Things I learned in this video: 1: The laws of Physics are the same in Japan as they are in Europe. 2: Human Kinesiology is the same in Japan as it is in Europe. 3. Long pointy sticks are still the best melee weapon mankind ever produced.

@rocket_sensha4337

3 жыл бұрын

but with diferent pointy ends!

@robertthebruce6035

3 жыл бұрын

4. *POLEAXE*

@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong

3 жыл бұрын

Long pointy stick was so strong the only way to make it stronger was to put progressively more and more distance between you and the person being poked.

@nobbytang

3 жыл бұрын

blah007001 .....medieval armour used by a army in a battle line...knights all using halbeards or English bill men .....or even war hammers ...backed up by thousands of English longbowmen.....heavy cavalry in reserve to chase down when rout begins .....

@IncognitoSprax

3 жыл бұрын

As Monty Python once said, "What about a pointed stick?"

Imagine a "Forged in fire" kind of show with the Metatron explaining the weapon/shield/armor of the week.

@emperorconstantine1.361

3 жыл бұрын

I WOULD WATCH !!!!!!

@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR

3 жыл бұрын

Dave Baker is an actual weapons' historian, he knows perhaps even more than metatron. On the other hand metatron is more specialized in feudal Japan.

@Packless1

3 жыл бұрын

@@emperorconstantine1.361 ...me too...!

@TheInfurnos

3 жыл бұрын

I think Matt Easton should be a judge on Forged in Fire, he knows tons about the weapons, and he'd be a very good tester as well for most swords.

@dabash00r

3 жыл бұрын

"but will it ... protect?!" - stabs armor once or twice "it will ... protect!"

Skallagrim, shadiversity schoolgladitoria and metatron video on same day? What a day to be on youtube!!!

@susanmaggiora4800

3 жыл бұрын

Physicsgod 107 Yes, When it rains, it pours!

@rmt3589

2 жыл бұрын

I've known Skallagrim and Shadiversity for years. Just found Metatron yesterday. Who's Schoolgladitoria?

@atom8248

2 жыл бұрын

@@rmt3589 one of the more knowledgeable people on this side of youtube (he's been doing hema for 20 years iirc). A lot of his videos are about 19th century stuff though.

If you were to manage to hit someone with a lance in full charge, it doesn't matter if the guy is wearing armour: he will be hurt in so many places and with a lot of pain, I'm sure, just because of the impact and being thrown to kingdome come. You can't withstand a direct hit like that, horses are too powerful.

@mikeritter7207

3 жыл бұрын

On tournaments there were quite a few direct hits to armour - lances were blunted but energy and impact were the same. And on the breastplate tournament armour is not so much thicker (or not at all sometimes) than battle armour. In battles there are many hits with charging lances. So, armour DOES matter - lance has great but still limited ability to transfer power from charging horse to target - over limit it would just break (and lances usually did break)/

@TeutonicEmperor1198

3 жыл бұрын

at least if you wear a cuirass the lance won't penetrate you deep enough to hit the guy behind you! Or at least it would lose most of it's power!

@assumjongkey1383

3 жыл бұрын

If u have full plate armor than it is not 100 per

@PayneMaximus

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeritter7207 Armor matters in the sense that if you do not wear armor you'll be run through from front to back and you'll be done for, but even WITH armor the hit would be similar to being struck by a mace wielded by Hercules himself.

@hanliu3707

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeritter7207 I believe tournament lances are also made to be easier to break so less force would be delivered?

This is why i love chainmail. Cuz the chainmail doesnt only protect the whole body but the weakspots as well

@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947

3 жыл бұрын

The Celts "fell for it" with this essential invention for the warriors of old and the inspiration for the bulletproof vest.

@namanign6312

3 жыл бұрын

Planted armer goes on top of chainmail were both armer Asian Samira armer and chainmail with gombison middle East was both eastern armer and western armer and weapons together

@PalleRasmussen

3 жыл бұрын

Not as protective as a plate though.

@Restitutor-Orbis

3 жыл бұрын

Just dont to against a stabbing weapon. Like a spear or gladius, or pole axe or arrow or any weapon pretty much haha. I know chainmail is super effective I'm just messing around

@austinlowrance5943

3 жыл бұрын

Padded Cloth armour under, Chainmail under, an advanced plate, with a padded cloth to finish off the top that was was the pinnacle of medieval Armour Japanese would have a different but similar version in their own Armour having to do with silk and plate woulda been fun to see that ran through a simulation like deadliest warrior

"Would it hurt like a son of a beautiful morning" I'm using that, if no one minds.

@arthas640

3 жыл бұрын

If I ever have kids or become a respectable member of society and can't keep swearing like a sailor I'm stealing that line too

@DZ-1987

3 жыл бұрын

@@arthas640 Have fun.

@F1derful.

Ай бұрын

Sun of a beautiful morning. Sun

@DZ-1987

Ай бұрын

@@F1derful. Son is funnier.

You should do one for Byzantine armor, or talk about Byzantine weapons and armor in general. They haven't gotten much attention by most historical youtubers.

@guerra_dos_bichos

3 жыл бұрын

The noble Cataphract

So now we need “Samurai’s weapon vs Medieval armor” Edit: What a great discussion we have here) Noble Metatron, check this out)

@kompatybilijny9348

3 жыл бұрын

boink

@Chocolouf

3 жыл бұрын

Japanese weapons don't really stand that much of a chance. The mix of poor metal quality and regulations on weapons development are too much of a gap to bridge. Medieval and Renaissance European powers were lucky they didn't have those limitations.

@demomanchaos

3 жыл бұрын

Depends entirely on the weapon/armor specifically. A kusarigama would do pretty decent even against plate, as would certain variations of yari, but a katana is going to be pretty worthless against mail.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean samurai weapons versus europian armor.

@supasoljas7824

3 жыл бұрын

@@demomanchaos How would a Kusarigama do well against plate?

The ide that samurai armor was made of wood probably comes from the fact that is always described as being lacquered, a process which in the modern era almost exclusively calls up memories of the shiny surfaces of wooden objects like desks and patios. I know that's why I had that misconception.

