said armor was in decent condition and not rusted to hell)
@dominic.h.3363
@dominic.h.3363 2 жыл бұрын
You do realize it's easier to penetrate plate than chainmail, right? A lot of the kinetic force is absorbed and distributed by the chain link's ability to budge, while the plate can only either deflect the arrow if it's coming at an angle, or simply surrender to its force.
@jordinagel1184
@jordinagel1184 2 жыл бұрын
@@dominic.h.3363 and arrows can force their way into a chain link, breaking it if the arrowhead is thin enough and there is enough kinetic force. So, erm, NO, late medieval plate armor is NOT easier to penetrate than chainmail. Pray tell, why then did knights start preferring plate over mail? Certainly not because it was cheaper, because that is definitely not the case (especially if the suit is custom-made). I see you’re one of these people who would totally believe that myth… That’s kinda sad
@dominic.h.3363
@dominic.h.3363 2 жыл бұрын
@@jordinagel1184 What's "kinda sad" is that you're incapable of having a conversation that doesn't turn into ad hominem, because you're incapable of letting your facts speak for themselves. I grew out of that when I turned 28. Welcome to my ignore list.
@jordinagel1184
@jordinagel1184 2 жыл бұрын
@@dominic.h.3363 what’s kinda sad is you assuming that medieval people would be stupid enough to wear inferior armor when they already had chainmail (plate wasn’t inferior btw, not at that time). No, seriously, I would love to hear why you would think that plate was inferior, when every noble and their dog was wearing it instead of just chainmail. You make it seem like they were all morons.
@ALE199-ita
@ALE199-ita 9 ай бұрын
TBH I stopped believing this channel when he said "Peasent" and "Longbowmen" in the same sentance, Longbows were not something anyone could use and there is video evidance of tests where longbows just don't punch holes in plate armor, even harden arrowheads don't just pierce it through, it can make holes but not penetrate all the way through to cause damage to the wearer. with Chainmail as the dumbass who says plate is easier then chainmail, normal bolts do get mostly stopped but harden can pierce and cause a lot of damage.
@zeusathena26
@zeusathena26 2 жыл бұрын
You said at min 6:20 that trebuchets weren't catapults, then immediately say they're a specific type of catapult. Which is it? Because that didn't make sense.
@historywatch-4U
@historywatch-4U 2 жыл бұрын
Asian cultures truly were brilliant in warfare. I'm glad that got put in.
@Prideace93
@Prideace93 2 жыл бұрын
you forgot to mention that the first effective gunpowder weapon that can be used in reasonable range were called midfa by the mamluke sultanate against the mongols in the battle of ain jalut 1260
@Junzar56
@Junzar56 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Do something on grenades in WWI.
@jenandpip
@jenandpip 2 жыл бұрын
I know this is probably petty but the clip at 0:42 you labeled that it was from the movie 300 (2006) when it’s actually from 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Anyway I love the video but wanted to point that out just in case anyone wanted to watch the movie where that clip was from lol
@mrcrimpster
@mrcrimpster 2 жыл бұрын
I also know it's not a medieval weapon...but the Sten submachine gun would be cool to hear about!... your really good at narration
@Kewinowicz
@Kewinowicz 2 жыл бұрын
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. Luke 9:24
@akramgimmini8165
@akramgimmini8165 2 жыл бұрын
Roman/ Ancient Weapons would surely be Interesting
@jetjames420
@jetjames420 2 жыл бұрын
Greekfire sounds cool. Tell us about other old confirmed chemical warfare
@partyeffectsdotbiz
@partyeffectsdotbiz 2 жыл бұрын
"Medieval Superweapons That Sound Made Up" ....... The English Long Bow... ???? Wha?
@sethkaicer319
@sethkaicer319 2 жыл бұрын
Weird history home invades your house once a year dressed in a red suit with a crazy beard.
@dpfljr
@dpfljr 2 жыл бұрын
Greek fire has been rediscovered and there's even a KZbin video showing it being concocted and used by a modern civilian
@MrThedowd
@MrThedowd 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. How about one on ancient weapons like the claw of archimedes?
@kikiziunga7757
@kikiziunga7757 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I watch your channel and enjoy it. I am from Poland and I was wondering why don't you m as make videos that are far from the obvious.... About Marie Skoldowska-Cuire, Nicolas Copernicous aka Mikołaj Kopernik, Friderick Chopin, live in Poland under USSR, The partitions of Poland, why England& US did not help Poland in Warsaw Getto fight, S. SIKORSKI death. Thanks
@Die-CastMetal
@Die-CastMetal 2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to hear more about punt guns!
