Scientists Said WHAT?!

An armour (spelled armor in the US) is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual, or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.).
The word "armour" began to appear in the Middle Ages as a derivative of Old French. It is dated from 1297 as a "mail, defensive covering worn in combat". The word originates from the Old French armure, itself derived from the Latin armatura meaning "arms and/or equipment", with the root armare meaning "arms or gear".
Armour has been used throughout recorded history. It has been made from a variety of materials, beginning with rudimentary leather protection and evolving through mail and metal plate into today's modern composites.
Significant factors in the development of armour include the economic and technological necessities of its production. For instance, plate armour first appeared in Medieval Europe when water-powered trip hammers made the formation of plates faster and cheaper.
Well-known armour types in European history include the lorica hamata, lorica squamata, and the lorica segmentata of the Roman legions, the mail hauberk of the early medieval age, and the full steel plate harness worn by later medieval and renaissance knights, and breast and back plates worn by heavy cavalry in several European countries until the first year of World War I (1914-15). The samurai warriors of feudal Japan utilised many types of armour for hundreds of years up to the 19th century.
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  • @shadiversity
    @shadiversity7 жыл бұрын

    Great video mate, every point superb. I love how you correct misinformation so eloquently, you're a true champion of truth.

  • @lourencoalmada1305

    @lourencoalmada1305

    7 жыл бұрын

    Shadiversity You are also great! Your katana videos were awesome. :)

  • @forestelfranger

    @forestelfranger

    7 жыл бұрын

    But hey at least they were not talking about dragons. Just picture what they would of gotten wrong about them.

  • @iamedbytes

    @iamedbytes

    7 жыл бұрын

    Shadiversity Hey Shad! This man is taking the motto "confusion to the enemy '" too literally.

  • @metatronyt

    @metatronyt

    7 жыл бұрын

    ahah Hey Shad! Good to hear from you "my old China!" Grazie very much!

  • @Kameeho

    @Kameeho

    7 жыл бұрын

    yes. the truth has been spoken. and my 2 favourite youtubers are having a chat. now i can die without regrets

  • @exantiuse497
    @exantiuse4975 жыл бұрын

    7 ways plate armour was more dangerous than wearing nothing: 1. If you fell into a river 2. If you fell into a lake 3. If you fell into the sea 4. If a flood was coming 5. If you were hanging from a cliff 6. If your opponent was using a giant magnet 7. If your opponent was using a heat ray

  • @hewdelfewijfe

    @hewdelfewijfe

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually, if the heat ray was just a laser, I think I'd rather be in the plate armor than naked. The laser would have to "burn" through the plate before it got to me to harm me. That's better than nothing.

  • @tubekulose

    @tubekulose

    5 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @Draculas-knight

    @Draculas-knight

    5 жыл бұрын

    The heat ray would take a bit much of time to melt it away meaning you would need to be brain dead and Stay there while the steel melts

  • @bambostarla6259

    @bambostarla6259

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like frederick the 1st?

  • @chumccurry1765

    @chumccurry1765

    4 жыл бұрын

    Japalloo XD

  • @mikamoschella3410
    @mikamoschella34106 жыл бұрын

    Medieval armor doesn't make you completely impervious to all harm, therefore it's useless. Classic Logic.

  • @CrippledNCRVeteran

    @CrippledNCRVeteran

    5 жыл бұрын

    If all else fails, Medieval armor causes autism.

  • @TheGoodCrusader

    @TheGoodCrusader

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CrippledNCRVeteran wot

  • @throbbingdad5193

    @throbbingdad5193

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CrippledNCRVeteran dont say that, the anti-armourers might hear you

  • @k.k.7249

    @k.k.7249

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now wear armor and become armor king

  • @jessewillason2064

    @jessewillason2064

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or rather lack thereof

  • @michaeldiebold8847
    @michaeldiebold88474 жыл бұрын

    When in construction, wearing a hard hat can 1: get hot 2: make turning head quickly more difficult 3: the orange clashes with your outfit I know I wont go onto any construction sites wearing a hard hat Safety harnesses?!!?!! Those chafe my giblets! No thank you. I prefer the freedom of effortlessly jumping from scaffolding to scaffolding like a squirrel! Update: I got fired.

  • @strawbunyan7671

    @strawbunyan7671

    3 жыл бұрын

    OSHA wants to know your location.