@NanashiCAST

7 ай бұрын

The earliest examples of "samurai" armor are from the yayoi period. They are made of wood. Later armors are made with an entire raindow of any combination materials from rice straw, cloth, Japanese paper, leather, chain mail, metal plates, wood, etc. design probably all evolved from the early yayoi period wood armors due to the similarity. while they have certain outlines that look similar to eachother, the actual armors that samurai wear(by the time samurai is a thing) are wildly different in effectiveness, weight, coverage and design philosophy because every armor is tailor made to someone's martial school, style of warfare, the house's economic situation, available materials, etc. there are samurai that wear super heavy armors layers like cloth with some plates sewn in to protect vital organs with a chain mail and small plates middle layer and plates on the outer layer with thick heavy layered squares of tatami just on the left arm to protect the bow arm that is always pointed at the enemy. on a big massive imported horse. and then there are scrawny half-starving samurai wearing a set of sticks and rice straw tied together with leather and barely painted with house colors and emblem to look like a samurai armor with a quick glance from afar with a pouch full of pointy rocks and a spear made from some random stick and the sharpened tip of a hoe salvaged from a farmer's tool. it depends. but yes tl:dr wooden samurai armor did indeed exist.

So, any chances of you joining the Great Machiculations War, Metatron?

@claudiussmith8798

3 жыл бұрын

I hope not, as a linguist he should know that before the radio, television or even schools every village had their own dialect with different pronouciations, there were no languages as we understand them today.

@hoegild1

3 жыл бұрын

I sure hope he will! I can see it allready.. Metatron, Lindybeige, Shadiversity and Matt facing off, in an old ruined colloseum (at night) with some Morricone music playing in the background. EPIC

@PalleRasmussen

3 жыл бұрын

@@hoegild1 if it comes to fighting, Matt will take them all. None of them are frequent high level HEMA trained.

@eldorados_lost_searcher

3 жыл бұрын

@@PalleRasmussen Don't underestimate Shad's +7 battle cry, Lloyd's +4 bastard sword Arnander, or Rafael's +10 persuasion.

@danthiel8623

3 жыл бұрын

Okay then MACHICOLATIONS!

"Gunpowder does not automatically cancel out armor" *Screams in Boshin War*

@badfoody

3 жыл бұрын

Samurai in anime: SWORDS MAGIC Actual Samurai: brrrrrrrt *uses Katana to execute wounded

@Ith4qua

3 жыл бұрын

@@badfoody nah nah nah the katana was for executions, you'd use a shorter blade for mercy killing, like a tanto

@xenotypos

3 жыл бұрын

He should have mentioned though, that it canceled armors AS THEY WERE before gunpowder weapons. In Europe late medieval armors (covering all the body) gradually disappeared in favor of thick cuirasses able to stop bullets, but consequently not covering the entire body because of how heavy they were. And yeah, those types of armors will be around for a long time since they were basically designed FOR gunpowder warfare. I'm not too familiar with how things evolved in Japan, but I've read that they adapted the types of cuirasses the Portugues were using, so it's no surprise some armors follwing that model would be able to stop bullets to some extent.

@Cryogenius333

3 жыл бұрын

@@xenotypos Except those cuirasses couldnt stop bullets after a point and so where again made lighter then removed entirely in favor of lighter dragoon type cavalry that could outflank gunpowder weapon formations...since gunpowder weapons for a most of their early existence were inaccurate as fuck unless fired in a line.

@xenotypos

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cryogenius333 It depends when you're thinking about when you say "after a point". I believe it was common until the mid-17th century, and existed until the 19th century to a least extent. But yeah as firearms evolved, armors became less and less common, that fact wasn't my point, so I agree. I was just saying the popular belief gundpowder instantly made armors obsolete just because medieval armors were abandonned is generally wrong, and I was also arguing that the way Metatron presented the bullet proof feature as a characteristic of samurai armors (if "high quality") may be misleading, despite him having clearly stated he's talking about 16th century armors. I think it was more about what the armor was made for to begin with, like in Europe (16th/17th cuirasses weren't inherently better than late medieval armors, but had a different, specialized, purpose).

"So, poleaxe or lance." In other words, the same weapons you'd probably fight a knight with. It's almost as if these were near peer cultures when examined from this angle.

@QwertyBoredom122

3 жыл бұрын

I mean lets be honest Feudal Europe and Feudal Japan are almost exactly the same from a social structure PoV, the only real difference is in some culture details (I guess you can also argue religion held more power in Europe).

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

3 жыл бұрын

@@QwertyBoredom122 and also metal and specialisation, japan focused on specialised thrusting weapons and of course specialised weapons in general, while european weapons and armor are generalist, most high quality armors have layers, overlaps and rounded edges, while most pole weapons had hooks, axe/hammer heads, and spikes with catching hooks and the main weapon head too

@capscaps04

3 жыл бұрын

@@QwertyBoredom122 No, really. the social structure of both nations were very different. they were nothing like each other and japan is a very religious country too, in fact, the religion aspect is so mixed with their culture that the japanese themselves practice shinto practices in their routines without them knowing it, even if they are not shinto practicioners.

9:50 Tell that Takeda Shingen.

@hiimryan2388

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and with a nuke

@hiimryan2388

3 жыл бұрын

Just in cse

@andrasvajda2371

3 жыл бұрын

@atatakaiyutanpo Erm... where di you read that ? or what is the source.... Because by my reading Oda Nobunaga had plenty of sworn bannerman (samurai and daimyo alike ) and the usual large amount of common soldiers. And paying someone makes the army weak ? WHY ???

@mkmasterthreesixfive

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrasvajda2371 If I give you 20 bags of rice to serve my castle and im kind of nice to you, that'd be cool. If Atatakaiyutanpo offered you 50 bags of rice to serve their castle and is also nice of nice to you, you'd probs not give a shit bout me anymore. And thus the fortitude of a paychecked soldier is weak. Many samurai were very well off, and a well off samurai is a man who had such success in battle and life that he could amass great wealth. When you become wealthy and prosperous in an industry where men die young, you are a badass. You would have land and people working land for you. You have no need for a paycheck. You would eat meat and give rice to your underlings. You work for promises of services and deeds, not bags of rice. A strong soldier is one who has fought and earned their place in society to no longer need to serve.

@AMason-xb8wr

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't Takeda Shingen died from old age whilst on the march?

"Would it hurt like a son of a beautiful morning..." I'm adopting that phrase. Also, I'm inclined to believe that if a knight and a samurai are charging each other on horseback, and the knight is using a lance, it doesn't really matter whether or not the samurai's armor stops the lance, because it seems fairly inevitable that the lance is going to stop the samurai, but not the horse. ;)

@ruki4929

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite line is 'Since you're the robin hood of the aquabus, then bye-bye samurai."