@geraldfriend256
@geraldfriend256 2 жыл бұрын
Ok but no c* nt puns
@Die-CastMetal
@Die-CastMetal 2 жыл бұрын
@@geraldfriend256 … then why do it at all?! You’re killin all the fun!
@AnnhilateTheNihilist
@AnnhilateTheNihilist 2 жыл бұрын
Hey I went to ur site and called the number and ordered 1. Greek Fire and 2. A “war wolf” replica Trebuchet for the low, low price of $19.99 x2, my question is I’d have preferred to pay once for $29.99 … is there anything you can do about this?
@y_fam_goeglyd
@y_fam_goeglyd 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the Welsh longbow. So often they are attributed to the English. Even at battles such as Agincourt, the majority of longbowmen were Welsh, the English mostly using crossbows. Both bows are going to thoroughly ruin a "target's" day!
@rogerthat10-47
@rogerthat10-47 2 жыл бұрын
Longbowmen really didn't have to be that good when the battle started because there were so many "targets" all clumped together(fish in a barrel so to speak) but some of them with a 150lb bow were said to be able to have 6 arrows in the air at one time, my bow is 70lbs & I can only manage 3 with reasonable accuracy, some of them had massive upper body strength, but even women of "Marrying Age" that weren't married had to fight in 1066.
@Chubbyseals
@Chubbyseals 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic content
@YaBoiFetz
@YaBoiFetz 2 жыл бұрын
Dafuq does "CE" mean?
@murphy4yt
@murphy4yt 2 жыл бұрын
Current Era. Don’t wanna offend anyone by using BC or AD.
@YaBoiFetz
@YaBoiFetz 2 жыл бұрын
@@murphy4yt seriously? What kind of new woke BS is this now? What's wrong with anno domini? And I'm not even Christian
@ApexZer0
@ApexZer0 2 жыл бұрын
This is the stuff I'm subscribed for
@mrcrimpster
@mrcrimpster 2 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the sten sub machine gun
@mrcrimpster
@mrcrimpster 2 жыл бұрын
Please 🙏
@michaelgryboski1
@michaelgryboski1 2 жыл бұрын
The usage of the terms BCE/CE is based on an odd reasoning. It is used as a secular version of AD/BC, yet it still follows the divide of history built on the speculated date of Jesus' birth. It tries to be non-religious, but still acknowledges an inherently religion-based timeline.
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 2 жыл бұрын
"God's Stone Thrower" is the nickname for my johnson. Because of my kidney stones.
@harrypothead876
@harrypothead876 2 жыл бұрын
my guy said a well..schlongbow (pause) is 6 feet long (pause!) and made YOU wood. im bein hella immature lol but seriously how did flow in your mind when writing in the script or recording...that is some crazy alliteration of sorts goin on there
@wu1ming9shi
@wu1ming9shi 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for not saying that english longbows could penetrate plate armor like so many would be historical channels do. Ofcourse your channel does not belong to these "would be's" btw. :)
@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551
@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 2 жыл бұрын
Damn canon Balls flew a mile? I can't believe those heavy ass balls went more then 5 feet and I'm serious.
@GravesRWFiA
@GravesRWFiA 2 жыл бұрын
if gonig on about arms dealers. the first real, modern submarine was made by a man called holland. and irish american he wanted to buld it for the fininans at the end of the 19th C to attack british shipping but when the finians couldn't meet his price, he sold the plans to vickers, the great british arms manufacturer and the Holland 1 through 6 were the first operational submarines in any world's navy.
@zach7193
@zach7193 2 жыл бұрын
Man, that's something. Weaponry during medieval times were ahead of the time.
@DimBeam1
@DimBeam1 2 жыл бұрын
How? They used current tech of the time. No time travel going on here bud.
@taserrr
@taserrr 2 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty poorly researched video. The gunpowder ship did NOT break the siege of antwerp, it sure broke part of the dam they built to blockade but given nobody checked for the damage they didn't use it to attack and by the time the dutch army arrived a few months later in order to try to relieve the city it was already rebuilt. In the end they used a faint attack with ships that were disguised as these gunpowder ships but actually armed with men to take one of the dams, it worked at first but got countered by the enemy general. Antwerp never was freed and eventually surrendered after around 3 years of being besieged.
@kevinmolato692
@kevinmolato692 2 жыл бұрын
I want videos about Operation Barbarossa and the cavalry charge at the Battle of Friedland
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