  • @guywhohasnolife8062

    @guywhohasnolife8062

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a ghost and I was killed by this i do not regret it I have to look good for the woman I mean lady yes now I won't be cancelled

  • @ralcogaming7674

    @ralcogaming7674

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@strawbunyan7671 I was gonna type the osha violation song this works too

  • @raphmaster23

    @raphmaster23

    3 жыл бұрын

    🎶Come with me and you'll be in a world of OSHA violations🎶

  • @michaeldiebold8847

    @michaeldiebold8847

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@raphmaster23 can't you see, its just me, without safety regulations 🎶

  • @XCritonX
    @XCritonX7 жыл бұрын

    10 reasons why fighting naked, by yourself, while wielding a bread stick was the most effective strategy for ancient knights to storm castles.

  • @CrazyLikeUhFox

    @CrazyLikeUhFox

    6 жыл бұрын

    Brought to you by buzfeed

  • @wolf222555

    @wolf222555

    6 жыл бұрын

    hahaha! you should be a modern " scientist"

  • @TridonsEve

    @TridonsEve

    6 жыл бұрын

    After reading you comment months ago, I've since stormed several unmanned castles using this very method, and I can verify that it is indeed extremely effective.

  • @TasTheWatcher

    @TasTheWatcher

    6 жыл бұрын

    That is the Dark Souls way

  • @boop9812

    @boop9812

    6 жыл бұрын

    france agrees with you

  • @sevenproxies4255
    @sevenproxies42557 жыл бұрын

    "Plate armour didn't offer full protection. There were gaps where the wearer could get stabbed. Therefore it would've been better wearing no armour at all! So you can get stabbed anywhere on the body instead!" Derp, logic?

  • @dravenwag

    @dravenwag

    7 жыл бұрын

    not including the fact that it takes a pretty well fuckin trained guy to be accurate and skillful enough to penetrate through the very very small gaps in the armor. not including the fact that the fuckin dude wearing it is going to be moving and also trying to stab you.

  • @GCurl

    @GCurl

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yep... Of course... So your armpits won't get hurt, who needs inner organs when you have an ugly scar under your armpits XD

  • @sevenproxies4255

    @sevenproxies4255

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kermeet Frug: exactly. Also, there's a tactical advantage for the wearer. He knows where the weakpoints in his armour are, so he knows which attacks he needs to protect himself from and which attacks and feints he can pretty much ignore and just power through. A person wearing no armour at all doesn't have that advantage. That person has to be on his guard against EVERY attack, because even small cuts and blows could be deadly (even if they don't kill him outright, the pain, shock and blood loss will most likely affect the victims balance and fighting stance, which will make it even easier for his opponent to finish him off) And if you have to be on your guard for every kind of attack, because any impact could lead to your death, it also means you're more susceptible to feints, which could also lead to your death since the purpose of a feint is to lure your opponent off balance and deliver a follow up killing blow.

  • @gaiusbrutus7174

    @gaiusbrutus7174

    7 жыл бұрын

    Seven Proxies to cover the gaps knights would just throw away the sword, keep their hands near their body and stab people with their bascinet beak

  • @Cinocephalus

    @Cinocephalus

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's seriously retarded. "Scientific conclusions" my ass.

  • @faarsight
    @faarsight5 жыл бұрын

    "In the midst of battle it could be pretty easy to come up behind someone and take them out" The author must be imagining some sort of hollywood battle where the two sides just mix in complete suicidal chaos.

  • @vikingraven4758

    @vikingraven4758

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you telling me that in real battles the enemy doesn't have spies within your own ranks, that will attack you from behind randomly? Or that formations wasn't abandoned the moment battle began? How unrealistic! On a more serious note though. Based on personal experience in smaller scale HEMA battles, or skirmishes with 5-40 people on either side. There is a serious risk of one part of the formation breaking, or for someone to slip through the formation, giving them an easy time picking of people behind the ranks. This is easily countered by either having a reserve force to deal with that type of issue, or having someone not standing in a crucial position turn around to counter them. This isn't always realistic in smaller scale battles though. As in skirmishes you usually need all your people to do as much as possible most of the time. Unlike in most larger scale battles where most of the army isn't actively engaged simultaneously.

  • @sanghelian

    @sanghelian

    3 жыл бұрын

    Naw, the knight just gets -2 perception debuff from the plate set so the ninja's stealth ability doesnt get dispelled, and they get to use their backstab for +200% dmg. You know, like in real life.

  • @Dowlphin

    @Dowlphin

    7 ай бұрын

    As opposed to sneaking up on someone not wearing armor, which is so much more difficult since non-armor comes with rear view mirrors.