@BrazenBard

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruki4929 Arquebus- It's a late medieval portable cannon, not an early super soaker. ;)

@ruki4929

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrazenBard ...dang. got my hopes up that europe conquered the world with water fights.

@andrewlance3898

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruki4929 The Middle Ages would be a lot more sanitary if they did

@capscaps04

3 жыл бұрын

If the lance connected with the samurai and no the other way around.

Moral of the story? Use a beaked mace when dealing with, whatever the other dudes wearing 😂

@MandalorV7

3 жыл бұрын

Wanderingwalker 1990 also aim for the face or neck.

@archiostivnnih2774

3 жыл бұрын

Oda nobunaga: just use three lines of arquebus firing in rotation

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

3 жыл бұрын

@@archiostivnnih2774 *laffs in 17th century double layered and rusted plate*

@arthas640

3 жыл бұрын

@@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 *laughs in my british mark 1 tank*

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

3 жыл бұрын

@@arthas640 tiger goes knneneneenehehehehheeeeee

“Bye bye Samurai”

@samuraijackoff5354

3 жыл бұрын

Akuuuuu

I suspect that a direct hit from a lance in full charge would probably injure a samurai even if it didn't penetrate due to the sheer force behind the hit, there's a reason after all why the joust armors were so thick that knights had trouble moving in them.

@BigWillyG1000

3 жыл бұрын

And even with all that armor men died in jousts as seen by King Henry II of France. One of the theories for Henry VIII of England becoming the unstable, violent and impulsive man he became infamous as was he was knocked unconscious for hours after falling from his horse in a joust and suffered brain damage as a result. On a battlefield such a situation could leave you drowning in mud as happened to French knights at Agincourt.

@PoIy178

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's the case with literally every soldier with medieval armour, getting hit with a Lance was probably the same for everybody, the only difference something really made against a Lance was the type of armour (the only difference being you might have a chance at survival with armour) but that doesn't change the force behind the Lance that would probably still break a bunch of bones and incapacite any soldier getting hit

@QwertyBoredom122

3 жыл бұрын

Also worth remembering the point that in jousting the lances where MADE specifically to shatter, something that a battlefield lance would certainly not do.

@silverhand9965

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly a direct couched lance hit from a charge will send most everyone straight to the shadow realm

@snatchy9837

6 ай бұрын

​​@@BigWillyG1000armor for battle was lighter and more practical, the weight of the French armor was not the reason for their defeat, but is one of the many myths of Agincourt.

Yes, if I'm not mistake, Portuguese beside do some spices trades with Japanese I think they could trade and trained samurais with gunpowder

@arturoroldan4839

3 жыл бұрын

A polearm would destroy it, even a Zweihander.

@Mr_Chode

3 жыл бұрын

@@arturoroldan4839 why call it by a german name if the rest of your comment is in english? Lol

@arturoroldan4839

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Chode Because is the actual name of that type of sword, is not translated, like gladius, which means sword.

@lalli8152

3 жыл бұрын

@@arturoroldan4839 well zweihander just means two hander, and pretty much same type swords were used in all over europe, but they all called it with different name montante, great sword, and so on.

@Yumao420

3 жыл бұрын

They did

I'd never heard the one about bamboo or wood samurai armor. I could see that being used by the non-noble fighters. It's difficult to compare because, regardless of time period, European and Japanese fighting styles differed. Samurai were mounted archers who used swords as secondary weapons. Knights were all about riding at each other with long pointy things, followed by riding at each other with smashy things. Eventually, both samurai and knights ended up on foot and using smashy, cutty, or stabby weapons. Once firearms became reliable, people had to decide if they wanted armor that blocked the bullets or if they wanted to be able to move. Metal armor that stopped bullets was heavy.

That European mace has flanges that concentrated the force of the blow, it's basically a can opener. Probably much better than the wooden Japanese bat.

@lucanic4328

3 жыл бұрын

There is one illustration that depict a Japanese flanged mace somewhat similar to the one Metatron have. It's called 胴突: 4.bp.blogspot.com/-nREMmO-qEwU/Wt5Dntc6tHI/AAAAAAAAAxo/BgRtZ92AZBAbIL8Ylww-56JVUwR_UV7SACLcBGAs/s1600/dou%2Btsuki%2Bfrom%2Bbuki%2Bnihyaku%2Bzu.jpg Still, a kanabo would have much more mass and much more leverage compared to a one handed mace

@juggalox1000

3 жыл бұрын

Maces are single handed though meaning you would not be able to put as much force into it you also have worry about missing more with a mace

@AlexanderSilver1996

3 жыл бұрын

And yet, maces were rarely used

@majungasaurusaaaa

3 жыл бұрын

Maces flanged or not are not designed to open up armor. The flanges are there to transfer blunt force better.

@majungasaurusaaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderSilver1996 Maces were widely used. Pretty much any medieval cavalryman be it light or heavy carries either a mace , hammer or axe for anti armor work.

Hey Metatron i am a 15 year old from India. I had no interest in history before discovering your channel. your video on barbarians invoked a love for history in me. I binge watched all your videos and I found them very entertaining as well as informative. I would love to see you discussing about Indian history as our curriculum does not teach us enough about the rich and vast history of the Indian subcontinent. I am sure even many others would love to learn Indian history, especially ancient India. I hope you will see this comment and react to this accordingly.

Hi metatron, you think you will enter the lingüistic war of how to pronounce the word machicolations, and on a side note could you do a video on the bizantian empire and it armors Great video and thank

@diegotiberi5294

3 жыл бұрын

up

The idea that Samurai were so skilled they didn't need armor goes against common sense and defeats itself. It defeats itself because if you assume Samurai were that skilled, you have to assume that ALL Samurai were that skilled. Which would mean that every time a Samurai goes into battle and has to fight another Samurai, they should expect their opponent to be equally skilled to them. Which means armor is basically a must for survival.

What most people don't understand about a lance in charge is, you're not just dealing with the weight and force of the man. No, you've got all the momentum of the man, armor, and horse, roughly two tons concentrated on that one little point. It doesn't need to defeat the armor. The momentum alone would rupture organs.

