Conquest-Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages part 3

[MrCouchmen]

3:33 - 3:34 Hammer Smashed Face!!!!!!!

[MrCouchmen]

Flail...it reminds me something....Do you remember me?I come here to claim a right of a husband!!!!!----do you know from which movie is it.

[Hotshotter3000]

Note to self. If traveling to the middle ages, be sure to remember getting a rifle.

[somskaredynonevadi]

what the hell are they doing with those flails at 00:20 ? i get a feeling that this man was chosen randomly to do a slow-motion, big-words based show, and here is the result

[Vovk3]

The Ahlspiess... German innovation once again.

[killerclown789]

I bet the ultimate weapon is a rifle.

[speeddemon847]

@killerclown789 fire, lots of fire, and some matches maybe a reinforced torch,

[DaUsher]

3:33 - Ka POW!!!

[RaidenTheAlmighty]

It didn't really get stuck in the armor, it got stuck in the wood lol.

[mojothemigo]

Unless it is a very weak wood, you aren't going to chop it off like that with a sword chop. Chip it, take nicks out of it, sure. Chop a propperly made spear in half with an arming sword. not happening.

[supersmash43]

@mojothemigo Guns are one of the best weapons against plate armor.

[mojothemigo]

@supersmash43 They suuuuuure are...The original gun control, the nobles banning guns to make sure the peons couldn't fight and didn't get any big ideas like democracy or human rights. Oh such fantastic political analogies I can make

[scottishwar4]

makes me want to play mount and blade warand

[Tonaras182]

i'd love to play DnD with this guy

[MegaBiscuiteater]

makes me want to play total war



[Assaultwarfare]

@MegaBiscuiteater why have you play total war games

[DOMIPS]

@Assaultwarfare because they are fun

[jromanr01]

@Assaultwarfare if you have to ask then you don't know Total War

[Adnan1176]

@MegaBiscuiteater me too total war is so realistic

[jhsk14]

FLAIL=NUNCHUCKS

[bob12884]

@jhsk14 well yea monks used them and ninjas are stupid and samurai were way cooler

[asianmanfromasia]

i would like to see bruce lee use a ball and chain :P

[roccomedy]

srry for my dumb comments.

[quangluu96]

Hammer is the best :) kill anything with it.

[Papped1710]

ball and chain comes in many varieties. this is the spiked, the two handed and then there's the worst of them all, the wife

[ThatGuyFromAustria]

3:32, that hammer stroke is absolutely epic.

[xxSyphenxx]

3:31

knight: HEY YOU YOUR NOT ALLOWED BACK HE- *guy turns around and SHAPOW* not giving a **** about what the knight says

[adaptation97]

@xxSyphenxx

Indeed this might be the best moment on youtube

[Xfrond]

stop at 3:10 for insane wrinkles on his forhe\d haha

[ledzeppelin725]

LMAO 3:31

[lokeradekadente81]

I can't believe I missed this on tv, awesome!

[mikeymarshful]

Flail, lol a weapon from farming. So was the kusarigama! Man Japan and Europe have lots of similarities...

[Tareltonlives]

@mikeymarshful The Koreans had their own war flail, called the pyun gon, mounted on an eight foot staff used from Horseback.

[roccomedy]

At 3:31

BAM!

"Oh testicales."

[drnogood59]

At 3:31

THWACK!

"Sorry! Thought you were my wife!"

[TheWhoaDude]

Pure Medieval Ownage at 3:32

[hexpinete]

Come on!, they get hit one time and they're floored and rendered useless, and how can you say using this weapons was exhausting! These Medieval warriors did nothing from their puberty on but train for battle, you cannot compare our endurance to these weapons with theirs, I'm sure the only way you could stop them was by choping their arms, legs or head of or by inflicting severe internal damage trhough long intense blow exchanges, not these ridicule dances, is like teaching karate with puppets!!!

[JFCPantheras]

someone need make a GIF of 3:33

XD

[Steuben1978]

ahr! its not called ealspear! In german that would be Aalspiess. Remember Ahl and Aal= big difference!

Ahlspiess would be awl pike in english.

[tenhundredkills]

It's amazing how tons of weapons started out as farming tools :)

[MsDjessa]

@tenhundredkills Indeed, and that go´s to the sworc aswell.

[sompret]

@tenhundredkills

It proves that these tools may be called "tools of murder", but ultimately, a tool is a tool. Unless the weapon has a mind of its own, the killing intent really comes from the one using it.

[tenhundredkills]

@sompret Very true. I'm still waiting for fully autonomous robots to be on the battlefield though!

[Schleicherfreund]

@tenhundredkills teachs is - humand are equal to plants?

[tenhundredkills]

@Schleicherfreund What do you mean? I speak a little German if that helps.

[sushanalone]

lol the Germans always find a brutal heavy 2 handed solutions like the"Ahlspiess" here or the "Zweihander" or the tiger tank . :P

[thebowman2]

i tought the flail was also used to hit people hiding behind there shields because the chain makes this possible

[Gratch2222]

@thebowman2 IT Could Happen, but very Unlikely. The Chain wrapping around the shield Would be an advantage for the Shield Weilder.

[acerb45666555]

add the Flail to my wish list! its beautiful!

[bartieboy93]

how fucking funny would it be if he hit himself once XD

[acerb45666555]

@bartieboy93 ....he wont if he does it right. to use the ball and chain you must swing it in a ferocious figure 8 pattern. but not all the time or youll get worn out. do it in burst's! like with an M-60!

[bartieboy93]

@acerb45666555 or a mg 42 :)

but its would just be funny .... and it could happen if he stopped swinging it

[avatarspirit57]

ahlspiess and the warhammer are my favorite.

[Knightofthetruehorne]

jules what are some examples of things that are wrong

[Aznhano]

ahah seems like a nunchuck with ball ^^

[Diabokid12]

They should have shown the poleaxe!!

[lolofdoom]

@Diabokid12 wasn't the poleaxe more popular during the renaissance periods?

[titytit]

@lolofdoom the poleaxe was used since the start of plate armour.

The poleaxe's other name was the warhammer.

[titytit]

@lolofdoom If you look at the warhammer, add a long spike to the top and bottom, enlarge the hammer bit and lengthen the curved hook on the other side and you have the poleaxe, a larger, more deadly two handed version of the warhammer.

[elgostine]

@titytit wouldnt that technically be a poleHAMMER

[titytit]

@elgostine no. however, technically, yes. A poleaxe could have a hammer OR a sharpe axe head on one side, but it was still called a poleaxe.

Fun Fact: The poleaxe was a favoured weapon of the English knights throughout the high and later medieval periods for when fighting dismounted. Sword/flail with shield came in a close second.

[elgostine]

@titytit that explains why theywield it in medieval 2 total war when dismounted

i also know the billhook is a english favorite.

[titytit]

@elgostine billhooks were peasent wapons, used by the (very well armoured) billmen who guarded the longbows.

Standard formation was 2-3 ranks of billmen guarding 4+ ranks of longbowmen. Its what made the english army so deadly.

[CocodriloNYC]

This is good information

[JulesWiiind]

this is bad information! historical wrong or inaccurate! read books!

[smellincoffee]

Care to recommend any?

[JCLeSinge]

They're examining the weapons specifically, not period details; give 'em a break.

[schizoidboy]

Seeing the flail reminded me of the nunckus, both are the flails and as suggested needed skill to control, the big difference is the Europeans had ones with longer handles and they had made other developments making them into more sophisticated weapons.

[Tareltonlives]

@schizoidboy The nunchaku more of an agile, defensive, disabling tool, while the flail is heavier, offensive, and meant to crush armor