  • @cadendennis3019
    @cadendennis30196 жыл бұрын

    "Easy to sneak up behind them in the heat of battle..." so did this guy just assume ninja master gets past the infantry in formation and sneaks between them to kill the guy in the front or....?

  • @nicovelardita8619

    @nicovelardita8619

    6 жыл бұрын

    Caden Dennis a ninja wouldn't need to sneak behind if he has his time-space cutting ninjato, it is like a katana but ninjyer. Sciencie fact bro.

  • @Pedro_Colicigno

    @Pedro_Colicigno

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just a update on this discussion, the guy in the article was predicting GoT long night Aria

  • @Draculas-knight

    @Draculas-knight

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nicovelardita8619 see you are terribly wrong a ninja would use its rasenshuriken to kill the enemy Look up Naruto a historical accurate representation of ninja

  • @joezachary2436

    @joezachary2436

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just to add small actual fact but don't mind me, ninja is not a professional assassin but a professional espionage agent. Please with all due respect continue the party.

  • @hamuArt

    @hamuArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't need. Everybody knows from films that armors like butter and anything can go through them...

  • @reisysv.felicitysumeragi3490
    @reisysv.felicitysumeragi34907 жыл бұрын

    3 ways wearing a bulletproof vest is more dangerous than wearing nothing: 1. You can still get shot in the leg. 2. It can get stuffy, and you can get sweaty, yuck. 3. You can still die from getting shot by a tank. ...........Makes sense.

  • @windhelmguard5295

    @windhelmguard5295

    5 жыл бұрын

    what'S next? are we going to tell firefighters to walk into burning buildings shirtless because the thick padded isolating jackets trap too much heat inside?

  • @Trailerglotzer

    @Trailerglotzer

    5 жыл бұрын

    4. It can still be pierced by a bullet.

  • @owenbunny4023

    @owenbunny4023

    5 жыл бұрын

    Reisys V. Felicity Sumeragi tho, sometime being armed to teeth changes your survival mindset ( for week minded folks) that you run toward the gun shot instead of running away.

  • @dwaynegreen1786

    @dwaynegreen1786

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @balfourwheatley6644

    @balfourwheatley6644

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol i wear III+ plate carrier everyday. I conceal it with a "fancy" cloth.

  • @bishop1412
    @bishop14127 жыл бұрын

    They missed a reason. Enemy forces utilizing industrial car magnets, such as were used at the Battle of Agincar, can pick you up, completely immobilizing several units at once.

  • @punchdrunkatheist

    @punchdrunkatheist

    6 жыл бұрын

    Perfect example. Agincar is my favorite medieval battle to study.

  • @mayalackman7581

    @mayalackman7581

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aardvark I like your username. Aardvark lovers unite!

  • @Tombombadillo999

    @Tombombadillo999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bishop Gilchrist Church lmao

  • @yoursexualizedgrandparents6929

    @yoursexualizedgrandparents6929

    5 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather would tell me of that war. He says he was one of the bikers during that war.

  • @swissmilitischristilxxii3691

    @swissmilitischristilxxii3691

    5 жыл бұрын

    Battle of Agincar ??? ahahahaha

  • @EdgeSanityGaming
    @EdgeSanityGaming3 жыл бұрын

    Reasons wearing a seat belt is dangerous: 1. You can still die if the accident is bad enough. 2. That annoying thing where it won't pull any farther and you have to let it back a bit first. 3. Covers part of your chest, making you hotter in the summer.

  • @juliantreidiii

    @juliantreidiii

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have had them clamp down on me making it harder steer the car wile an idiot was coming over on me with out looking or a blinker.

  • @magnusosmond1835

    @magnusosmond1835

    11 ай бұрын

    My grandpa got t-boned by a semi and sense he wasn’t wearing his seatbelt he flew into the passenger seat and lived had to have a lot of plastic surgery but he’s alive

