spearaxe.wmv

[ASaxonAtHeart]

I would love it if he had tried to join in with us at the Hastings reenactment this year. I'd have sent him down the hill towards the silly Normans and watch him get his arse handed to him.

[PJDAltamirus0425]

peasants were mostly used as laborers. Most like people with long weapons (spears and longaxes) would stay in the back and help kill while the sword and shield men protect and attack or used as flankers or gap smashers sorta calvary how a cavalry unit is used. Watch SCA men fight or shieldwall reenactment fight, they both model their tactics after dark age warfare. Heck Look up the Bodican rebellion and that's show how berserk open order gets ya killed pretty quick.

[PJDAltamirus0425]

Considering that spears are one of the easiest weapons to learn how to use, the fact that they excel in group combat and historical evidence that most Vikings didn't just run up to a enemy army with their axes swinging but marched in formation in a shieldwall with the long weapons in the back or flanks I think it's reasonable to say that going berserk is on most occasions a bad tactic also I've read many articles than suggest until the advent of the pike.

[PJDAltamirus0425]

That only works on novices. I've done and you end up getting spear in the head. Also, both were unarmored so and didn't want to kill one another so it's a bad test.

[clintdelicious]

@PJDAltamirus0425 your average man on the battlefield was an untrained peasant and facing a seasoned warrior doing this would be terrifying. I believe that they worked in groups as well with a main one attacking and others keeping counter attacks of him

[PJDAltamirus0425]

That only works on novices. I've done and you end up getting spear in the head.

[Schildschmied]

Thats was fun.

And yes, Fighting weapon without armor is lethal.

This guy ran just for he didnt want to kill this fool.

[efeorh]

He doesn't even realize he would've been a skewered vikingkebab if the other guy was as stupid as he was.

[blossfechter]

There's no way to defend since the spear guy's weapon was sharp. All he could do was kill him or run. Obviously there's really only once choice there...

[Aserox]

Terrified my ass, like he's really gonna spear your ass and go to jail to prove a point

[Gerkan1997]

Up this is 21 century y not use a gun =)

[tahngarth69]

@Gerkan1997 lol?

[avvakym]

I would simply spear him up

But where should put a body????

[Peregrinusexpectavi]

Wow. We have just seen a demonstration of what happens when an untrained man with a spear is set upon by a clueless knave armed with no regard for his training partner's safety and an axe.

If you're really curious - keep the shield on your front forearm, and receive the idiotic charge on the point of your spear. Your only problem will be getting the fool off your spear in time to protect yourself against other opponents.

[pochazet]

okay.

[Ieatbabyseals]

Hahahaha. What if the guy with the spear had given him a good thrust? The guys guts leak out in front of everyone. Then he'd just look silly.

[NewZealfighter]

we need to keep in mind the man with the spear did not know how to safely defend himself with the spear with out commiting murder

[anzac2404]

Bet that young bloke had to go behind a tree & check his dacks after that LOL, mind you I think most of us would have crapped our pants?!

[Pourleduc]

Why didn't he just stab him?

[killgore333333]

@Pourleduc

because that would kill the idiot

and the idiot wasnt meaning to harm him just disgrace him

although if it was me i wouldent stand for the disgrace and stab him dead in his tracks

[thewildchimp]

@Pourleduc

Two reasons: because he would kill him or, at least, injure him since morons forgot to bring any protection against REAL, SHARPENED weapon. Damn PVC zweihänder can break your arm or head, not to say fingers or nose.

Second - because he is obviously a pussy... But I don't blame him. :]

[jaskamakkara]

ofcourse he ran! did he really except him to try to kill him

[FULLTHROTTLE87]

i cant find this show anywhere

[pablitomastah]

so freak

[Leviathan3D]

I'm curious do you think Warrcraft had reached its pinnacle in romen times and that later European examples were simply less well-trained brawlers allowing for more examples of let's say axes like it shows what I mean is you are making use of tools that they have available to them like axis I don't know I'm just curious for someone's opinion

[Atheistcat2004]

Just after the Roman Empire fell it may have been like that. But still a bow was a hunting tool and then it came in on its own, you get the longbow, crossbow, and horse bow. While an axe may seem brutish, it has an advantage over a sword imo. Axes like maces are made to crush bones even if protected by plate, and if you're an unarmored soldier...

For Europe I would agree with you, but only during the Early Period. As for Egypt and the Seljuk Empire, they used finesse tactics over brawling.

[thewildchimp]

@Leviathan3D

Well, those less well-trained brawlers sacked the Rome, crowned their own king as a King of all Romans so it is pretty much obvious what works better. The fact is, aside from Hannibal and Pyr noone defeated Romans BC in the full scale battle. Perhaps Parthians, but I can't clearly remember those campains.