The Tlingit of Southeast Alaska used wood armor to reasonable effect even against the Russians. You use what you have. I'd love to see coverage of the more sophisticated indigenous armors of North America, as opposed to all the focus on the Central and South American empires.

@jonathanwells223

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Tsarist troops were not the best

@another3997

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwells223 It doesn't matter if, on balance, they weren't "that good". Individuals vary a lot in skill, strength and speed. Plus there's simply the element of chance. Your armour still has to protect you, because in a battle, you cannot guarantee you won't be hit and you cannot predict the effectiveness of any individual opponent.

10:31 Looks a lot like the Armored Warrior from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Probably where they got inspiration from.

@momir34

3 жыл бұрын

That armor is Portuguese-made and that armored guy is western European too in sekiro I think so yeah that's definitely the inspiration Edit: so apparently that is Italian-made armor and not Portuguese

@lucanic4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@momir34 Actually it was made in Italy, one of the very few example of Nanban Armor that was not made in Japan.

@momir34

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucanic4328 Oh really? Thanks for letting me know. I was like 100% sure that it was Portuguese lol

Love how your armor was clinking and clanking :D Great channel.

Nice video Metatron. Small anecdote about half swording. When i was learning iaido, part of the first set of katas I learned contained a half sword technique in _kyuhon me - soete tsuki (添え手突き/ Hand Thrust)_ It‘s a half swording stab at the opponents stomach with the blade parallel to the ground at waist height. Right hand in a normal grip, left hand supporting the blade midways using the thumb and index finger. It is a lunge that throws the body weight forwards on the left foot while simultaneously trying to shank the opponent with the sword as if doing a two handed thrust with a spear. Of course there are a few other variations that would work better but that’s the one I remember the best.

ahhh, i see... Another excuse to wear that samurai armor.😂

@user-op6zt3sk5d

3 жыл бұрын

ahhaha

@austinlowrance5943

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck yea if I spent 40k to a 100k on a suit of armour I would wear that every damn day haha shiddd even to work

@austinlowrance5943

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking at buying armour until I saw it was 28k just for the kabuto neckguard and facemask and up to 80k for just the breast plate 🤣

@accendino2954

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinlowrance5943 u can find it for a lot cheaper if you aren't interested in actually use it in battle u know? just buy a replica for 2 or 3k

@ecthelionalfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinlowrance5943 check the video metatron did on that armor he spent like 6k for the kit

Paper is made of wood, he said they use paper but not wood *ItS bIg BrAnE tImE*

@toropazzoide

3 жыл бұрын

Although I smiled for the meme, "paper is made of wood" is a oversemplification. Paper and wood are very different materials, you don't just cut very thin slices of wood to get a sheet of paper.

@Randomdudefromtheinternet

3 жыл бұрын

@@toropazzoide That's right, if "Ascendence of a Bookworm" has taught us something, is that making paper is quite the task.

@Riceball01

3 жыл бұрын

I actually found it funnier how he said they didn't use wood or bamboo. Last time I checked, bamboo is a type of tree and wood comes from trees.

@SirWetBiscuit

3 жыл бұрын

@@Riceball01 Bamboo is a grass.

@shaider1982

3 жыл бұрын

Rice?

Wow this was actually a very informational video with the information put forward factually. No fanboying or anything. Thank you and great work!

I am loving this series! Definitely a great subject(?) to study!

Wow! This was a very interesting video. Do you intend on continuing this series of "Medieval Weapons VS Blank"? It would be super fun if you did. Also I didn't fully know that some types of armor could protect you from early guns back in the day. I had an idea but I hadn't been able to find proof. Thanks for showing off that aspect of test armor. I shall be sure to incorporate that into my next book in the tales of orlen seires.

ThegnThrand did this very test a few years back, tested both the "tatami" style armor as well as a set more like what you have against stone/bronze/iron/medieval era weapons.

Your videos are amazing. Please keep them up, I learn a massive amount from them.

Man I love your videos. All questions awnsered. All comment section "buts" preempted. 👍Grate work. A grate look in to history. Also well done on nailing the Japanese words👍

Sensei. Your thumbnails have you look closer and closer to nirvana each time. Don't stop. :>

@thegoose5294

3 жыл бұрын

Youmu wants to get a suit of armor?

8:30 Oh so this is where in anime is trope where delinquents walk around with baseball bath with nails sticking out? Looks similar.

Great Job !

Love ur vids man

Out of curiosity, is the modern Japanese language term for "bulletproof" roughly the same one that arose in that period? Because it'd mean that both the Japanese term and the English term arose from the exact same etymology; the practice of "proofing" armor against firearms by actually firing a matchlock at them.

No matter how well armored a Samurai was, his horse would still be vulnerable to early firearms. ... Same goes for European heavy cavalry.

@robertgiggie6366

3 жыл бұрын

You do realize that shooting a war horse won’t necessarily kill it right? Not to mention that European heavy cavalry had armor for their horses too.

@matthewzito6130

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertgiggie6366 - You can't realistically expect any horse to absorb a volley of musket balls and keep going like nothing happened. Meanwhile, I've never heard of bulletproof horse armor. It would have to be very heavy, which would slow down and tire the horses.

That intro music tho! I loved that song in Dragon Age! (In Uthenera, as sung by Leliana in Dragon Age Origins.)

The drawings are lovely!

00:52 - What being invaded in Dark Souls feels like.

10:25 Considering another word for an indentation or engraving is a proof, is this where the term 'bulletproof' derives from?

@lamwen03

3 жыл бұрын

Not only armor, but cannon, firearms of all sorts (at least from Royal manufacturies ) recived 'proof marks.' Obviously a derivation of proved.

@petriew2018

3 жыл бұрын

yes. in the early renaissance period armor makers would quite literally shoot their armor with a pistol so the buyer could see the dent and know it was 'bullet proofed' admittedly pistols of the time were laughably ineffective and there was no standard for the size of the powder charge used, so that wasn't quite the quality control naive buyers may have believed, which puts a fun spin on the term.

I love that art in the background, raf.

Good video 👍🏻

Loved the video babes! So fun and hilarious! 🧡

@fransthefox9682

3 жыл бұрын

Dumb bots

@KenzieScarlett

3 жыл бұрын

Simon The Digger who are you calling a bot?