  • @joelmuller358
    @joelmuller3586 жыл бұрын

    Late to the party, but this article missed a few obvious ones. 1) Swimming. If you don't have flotation device, swimming in armor is generally bad idea. True, you are reasonably safe from shark attack, but unless you can breathe under water (by device or strange mutation) armor might be more of liability than it's worth. Just ask Frederick Barbarossa. 2) Skydiving. While wearing a helmet is probably a good idea in any activity with a higher than average chance of falling over (possible exception for showering), a full suit of plate armor might be overdoing it, as it won't protect much from rapid deceleration syndrome (aka hitting the ground at high speeds). Still it might be worth it to make "Knightfall" pun. 3) Mountaineering. Plate armor will, as mentioned above be of little protection from falls, and the extra weight is more a liability both during actual rock/ice climbing and simply hiking uphill. At great altitudes where oxygen depravation and exposure are risks, a suit of metal armour would only excacerbate them. Still, the first person to climb Everest in plate armor would have my respect. And their family my condolences. 4) Firefights. Plate armour won't stop a modern high-powered (nor quite a few low-powered) bullet, and might hamper your ability to quickly take cover behind something that will. Also, like gas masks, a full faced helmet will hamper your ability to shoot back with a shoulder arm, and the limitation on situational awareness would be far more problematic than in medieval melee combat. I'd give even odds wearing full plate in an old west gunfight with black powder handguns, as it might stop the a smaller one. In a poker table shootout (alcohol, gambling and firearms don't mix) with derringers I'd positively recommend one, as such weapons have been known to bounce bullets of a sturdy tree. 5. Microwave ovens. If you're suddenly and inexplicably caught in a microwave oven, I don't think a suit of plate armor would help, and there's really no reason to take the microwave oven with you as you die. This entry might be a bit specualtive, but it gave me an excuse to google "Knight in a microwave oven".

  • @hewdelfewijfe

    @hewdelfewijfe

    5 жыл бұрын

    I loled. Thanks.

  • @tongduy2017

    @tongduy2017

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lel

  • @stalkerzackden3297

    @stalkerzackden3297

    5 жыл бұрын

    Joel Müller Very true Ban Medevial Armor They hurt us :(((((

  • @darthplagueis13

    @darthplagueis13

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well... Concerning Babarossa there are different theories. One of the more likely is that he actually suffered from a heart attack because he didn't take his time to slowly cool down after marching under the hot sun all day long....

  • @iikkuowo6735

    @iikkuowo6735

    5 жыл бұрын

    about 1) with the frederik barbarossa example, afaik he didnt drown because of his armour, he got an heart attack because he jumped into very cold water, in a very hot environment, which is why you should wetten yourself before just jumping into the pool or sea, its a real danger having this rapid change in temperatures, our bodies arent build for that

  • @jlburilov
    @jlburilov7 жыл бұрын

    It amazes me how redicolus this things "studies" are... why do people think that humans before 1890 are dirty thick cave man..?

  • @forestelfranger

    @forestelfranger

    7 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea. Maybe some people just have a sense of thinking they were better than people in the past? For we are in the current year so we much be better than the past right right? Seems to be the logic they are going by i am guessing.

  • @jlburilov

    @jlburilov

    7 жыл бұрын

    Forest elfranger Must be... but how does some learned person so quickly dismiss things they know nothing about... no human in history used something if it didn't give at least some benefits..

  • @forestelfranger

    @forestelfranger

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Jean Luc Burilov Yeah it's like viking armor being toilet paper. Why would they even wear it if it was that bad and was just useless added weight? That and what about the chain mail some vikings had the same as knights. That and this piece was bad. So you could get stabbed while still wearing armor? By aimming for the gaps and weak spots. How is that a down side, when you know about these can defend attacks against these spots. For wearing no armor just means they can stab you any where. I am starting to think they wrote this early in the morning before they had a cup of coffee or tea. That and i am not surprising their most likely source was the bbc. Given every time i seen a piece from them of something related to history. They get it wrong.

  • @jlburilov

    @jlburilov

    7 жыл бұрын

    Forest elfranger Well stupid stuff sells I guess so they wrote it stupid? Can't say anything that bad about the BBC, remember one Scottish guy and sir Attinburg (cant spell that) who I thought were great... but yes, toilet paper.

  • @Thickmcrunfast294

    @Thickmcrunfast294

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jean Luc Burilov cause aliens taught humans how to do everything

  • @Thickmcrunfast294
    @Thickmcrunfast2947 жыл бұрын

    bet the used the old Conan movies as study material

  • @metatronyt

    @metatronyt

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ahhahaha this one really made me laugh xD

  • @joshuarichardson6529

    @joshuarichardson6529

    7 жыл бұрын

    Also, world of warcraft.

  • @Unknown-dq2cj

    @Unknown-dq2cj

    7 жыл бұрын

    Cat gut Hahahahaha! :"D Now that's a Good one! :"D haha

  • @raekm

    @raekm

    7 жыл бұрын

    also darksouls

  • @Ramiiam
    @Ramiiam4 жыл бұрын

    Any article called "Seven ways..." just means they want you to click seven times on their click-bait site.

