MYTHBUSTERS VIKING AXE LADDER The Vikings 1958 Tony Curtis Kirk Douglas

[scroogesong1]

WELL, WILLIAM MARSHAL IS RECORDED TO HAVE SCALED A CASTLE WALL UNDER FIRE 'ON A LADDER' AND CLEARED THE RAMPART WITH HIS SWORD! AT THE TIME HE WAS IN HIS 50S, IT WAS THOUGHT AN AMAZING FEAT TO ALL WHO SAW IT.

[ScouserLegend]

By the time he'd manage to climb the axes there would of been a small army waiting in the portcullis. And the lever is normally located in the middle of the room with guards locked in on the inside...

[LiefEriccson1]

Is there any way the throwing axes could support any weight?

[Hopleet]

Geek goddess! Haha!

[freezie411]

im so proud to be related to these guys.

[722redtree]

search for Big Red One Special Edition Part 6, watch them assemble the Bangalore Torpedo....

[AreThereNoMoreNames]

Now, I can't say that I know if this would work or not, but there've been a few times when I've been out in the woods and I've used my SOG Tomahawk as a step to get up trees to fell dead limbs. Not with the cutting edge, but there's a spike on back that's just right for that sort of thing, and when dug in it's surprisingly solid.

[FlashyGentleman]

Why didn't anyone wait where the hole he was climbing into and shot him in the face when if he climbed in. Why was there a hole there anyways?

[aptcmpasion]

yu blooody nit--ven i vas a logger en sveden ve climbed axt ladders after verk fer fun ool de tyme...

[diagreen]

T.C.LEGEND,HERO, R.I.P. WELL DONE

[cheapestPCrepair]

Thrown Axe Ladder.... has it ever happened in a real life setting? anyone know? please pass this on to your friends, thanks.

[Voodoozeko]

@cheapestPCrepair Throwing axe ladder would be almost imposible to preforme. It would be possbile if there werent any enemies throwing all kinds of things at those who would climbe on axes that means they would have to do it silently out of enemies sight. In history there was never any recorded axe ladder siege of castles or forts.

[koricory]

a two handed wood chopping axe can be thrown into a tree at 6 steps that is stuck in hard enough to climb on.

[ckcelite]

@koricory But can it withstand a full grown man, wearing some armor, jumping over a small chasm and landing on it. I really wish that mythbusters would have this as one of their tv myths. thanks for the info. do you throw axes? could you upload a video if you do?

[wakagi722]

could this be done? who knows (rhetorically)? but it reminds me a bit of the Bangalore Torpedo scene from Big Red One.

[ckcelite]

@wakagi722 I never saw that before but I will be searching the torrents for it tonight, thanks!

[jamiesgirl1970]

My fave film of Tony Curtis RIP

[ckcelite]

@jamiesgirl1970 yeah. another icon gone.

[deusirae76]

RIP Tony Curtis

[ckcelite]

@deusirae76 Tony Curtis was... check that, IS an entertainment legend.

[MoveOnSoulClub]

The saxons didn't build stone castles like this. Good film though.

[deusirae76]

@MoveOnSoulClub True, the castle is French (castle Fort-La-Latte or La Roche Goyon), from the 14th century.

[ckcelite]

@MoveOnSoulClub What type did they build?

[kirkbyla]

kirk douglas burt lancaster tony curtis any film with them in is worth a look

[spartacusvikinga]

R.I.P Tony Curtis. A hollywood great.

[stephenm6100]

my favourite films with tony and kirk.rip tony curtis...oden will receive you.oooooooodennnnnnnnnnnnnn..­.

[ShawDAMAN]

wow very interesting concept. I would also like to know if this was ever done (or attempted.)

[ckcelite]

@ShawDAMAN I second that!

[mschneider18xx]

Or, why it's important to....

1) Have a crossbowman in the winch room.

2) Have a locking-clasp on your draw-bridge.

[ckcelite]

@mschneider18xx yeah, good points! those archers sucked.

[deusirae76]

@ckcelite "Stormtroopers syndrome", Middle Age version

[SpecOpCellBorn]

KAAAAAHHHHHNNNNNN!!!! 2:59 xD

[EvilKorbinDallas]

I saw this in english class, it was awsome

[Wilkinson0W0kyle]

I'm a history buff and when the Danes invaded England (Alfred the great was king of Wessex, the southern part of England), and if they had to assault a palisade they would use axes but they wouldn't have thrown them.

[Matunaagah]

I once climbed a tree with two hatchets, so this seems like it would be possible.

[RangerThompson]

There is a part in one of the Sagas that mentions the "beard" of an axe being used to hook into the top of a rampart and climb it, but I seriously doubt this is possible hahaha.

[40AcreMule]

This movie is so laughable. Kirk Douglas, a runty little Jew, playing a Norseman! Hollyweird at its finest.

[Matunaagah]

He did just fine.

[cdjmk1000]

i want this movie, can i download it? where? pls reply

[jimi131420]

thepiratebay . org

[enboomer]

the macguyver-vikings attack!

[Pawalskij]

woah, the mcguyver vikings speak UK english too!