@faust8218

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenzieScarlett you

@felixdm7724

3 жыл бұрын

@@fransthefox9682 boss that’s his girlfriend not some porn account but I get why you’d think so

@KenzieScarlett

3 жыл бұрын

ᚢᛚᚠᛦ I’m his girlfriend. Lol 😂

Stone age leg wraps where found in Ireland (in the 1920s?) Made from birch bark and strips of oak. Ice mummy Utsy had something like that

@cahallo5964

3 жыл бұрын

I read mummy as in mom and I got so confused by your comment I think I fried half my neurons

Nice video metatron :)

Very well said, thanks Metatron!

I love how this channel gets gradually more meme.

@cbeaudry4646

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, so true

Yes, but only if Tom Cruise dawns the armor of a Samurai, Daniel-San

great video

I would be down for watching you show how to properly use a nagamiki. Watched skallagrim use one and he really struggled to get a decent cut

The "point" is that armor is good at its job. Modern armorers and weapons makers have done a good job replicating and testing these weapons and armors. They work. Some can't be replicated. And experience/training can only be approximated.

So, in comparison to a game that is inspired by conversations like this (For Honor), the only "Samurai" characters that even remotely makes sense to wear wooden/bamboo armor is the Nobushi and Shugoki. Kensei and Orochi should have metal armor since they are the closest representations to classic Samurai. Aramusha is technically a Ronin, so Aramusha and Shinobi should have little to no armor (Aramusha having lower quality protection than classic Samurai by far since they are shunned and dishonored).

@dannyavarice

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperHongTay Realism isn't really For Honor's strong-suit anyway. lol Ubisoft could definitely have put more effort into researching the authenticity of the fighters before putting them in (at least armor/material wise). But I don't shut down opposing views, what-if scenarios, and corrections on what I thought was accurate knowledge. That's why I watch Meta and Skallgrim for additional information. The weapons are relatively easy to replicate because they are so iconic, but armor is generally so varied and mix-matched throughout history. I can kinda forgive Ubisoft for the Knights faction authenticity, but I don't know why they went with wood armor for the Samurai, and barely no armor at all for the Vikings. Hide and furs were not the reliable armor Vikings wore (plus horned helmets were an incredibly rare exception). I get that Ubisoft wanted the three original factions to look as distinct from each other as possible, but come on.

@chsen318

3 жыл бұрын

Aramusha can still get high class armor if the Shinobi clan they're tasked with protecting is wealthy enough. but on average Aramusha should be bare bones in terms of armor.

@dannyavarice

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperHongTay I completely agree. And that's what it feels like sometimes. The playerbase for For Honor constantly makes demands of Ubisoft for changes, different characters, and fixes. So, part of it is the fault of the screechy fan boys, while the other part is Ubisoft for listening too much (or not enough in some cases). For Honor can be fun, but it shouldn't be taken seriously as a source for genuine representations of historical armor/weapons. It's a fighting game first and foremost and fun must be the priority. I understand that, which is why I don't complain about it much. But it is a bit frustrating sometimes to see Ubisoft get somethings so horribly wrong. It is what it is. lol

@dannyavarice

3 жыл бұрын

@@chsen318 Absolutely. I would expect a Shinobi to have higher quality gear than a Ronin nearly every time. Especially since they were the eyes and ears of nobles and lords of Feudal Japan. Whether it was subterfuge, espionage, sabotage, or assassination; Shinobi were the masters of wet-work in their time. Armor still doesn't exactly ring a bell too hard for Shinobi, but Ronin (Aramusha) were dishonored to the point of poverty and public shaming. No one would openly support a Ronin by cleaning/repairing their weapons and they couldn't make stable income, so they couldn't afford proper armor. Ronin had to be completely self sufficient and couldn't regularly rely on anyone else. With the social stigma of being an outcast and their prior experience as (hopefully) a seasoned Samurai, it made them talented and reliable mercenaries though.

@bigboygrease5922

3 жыл бұрын

For honor isn't a very historically accurate game there is a reason they dont where metal armor(short supply) I dont know why people always bring the game up in conversations about historical vs battles. The game is fun first realism later

11:35 I wonder if Skallagrim still has that nagamaki.

I don't remember the actual video but a couple years ago i used one of your videos as a source for a school project. i just wanna say thanks

This is how I always summarized the two: Samurai armour - you're paying for more than pure protection like better ROM, better sight and breathability, great agility and flexibility of roles for longer both on horseback and on foot, (all physique being equal) you're gonna have an easier time conserving your stamina, and etc. Greater value then the sum of its parts even if it's not as protective Knight armour/late plate armour -does one thing and not thing extremely right: protection. Give yourself an armoured horse and you're practically a castle on legs. Major bonus points for keeping you warm quickly in the cold for winter battles even if the same heat is a detriment to you on most seasons. You get exactly what you pay for and then some.

@blackdeath4eternity

3 жыл бұрын

samurai armour gives more movement in such a way as to allow for use of a bow, but otherwise would actually hinder your overall mobility more due to how its (generally) distributed weight wise i think.

@lucanic4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackdeath4eternity Late Japanese armor as it is shown in this video is pretty much weight distributed as European plate. What you are talking about is Oyoroi: 10th-13th century armor

@swietoslaw

3 жыл бұрын

But this is fail logic, European armor was better becasue it cover more body, but this is when you mounted knight in general, infantry armor was as little restrictive as Japanese one but with better protection do to better metallurgy

@lucanic4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@swietoslaw Japanese armor body coverage explained: gunbai-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2017/10/tosei-gusoku-body-coverage-explained.html?m=1 Steel metalurgy explain with sources (part 1 of 4) gunbai-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2018/02/iron-and-steel-technology-in-japanese.html?m=1

@swietoslaw

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucanic4328 Lol and what that suppose to prove? Japanese did have worst metallurgy and its fact, that's why best breastplate and helmets were European. And about cover as I say European not full plate is not more restrictive. And btw face mask are debated if they really were used in combat becasue of how they were worn would not really be good protection

More than mobility I reckon that climate had more to do with armor design.

@perrytran9504

3 жыл бұрын

At least for the tosei gosoku I disagree - if you look at European armies from the mid-to-late-16th century they also moved away from full plate even though they obviously had the tech to make it. While it was great in 15th century warfare, the advancements in firearms (and other changes in warfare) meant you had big diminishing returns from adding extra armor to parts which weren't likely to get shot. Most soldiers by then just wore a cuirass and helmet which is extremely light compared to anything a century ago even for regular soldiers. Even the more heavily armored mercenaries like the Black Riders were noticeably less armored than a knight in Maximillian, but it didn't matter if their limbs had big gaps in plate if the odds of getting hit there were comparatively small. So for the Japanese their reasoning for incomplete coverage was probably the same - mobility, cost, and diminishing returns.