  • @wulfsragar
    @wulfsragar6 жыл бұрын

    if armour was so useless as THEY say, why would they wear it anyway, their arguments are flawed

  • @randysavage1

    @randysavage1

    5 жыл бұрын

    They didnt once Ghangis Khan exposed how stupid it was by taking over half world.

  • @someguy8055

    @someguy8055

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@randysavage1 If you think the Mongols are why armor stopped being used you are WRONG. It stopped being used because firearms became prevalent

  • @professionalmemeenthusiast2117

    @professionalmemeenthusiast2117

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@someguy8055 And it was still useful for quite a while after firearms became main battlefield weapons. 16th and 17th century breastplates could stop a musketball.

  • @k.v.7681

    @k.v.7681

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@randysavage1 The mongols won because all their men were trained in different tactics and a superior grasp of during-battle command. Communication was excellent in Mongol forces, using flags to coordinate hit-and-run tactics. Europeans only had minimal communication during battle, the "order of battle" being set in advance. At the battle of Legnica for instance, the couple of knights that were present (the majority of the force being at Mohi to prepare for the next battle) managed to destroy the flank of a mongolian unit of lancers. They only repelled the Europeans thanks to their horse archers putting pressure on the back. The infantry was made of Bavarian miners and conscripts from Poland for the main part, with some professional Silesian troops. The Battle of Mohi also saw contact action favoring the Europeans. Skirmishing and hit-and-run tactics with troops trained to do it gave victory to the Mongols. Armour was not at fault at all.

  • @AverageAlien

    @AverageAlien

    2 жыл бұрын

    @UCStbqygOZqgNRCzwBE1zjWg You're a moron lmao

  • @voltagedrop5899
    @voltagedrop58996 жыл бұрын

    next up: being in a trench is more dangerous than standing in the middle of no-man's land

  • @parthiancapitalist2733

    @parthiancapitalist2733

    5 жыл бұрын

    1: there's disease there, u could die 2: the enemy could advance 3: your general could surrender 4: you could run out of ammo

  • @denisdionigidelgrande7961

    @denisdionigidelgrande7961

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually that's exactly what British officials did. I've heard Lyndibeige say something like "It doesn't change that much and the troops don't like it" Citing a book. Now go watch all Lyndibeige's vudeos

  • @sweetrumman6496

    @sweetrumman6496

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@denisdionigidelgrande7961 He was talking about Officers being with the soldiers and not behind the action at a safety , not officers standing in the middle of no man's land, that defies all logic.

  • @Hubert_Cumberdale_

    @Hubert_Cumberdale_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@parthiancapitalist2733 5: You could get trench foot 6: You get killed by artillery 7: Someone might throw a grenade at you 8: You might get struck by lightning 9: You could get depressed and shoot yourself in the head 10: Goblins might eat you 11: Ze germans are comming 12: Rats eat your feet while you sleep(not joking) 13: Gas 14: Sauron unleashes the nazgûl 15: Are you still reading this? 16: Spontaneous combustion

  • @nicholashodges201

    @nicholashodges201

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Hubert_Cumberdale_ honestly I think if rather fight a nazgul than deal with either the trenches or no man's land...

  • @HartyBiker
    @HartyBiker7 жыл бұрын

    Lol this bloke thinks that because you can sometimes get stabbed through armour then you're safer not wearing it because you can't get stabbed somehow? Lol destroy him Metatron

  • @metatronyt

    @metatronyt

    7 жыл бұрын

    *his hand starts reaching the pommel... Done ;)

  • @HartyBiker

    @HartyBiker

    7 жыл бұрын

    Metatron ahahahaha end him rightly mate

  • @jrj765
    @jrj7655 жыл бұрын

    "This is all just chit-chat" - that is a perfect summary of misinformation about history. Keep up the good work Metatron! Love your videos. As a person with academic qualifications in ancient, medieval and modern history I am always frustrated when inaccurate nonsense is spread about history. It is good to have well-informed people like Metatron spreading the truth to the masses!

  • @rachdarastrix5251
    @rachdarastrix52514 жыл бұрын

    "You couldn't run away from your opponent for very long...." Wait, I'm not familiar with this battle tactic. Could someone explain?

  • @velluccisamuel

    @velluccisamuel

    2 жыл бұрын

    The writer is clearly a coward, running away in battle hahahahaha. If you do that your side would execute you there after

  • @rachdarastrix5251

    @rachdarastrix5251

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@velluccisamuel Saw me on the Discord and wanted to see if you can also find me on KZread I take it?

  • @lurifax321
    @lurifax3217 жыл бұрын

    this is perhaps the most polite way to roast someone.