First "barbarian" victory since the conquest of Gaul was at Teutoburg forest where Arminius lured Varius towards the northern Germania and ambushed him at the middle of

[thewildchimp]

@Leviathan3D

the forest where they couldn't assume any formations. With large shields and heavy armors, surprised, they stood no chance. Basically, their training killed them. They weren't thought how to fight one-on-one while barbarians knew only how to fight in that way and soon everybody deployed similar tactics.

Speaking of weapons, gladius is an awesome weapon. Works in virtually every situations. But I was boring you for long enough.

[Entheobotany]

Check out about 0:28 where red-shirt chops the spear head off.

[aerodragonis]

you can be able to defend yourself against the axewielder, but he was already to close and the spearguys pants was already to wet. And do note, the spearguy is unexperienced. With an experienced spearfighter the berserkr was already a doughnut..

[thewildchimp]

Axe is a pretty screwed weapon to fight against, imo. Not agile or accurate but dents any armour, except, maybe the breastplate, though it shatters bones underneath lightly armored parts such as hands, legs, collar bones, etc. And it's virtually unstoppable unleashed in continuous flurry. Though it requires some strength and tremendous stamina fairly simple weapon to use.

Spear - doesn't stand a chance.

[OdolWAAAAGH]

this test was stupid, spear would have stopped the axeman dead in this situation. Why do you think pikemen were so successful. like right up until gun powder, wars were fought with pointy bits on long sticks.

[FrisianDude]

@OdolWAAAAGH Actually, it wasn't until the rise of gunpowder that large blocks of pikemen became fashionable. Before that it was certainly spear&shield, though. However, I think this test is not a very good representation of any situation but one where the spearman is completely unexperienced. :P

[ruebuscm]

@FrisianDude Unless you go way way back to the Greek phalanx. Or, more similar to the pike-block would be the Macedonian phalanx with their long sarissas. The Flemish, Swiss, and Scots also used pikes pretty effectively, if I'm not mistaken.

[FrisianDude]

@ruebuscm The Flemish, Swiss and Scots did use them effectively, but iIrc that was at the rise of gunpowder, wasn't it? But yeah, I didn't take the Macedonian Sarrissa in account, those are quite pikey, yeah.

[thewildchimp]

@OdolWAAAAGH

Indeed, that's the only way to stop an axeman. But if you fail, he'll past your best distance and force you to run backwards, while he runs forward. Technically, best legs win the fight here. Outside of formation spear is not that great against heavy weapons. Against normal swords you can use blunt end, grab spear closer to the head, even parry then drop it and initiate grapple but it just doesn't work against axes, great hammers and great swords.

[UserNameForYeeTube]

Now, let's give him a two-handed axe for that extra reach, momentum and intimidation factor.

Also, while the spear has more reach than a one-handed axe, if the axeman gets close enough the spearman is in serious trouble because he needs to drop his spear, grab his secondary and try to defend himself - all the while the berserker is chopping pieces off you. :D

[Talazorn]

lol

[HellaTechno]

um im pretty sure that in a real fight the guy with the spear would have just stabbed him before he could get close. most people would run too if some crazy guy who thinks hes a viking was trying to break your sheild with an axe and you couldn't fight back

[Ranziel1]

Not if you're a trained warrior. You'd just laugh and the berserker through.

[chukycheeze]

thats what I call intimidating

[leeham991]

Top bloke! :D

[Spartiatai300]

This definately gives you an idea at how it would feel to be attacked by a Berserker and the like.

[Optimusnorm]

Indeed - if it were for real I think I'd rather have the reach of the spear and the sheild as a battering impliment.

[bruceleesdaddy]

pussy

smack his ass with the butt end

[Ranziel1]

The spear guy partially feared to impale his opponent, but still, a fear for your own skin would be multiplied tenfolds if he actually fought a real axeman that tries to spilt his skull in half.

That cry was nice btw, shaked by speakers.

[HalsRing]

FUCK YOU NIGGA I GOT A SPEAR!!!

[amairgenn]

ha, ha, ha in real fight axeman will be dead...

[Salisaad]

In a real fight you would shit your pants and you won't even be able to run and you would just watch him kill you.

[AirwarriorX2]

LOL i would have thrown my spear in fear haha.

[imurgodsgod]

omg i thought he was gona actualy kill him

[chukycheeze]

me too haha physco

[StinkyGreenBud]

I would of dropped that stupid shield and just speared the fool as he ran at me.

[savagesnowball]

Looked as if he was going for the kill.

[FULLTHROTTLE87]

wats the name of this show??

[DanAkesson]

Interresting :D I will have to look this show up more closely.

[haralfhalgrada]

esa es la ferocidad del guerrero europeo¡