@petriew2018

3 жыл бұрын

not really. unless you're dealing with temperature extremes most people just 'tough it out' for the duration of a battle. it must be said, though, that geography did play a fairly big role in japanese armor in the sense that native japanese iron is of very poor quality (as pulled from the ground, not a commentary on japense smithing skill), high quality steel had to be imported, which limited their armor technology somewhat.

@Slavic_Goblin

3 жыл бұрын

@@petriew2018 I don't think it's as easy as "toughing it out". There is more to wearing the armor than merely battle. There are also long marches, patrols and the like. Across the world, most armors were as light and as skimpy as the soldiers could reliably get away with.... precisely because exhaustion is a thing. Ok, cost was an issue too, but we're talking about upper class armors, so it's a moot point. Well, jousting armors and the like would be an exception. And the poor quality of iron ore is vastly overblown in most discussions. It's the smelting and smithing techniques are where the most relevant differences occur, when it comes to the material. Japanese were perfectly capable of making chain shirts, yet there are plenty of spots on the average armor of every period where there is nothing but simple cloth covering the person. That indicates to me a concern for comfort rather than any other concerns.

@petriew2018

3 жыл бұрын

@@Slavic_Goblin no, it pretty much is. If the protection offered is worth the discomfort, people just get used to it because, well, that's just the sane thing to do. All the people who choose comfort over safety wind up dead before they can influence armor technology.

@Slavic_Goblin

3 жыл бұрын

@@petriew2018 So, basically you agree that they took the most comfortable option they could reliably get away with. Key bit "reliably get away with". Cause most of the time a knight wore armor wasn't in a battle. If it's indeed as you say, then explain why jousting armors weren't used on battlefields? Why, as soon as a lighter version of an armors components that offered comparable protection came along, that's the version everyone started to use. Why sode on a Japanese set of armor get smaller as time progresses?

13:00 As a guy who has fallen off a horse and survived a low speed motorcycle crash. I don't think it matters so much that the armor can block an archibus ball. If you're getting rammed by a lance at full speed, you're on the ground and you're not in good shape. Maybe you're not dead, but you're probably out of the battle.

Question: You do a lot of videos about Japan, any chance you would ever do one about pre Japanese Okinawa?

Great video! I was about to completely rip this video, but it was well done! One thing that you missed, though everyone does, is lacquer. Most people think it’s just simply something to protect against the elements, but it’s not. David Thatcher, to whom I’ve spoken with to some lengths, is a renown katchushi, says that lacquer itself is armour. I know this is going to sound very cringe inducing but the mixtures are trade secrets, and when they harden many are akin to ceramics. Also the Japanese were using iron plate armour in the year 300 predating the Samurai from which they got directly from the Koreans. Tankō is a copy of the Korean armour, and sometimes just a direct import. Which makes sense cause the Yamato (Japan’s leading clan/government) was allied with one of the Korean kingdoms at the time.

@rafaelomansan

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see your comment here, i've been following both your instagram and youtube pages for some time now. I find your claim about lacquer interesting, I've visited David Thatcher website before and he clearly understands and mastered the work, but I wonder how much actual protection it would give since its only superficial and would not change the overall structure of the armor.

@JapanatWar

3 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelomansan we’re talking many many layers, and some of the inner layers would have that mixture I talked about that would harden into a ceramic. We use ceramics at times in out bullet resistant armour today. I do have a interview that will be on the channel with Mr. Thatcher. Possible that I might do a strength test involving this lacquer compound. It really is fascinating to think about.

i guess the lance is more likela to penetrate in full charge - unlike the balls fired from the gun which are round, the lance concentrates the force in a pointy point amplyfing the force. however it can glance off and ofc if the samurai can sidestep and ofc just fallign backward will take out quite some force from the lance. if the samurai were pinned against a wall my guess is it would penetrate both sides of the armor and get stuck in the wall

@QwertyBoredom122

3 жыл бұрын

A lance charge also has a massive advantage of sheer weight behind the impact since you have all the mass of both the rider, his horse and all the armour both are wearing, honestly outside of a miracle that thing IS going through any combat viable armour, there is a reason that jousting armour was so impractically thick and heavy.

One thing I find very interesting is the invention and use of the lance. Despite spears and horses being used in many cultures throughout history, the use of lances are comparatively rare. Maybe it had to be a perfect storm of horses, stirrups and highly trained specialized soldiers, that made the lance an effective weapon.

You rock, Metatron. I'm curious about what you think about boar tusk helmets like the Sea People and Mycinaen used. I've even seen some with cheek quards. What might be the pros and cons versus the bronze helms of the day (weight, comfort, protection, ease of manufacture, availability of materials, etc.), or even with Greek or Roman bronze and steel helms. Or whatever you think might be interesting about this topic, e.g. other helms of similar materials with different peoples and ages, etc. It also might be cool to see you do some tests; I can picture boar tusks exploding under the force of your mighty blow.🤣 BTW, my wife and I loved your girlfriend's viking makeup. We gave it a thumbs up and subscribed. We also purchased some Viking jewelry. Sweet!

Can't wait to see all of the weapons experts in the comment section.

I've been wondering, what are the parts of the helmet that curl back on each side for? Also I've noticed Japanese helmets can have a lot of decorative elements which stick out in all sorts of places which seems to contrast with western helmets, do these not create a sort of disadvantage in that your opponent could manipulate your movements by hooking onto them etc?

@JapanatWar

3 жыл бұрын

ᚻᛁᚱᚹᚢᛚᚠ if a slash comes towards the face the fukigaeshi will stop it. Think how the brim of a morion or cabasset works :)

@BrandydocMeriabuck

3 жыл бұрын

@@JapanatWar Ahh I see, I can kind of see how that would work. Although it still looks as if it would be easy to get your blade caught between the dome and the fukigaeshi rather than sliding off the side of the helmet which I assume would be a bad thing for the wearer, wouldn't it? Or is this possibility negligible?

@JapanatWar

3 жыл бұрын

ᚻᛁᚱᚹᚢᛚᚠ It would be very rare for that to happen and at that point you as the defender should have already moved in with your tanto to get into the gaps of his armour.