  • @ramm3905

    @ramm3905

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its like buttsex with lube

  • @NoobNoob-ss5hs

    @NoobNoob-ss5hs

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is called passive-aggressive education.

  • @zakazany1945

    @zakazany1945

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is not a roast, just politely pointing out the mistakes.

  • @peterclarke7240

    @peterclarke7240

    5 жыл бұрын

    What, standing in a desert in full plate armour? I believe it was "baked" not "roasted" 😂

  • @andremorales8441
    @andremorales84416 жыл бұрын

    The armour has weak points which would be a painful death....Ummm sir if you don't have armour your entire body is a weak points which will STILL be a painful death but if you have armour you can reduce those points of weakness *results may vary*

  • @lakshen47

    @lakshen47

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you kidding? I can't tell, because getting your stomach sliced open is downright delightful! Just ask the Japanese.

  • @BenJamin-en3jb

    @BenJamin-en3jb

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gabriel Keefe Um, so?

  • @randysavage1

    @randysavage1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mongols crushed everyone with heavy armor. By not using it.

  • @jonteman9328

    @jonteman9328

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@randysavage1 Correction. Mongols won over a few with heavy armor. By using combat tactics that they had mastered.

  • @mr.mallard2121

    @mr.mallard2121

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonteman9328 also mongols had essentially every soldier being well trained, as opposed to the european and chinese ideals of the time: peasant infantry and a warrior elite class

  • @nubworthycigars6682
    @nubworthycigars66822 жыл бұрын

    New fan, thanks for the content. One point people just don’t seem to consider the fact that people in armor in battle would generally have experience in their equipment. The more experienced we are with any tools the more effective we are at using said tools.. wear armor and train with medieval weapons for a year and you’d be able to move in that armor in ways someone with no experience can understand. As for “just” hitting the weak points of the plate.. unless you’ve trained with the weapons you intended to use you would have challenges you haven’t learned to overcome yet.

  • @chrisbanion
    @chrisbanion3 жыл бұрын

    General: "There is the enemy approaching just beyond those brambles, if we attack now..." Sergeant: "Brambles! owch we aren't going!" General: "What? Even to the lightly armored troops brambles are nothing." Sergeant: "Well, I was reading this scientific article...."

  • @juliantreidiii

    @juliantreidiii

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mean lieutenant not Sergeant. The Sergeant has already lit the brambles and is shooting through them. LOL

  • @TinyGobos
    @TinyGobos7 жыл бұрын

    When Metatron said he "Comes as a friend" i thought about godfather xD

  • @diogeneslantern18

    @diogeneslantern18

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well, both Meta And the Corleones are Sicillian :)

  • @WordBearer86

    @WordBearer86

    7 жыл бұрын

    We need to find a Turk to his Corleone.

  • @FreeOfFantasy

    @FreeOfFantasy

    7 жыл бұрын

    year, in the "I'm your friend, so I will not shoot you and only break your knees." kind of way;)

  • @aussiebloke609

    @aussiebloke609

    7 жыл бұрын

    "When all you have is a hammer, all your problems look like...kneecaps?" :-)

  • @febbra2

    @febbra2

    7 жыл бұрын

    Blood does not lie

  • @Eshray
    @Eshray7 жыл бұрын

    That whole myth of Plate Armor weighing an absolute fuckton to the point of near-uselessness, yet another thing we can shake our fist at and yell *DAMN YOU VICTORIAN ERA!!* Lets keep this list going shall we? What else did the Victorian Era ruin for everyone? Especially in terms of history.

  • @MasterDrewboy

    @MasterDrewboy

    7 жыл бұрын

    DragonMastrNova sex They ruined sex

  • @lazorkat

    @lazorkat

    7 жыл бұрын

    Post mortem photographies

  • @Eshray

    @Eshray

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Drewster Was it the Victorian Era that Established the whole stereotype about Men being the gender that wanted to fuck all the time, or was that something from Earlier? Because I do know Medieval times had the notion of Females having that particular stereotype, and it would make a lot of sense if it was the Victorian Era that popularized the notion.

  • @sompret

    @sompret

    7 жыл бұрын

    They ruined the phrase "stay in the kitchen" because back then it meant "tend to the hearth, take this spear and shove it up any animal's arse if it tries to eat our children" They ruined martial arts because most Brits in that time look down on anything that involved kicking, saying it's "ungentlemanly" and just went for boxing instead They ruined the joys of colour by forcing everyone to wear the same three or four colours until it was finally time to say "fuck all these suits and ties, my neck and dick can't breathe in them" I know two or all of these are probably wrong, but I'm just glad I wasn't born in that age

  • @dominicshelkey8741

    @dominicshelkey8741

    7 жыл бұрын

    +DragonMastrNova What were unarmed western martial arts during the Victorian era? Predominantly boxing and wrestling? Those are still highly effective. In real life high kicks are not that great. They are mostly used in 'sport' martial arts styles. In a one-on-one fight between a martial artist trained in a "kicky" martial art and a wrestler, I'd put my money on the wrestler. Once you bring weapons into the mix, kicks will quickly earn you the name "stumpy". Once when sparring with a "kicky" martial artist, my opponent led with a powerful roundhouse kick. I slid in quickly, took the kick from his knee/shin (reduces the force), and gave him a right-cross to the face. I came out a lot better than he did, but apparently I "broke the rules". TL;DR, boxing and wrestling are very effective for unarmed martial arts training, and the skills translate easily to armed martial arts. Kicks? Not so much.

  • @amitabhakusari2304
    @amitabhakusari23046 жыл бұрын

    I very much doubt it was real scientists( no sources cited), even a third grader would have a basic knowledge that if you place an object B between a target A and a certain amount of kinetic energy, some of it could be absorbed, some of it could be used up to break the integrity of Object B, some of it could be deflected, and many more crap could happen. Everyone doing anything dangerous, would definitely wear protection. Be it a lab coat in a chemistry lab, or a helmet in construction, any protection is always better than the bare skin. Does it take a genius to figure out, you might want to place an armour between yourself and a medieval weapon?

  • @mattr4689
    @mattr46895 жыл бұрын

    Catching up on videos, I'm well behind the other comments. I appreciate your approach to history and careful scrutiny. We need more historians like you and Matt. You've mentioned Marines before, so I thought you might like to know. After watching this, I sat down and looked up or weighed everything I carried/wore in Afghanistan. Conservatively (the minimum), I carried greater than 60 lbs of gear on a daily basis. I was fortunate, as this was less than most others (privilege of rank), and I was still capable of short sprints, long patrols, jumping over canals, and generally full movement. If medieval combat armor was as light as I'm starting to understand it was, I have no doubt that knights would be extremely agile if they trained for it. I wish our armor was fitted.

  • @sirbig8292
    @sirbig82926 жыл бұрын

    The 50kg of armor part got me so hard. I can't breath right now.

  • @malhekai

    @malhekai

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lift your visor then :p

  • @anarchogarfieldist1652

    @anarchogarfieldist1652

    6 жыл бұрын

    Phrasing, mate XD

  • @NhanNguyen-to5pw

    @NhanNguyen-to5pw

    6 жыл бұрын

    T....Throw a pommel on it.

  • @YellowoboeThe

    @YellowoboeThe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Should probably take your armor off.

  • @countOfHenneberg

    @countOfHenneberg

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sir Big Yes, the double take to the camera, "Seriously?!?"

  • @55super55
    @55super557 жыл бұрын

    Scientists should git gud

  • @SonsOfLorgar

    @SonsOfLorgar

    7 жыл бұрын

    dyrak55d And claiming to be a scientist while this blatant disregard for proper research using the scientific method should be punishable by heavy fines on the scale media companies want for "copyright infringements" and a public appology for appropriating a title of authority and spreading desinformation.

  • @reporterid

    @reporterid

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think there is a little misunderstanding. Who wrote that article has little to do with science and the experiment that those scientists made is correct, while being wrong. They used the wrong type of armor which, in turn, made their research wrong. If they would have used the right one the results would have been different.

  • @febbra2

    @febbra2

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fat roll FTW!!

  • @Donbd83

    @Donbd83

    7 жыл бұрын

    I just seen an article the other day where one of our top researches made the claim that less than 1% of all science papers follow the scientific method we live in a world of JUNK science.

  • @monkeyphysician7488

    @monkeyphysician7488

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well let's be honest, I can claim I got PhD in a certain field while in reality I live in a Mcdonald's trash dumpster and shitpost online about how my scientific research shows water is worse than cyanide and people would still believe me.

  • @terryolsson4145
    @terryolsson41452 жыл бұрын

    "A lovely individual". Such diplomacy. You are a lovely individual!

  • @ethanperks372
    @ethanperks3723 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing a reenactor in full plate doing full acrobatics, i.e. rolls, vaulting a horse and even a summersault. I would think someone trained since childhood like a real knight could easily duplicate such.