@BrandydocMeriabuck

3 жыл бұрын

@@JapanatWar Ah fair enough!

@andredulac4456

3 жыл бұрын

Metatron made a video about that years ago. When you see a very fancy helmet with a lot of large decorations everywhere, it wasn't used un combat, only to show off so everyone will see your rank and your wealth when you do ceremony or feast

Interesting question! Interesting video!

Thank you so much for mentioning the japanese great clubs, tesubos ect. they also use shields too.

Funny, the samurai in old period prefer the cut over the thrust when using sword, even when dealing with armour. But when edo period reaching it's end, when armour combat no longer exist, then the techniques transition rapidly to focus more on the thrust (The biggest example is Tennen Rishin Ryu, came directly from Kashima Shinto Ryu. They still kept the traditional practice weapons like very thicc and almost straight bokuto but alot of their katas contain the thrust, something that wasn't exist in Shinto schools)

@eagle162

3 жыл бұрын

Don't know where you got that idea we see form weapons at a time such as daggers specifically for armored combat were common and thrust Focus, even swords at that time had pointier tips then later edo ones, schools such Yagyū Shingan-ryū which derived from school specifically design for the Battlefield show off more thrust than cuts in armor,Tennen focus more on the thrust in the armor section from what I seen, I question shinto protection for the neck was not uncommon even for common foot soldiers I know lots of shcool kata were lost over time or change during edo,also the armored they show-off in the video you can find on KZread Parts like the sode Would have been outdated long before sengoku period and they're not even wearing the leg armor properly. Edit: wait sorry I'm thinking of another shinto ryu.

@jaketheasianguy3307

3 жыл бұрын

@@eagle162 because when i look at japanese sword evolution through out era, i noticed the when they transitioned from the Tachi to Uchigatana then Katana, the sword shape was not just shorter, but getting straighter over time. There were some noticable differences between nihonto made in Early mid edo period compare to late edo period, because before transitioning to Meiji era, the katana looks to me is almost straight and only have a small sori Also it's about how samurai practice swordmanship in peace time too. I keep questioning why the shinai used in today's kendo is not curve like the katana but straight. It's totally possible to make it curve (just look at bamboo naginata) but why they chose not to. The reason can't be "it's more work to make" because that's not how the japs do stuffs. So i think the reason why the 4 pieces straight shinai was invented to replace Yagyu Shinkage Ryu fukuro shinai was because of rapid techniques transition in Edo period. Fukuro Shinai is straight, but too weak to withstand a thrust attack because it used to practice Yagyu Shinkage ryu techniques (which also don't have any thrust technique) so the 4 pieces shinai was born to serve that purpose because despite the fact alot of bokuto in that time was kinda straight, it's too dangerous to practice full contact with

In a question whatever a samurai armour would work well against European weaponry, my biggest concern would be a lance. I honestly can't imagine they would work well against lances considering how European armours have changed after the development of lance rests. Edit: Nevermind, you actually addressed that point. Good analysis as always.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

Both sides armour and weapons counter each other, the issue would be the Europeans generally at this point are starting to become centralised states, while Japan is still divided into clans.

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@Historyfan476AD Not exactly though. Japanese armour from what I can see lacks elements to withstand the impact that could be delivered by a lance. But your point is actually even better than the mine about lances. With the centralisation of the European kingdoms came professional armies. Combine that with the sheer variety of weaponry and tactics presented by European armies and Japanese armies would be in some serious trouble. To be honest it's not a fair comparison. Japan is just a bunch of islands while Europe is a whole continent full of different cultures.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamilszadkowski8864 yeah the lance could be trouble but yet again a lance hits you no matter what your wearing your going to hurt badly after that. But like you and i said the issue is Japan is one nation, divided by warring clans, while Europe at this time was starting to become nation states with standing armies emerging. not a fair comparison really.

@El-Silver

3 жыл бұрын

If a lance can breakthrough plate (there are records of it ) it can certainly lunch through samurai armour but it I'm duel it would be difficult unless the samurai charges back

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@El-Silver Besides the problem with penetrating armour, lances have a tendency of sliding on the breastplate into weak spots like armpits and throat. That's why European armours were reinforced in those areas since the mid-XIV century. As for a duel... well it depends what kind of duel it is. There are dozens of different possible setups.

Metatron, I've been looking at various styles of Lorica Segmentata, and I've noticed that some have rolled edges (sometimes brass?) on the plates, and some have plain, straight-cut edges. Can you tell make a video talking about the historical accuracy of the rolled edge or straight plates? I'd really like to know.

Do you ever plan on talking about Men-at-arms? You've mentioned them a few times and I've been waiting for you to go into more.

Although you have a mismatch with the helmet and breastplate, you look so cool in that armor! As much as I like Japanese armors, there is just something magnificent about white steel...

Honestly, when I look at the arm protection of your armour I'm pretty sure that breaking one of your arms with a good polearm or even a longsword hit shouldn't be too hard.

@UsmanSiddiq1

3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure you didn't consider the mobility it offered it to Samurai and his entire-lifetime training to deal with things like this.....knowing very well limitation of his armour and your stupidity would allow him to close the distance in matter of seconds. I can guarantee you death with 1 hit if you allow him to close the distance cuz decapitation is one of the favourite technique of samurai and there are multiple ways to achieve it......you can call samurai one of masters of decapitation in Middle-century world judging by amount of techniques and scholary literature they had about it. You may not know it but in the end SAMURAI is going to be paid on basis of quality of head he bought to his masters and decapitating cut was its criteria....

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@UsmanSiddiq1 You're trolling... right?

@barneybeartilde9601

3 жыл бұрын

ALPHA GHOST how do you decapitate someone in plate armor🤨

@felipevillalba9311

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamilszadkowski8864 I hope so

@UsmanSiddiq1

3 жыл бұрын

@@barneybeartilde9601 Dude unlike popular belief Helmets are not fixed on Knights face and you can even use your blade during attack to bump it little upwards and slice the curved blade against his neck.....judging by Katana blade geometry he will be done in matter of seconds

I always thought the misunderstanding of Samurai Armour being weak was that some of the more colourful variants look like they're made out of paracord.. Especially the ones with the flat square pauldrons. It just looks like a bunch of randomly dyed rope was knitted together to make a piece of armour that would either fall apart with a cut to the rope, or wouldn't stop it if you tried to cut it. (I know fully well that the armour would stop it though, otherwise no one would waste their time on it)

maybe a similar video about Hussar vs Samurai? I think it would be fun to watch and I wonder what would you have to say about it :)

medieval weapons versus samurai armour? *laughs in matchlock kachi and British longbowmen*

@lhitman2222

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@juanlulourido548

3 жыл бұрын

Longbows could barely penetrate rivetted padded mail at more than a docen metres, it is laughably bad at penetrating brigantines or plate

@perrytran9504

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanlulourido548 This - Todd's Workshop tested them a few months back and they could barely dent a plate cuirass. Tosei gosoku isn't quite as good, but it's still close enough that at worst the arrows would make a slightly deeper dent.

@Bluglojo

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanlulourido548 incorrect, longbows does have the force to penetrate mail with gambeson under it, same story with spears and daggers

@CtrlAltRetreat

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bluglojo I think his "rivetted padded mail" might be a brigandine or lamelar which both historically and in testing have been shown to be quite effective against arrows of all sorts.

Somewhere in an Alternate Universe: Medieval Knight: ORAORAORAORAORA ----->OOOOOOOORRAA Samurai: *AD MORTEM INIMICUS*

BTW, I'm digging your suit!

the "lets use something blunt" is an idea thats probably older than the wheel("or lets use something round to roll it" idea)

Metatron, you said that you were a teacher. Do you teach high school or university?

@taidordz

3 жыл бұрын

private language teacher i think

@toropazzoide

3 жыл бұрын

Few years ago he taught in high school iirc, today I don't know, perhaps private like nobleman said.

@jacobusrey9379

3 жыл бұрын

That would make sense cause he’s fluent in multiple languages

Did knights ever use early firearms like samurai did? I don't trust Google.

@samuraijackoff5354

3 жыл бұрын

In later periods, im sure they did at first. But the era of guns was the end of the full armored knights.

@QwertyBoredom122

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda, even as early as the late 1300's "primitive" firearms where already in semi-wide use across Europe and by the mid 1400's cannons where already the primary siege weapon, although probably not as as wide spread as in Japan since by the time Oda made them popular the advancement of technology itself had made them far easier and cheaper to make.

@chayudyodchit2872

3 жыл бұрын

Acording to Wikipedia "The first recorded use of gunpowder weapons in Europe was in 1331 when two mounted German *knights* attacked Cividale del Friuli with gunpowder weapons" so Yee

Didn’t Samurai have chain mail called “kusari”? I’ve heard shinobi/ninja had kusari/small plate armor. Would that compensate the gaps?

I love your video Metatron

What is this nonsense? Professional soldiers using good armor? Sounds completely crazy if you ask me. /S

@gilgalad6948

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's why no one is asking you

I love how the title implies that "Medieval" is a place rather than a time period.

@LordVader1094

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah people don't always realize Medieval doesn't apply just to Europe.

@butsmash

3 жыл бұрын

Nah you can still read it as weapons of the medieval era, vs japanese samurai armor. It's up to the individual to see it whatever way they see it. But I get what you mean, cause it looks like they are refering to it as the place the weapons come from due to the use of "Japanese" for the armor.

@gustavosanches3454

3 жыл бұрын

@@butsmash But Samurai armor is also from the medieval era, that's the thing.

Wow...I like the way the nagamaki looks! I hope you can actually get one and give your views on it and how it handles.

That Kanabo looks gorgeous!

The mon is getting a little worn, no ?

@Ryan-dp4rs

3 жыл бұрын

He probably did that on purpose.

Μeanwhile in ancient Greece: Full body armour since 1500 BC.... Before anyone else in history...

@demos113

3 жыл бұрын

Cries in Dendra Panoply. :-(

@assumjongkey1383

3 жыл бұрын

They do not have fully armored

@assumjongkey1383

3 жыл бұрын

Like mediwal knight

@UsmanSiddiq1

3 жыл бұрын

Dude they were wearing bronze Barrel as armour which was absolutely useless for anything cuz doesn't offer full protection but its 30 kg weight limit mobility like crazy and armies of time were just walking up to barrel men and destroy his legs with spear......then when he is on ground plunge a spear to his head or underside opening of barrel.

@naitodesu9522

3 жыл бұрын

Full body armor is a bit of a stretch, Greeks did not wear braces, and dedicated leg armor, mostly a helmet, cuirass, and shin armor. Full body armor would extend to the arms, the hands, the feet (they only wore sandals), etc.

I think it is difficult to compare precisely because of the differences, but in the field of to see advantages and disadvantages

Have you thought about owning leather kozane dou? It'd be cheaper and I'm curious of your opinion

WHAT ABOUT PASTA!!!!!

@claudiussmith8798

3 жыл бұрын

Depends, you mean the famous ravioli lamellar armor or full lasagna plate armor?

@constantinkelleher5444

3 жыл бұрын

@@claudiussmith8798 the on you put with Italian blood to create a nuclear bomb

10:25 wait a minute!!!! its known that late european armor makers "tested" the armors against gunfire but with light powder charges to claim that their armor was bulletproof in order to sell it. surely japanese makers must have done so too. accounting for this fact, and the inconsistency of firearms of the period, the fact that an armor has stopped one bullet doesnt make it "bulletproof" or as you say "proof", it only means that that armor was able to stop that particular bullet with that particular charge. who knows maybe a couple of grains more in powder or a different type of projectile would make the same so called "proven" armor innefective. with this Im saying that the fact that some rich nobleman is using a top of the line "test" armor, doesnt necesarily mean that he would survive the next shot to the chest he recieves.

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

3 жыл бұрын

I know that in the variois wars of the ottoman empire, where matchlocks quickly became the standard arm of line infantry armour became ineffective to the point where it was swiftly reduced only to mounted heavy lancers, and even for them eventually just a chestplate and helmet. The proofing indeed seems bogus, save for extremely heavy, and thus partial, or immobile armours.

BTW, wouldn't a more appropriate ranged weapon be the Yumi bow of the Samurai? Because, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that their main weapon?

@SamuraiArmor

2 ай бұрын

Yes, the yumi bow was their main weapon of early to mid sengoku. Towards the end of the sengoku era, the yari became more popular in combat.

Hey noble one, I would like to know your thoughts on using only a fully armored left arm with pauldron instead of a sheild, like the protagonist of Record of the Grandcrest war on Netflix