  • @skylightdown1
    @skylightdown17 жыл бұрын

    '' if you don't have armor you can be stabbed everywhere '' lololol

  • @thaneofwhiterun3562

    @thaneofwhiterun3562

    6 жыл бұрын

    the most painful way to die is being stabbed in the crotch , imagine that , if you're a man , you would be literally begging someone to kill you , however this is not possible if you're wearing armor

  • @randysavage1

    @randysavage1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unless you run away because your faster. Mongols......beat them down

  • @kai_plays_khomus

    @kai_plays_khomus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@randysavage1 It's your fetish, right?

  • @needforspeedgaming7148

    @needforspeedgaming7148

    4 жыл бұрын

    Catman 50 "X" Doubt

  • @melanoc3tusii205

    @melanoc3tusii205

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thaneofwhiterun3562 How would they stab you in the first place?

  • @Dehumanizer22
    @Dehumanizer227 жыл бұрын

    You were raised very well. In a time and place where manners are somewhat of an anomaly, you're a much needed breath of fresh air. Even when confronted with stupidity or ridicule you still maintain an immaculate sangfroid and retain your corrigibility. I wish more people were like you.

  • @electricant55

    @electricant55

    7 жыл бұрын

    Disagree, all this pointless mannerism does nothing other than wasting your viewer's time and thus ends up being disrespectful anyway.

  • @Dehumanizer22

    @Dehumanizer22

    7 жыл бұрын

    ***** I don't see it that way.... At all.... But okay

  • @mikhailvasiliev6275

    @mikhailvasiliev6275

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is actually one of his more sober debunkings.

  • @imbluz
    @imbluz2 жыл бұрын

    Armor actually protected you from the heat and sunlight. That scientist is completely full of it. They have done numerous tests on Plate armor, and it was very resilient to arrows, swords, blunt weapons and spears.

  • @kensmith5694
    @kensmith56944 жыл бұрын

    For a well deigned backpack, most of the weight ends up on your hips. The same weight in armor or in a backpack should have about the same effect. 30 pounds doesn't make a huge impact on the performance of a fit person in moving about. 30 pounds of armor, however can make a huge impact on what happens when someone tries to kill the person in armor.

  • @xhuggels
    @xhuggels7 жыл бұрын

    lol, so arrows cant pierce straight through wood(shields) but they can pierce through steel? dunno about that

  • @xhuggels

    @xhuggels

    7 жыл бұрын

    Linkus exactly lol. I honestly think it's more a question of people not knowing how bows work as opposed to people not knowing how armor works. later crossbows could do it yes, having at least double the draw weight of a war bow, but I considder a crossbow to be more a primitive gun than an advanced bow, as they didn't work like bows at all.

  • @bosknight7837

    @bosknight7837

    7 жыл бұрын

    xhuggels an arrow would easily pierce through wood that is about 2-3 cm thick Through steel? Not so much

  • @xhuggels

    @xhuggels

    7 жыл бұрын

    BoS Knight pierce, maybe, go clean through and damaging the guy behind it, we'll if it did that people wouldn't bother with shields

  • @bosknight7837

    @bosknight7837

    7 жыл бұрын

    xhuggels that's why the were usually reinforced with linen A plain wooden shield holds up to severely less punishment

  • @xhuggels

    @xhuggels

    7 жыл бұрын

    BoS Knight okay I see where the confusion comes from. I should have clarified that. figured people would know what I meant.

  • @competenceattractsluck6997
    @competenceattractsluck69977 жыл бұрын

    The biggest disadvantage of steel plate armor was that if you pissed yourself you could rust to death.

  • @skullj2872

    @skullj2872

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not true, steel doesn't rust. Iron rusts, not steel.

  • @evelynace388

    @evelynace388

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jesse The Writer Guy steel is refined iron

  • @skullj2872

    @skullj2872

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Jesse The Writer Guy - Steel is iron combined with other elements causing it to chemically change into steel and steel does not have the property of rusting.

  • @louiseckstark31

    @louiseckstark31

    6 жыл бұрын

    steel is iron and varying percentages of carbon and what rusts is the iron content

  • @skullj2872

    @skullj2872

    6 жыл бұрын

    I guess I was talking about stainless steel. Stainless steel contains chromium which prevents it from rusting.

  • @IvanPodborsky
    @IvanPodborsky5 жыл бұрын

    Very impressed with your delivery!!! You have my dream job!!!

  • @7Cherubim
    @7Cherubim Жыл бұрын

    You have provided a well reasoned argument. You put everything in a sensible perspective.

  • @hollowkid97
    @hollowkid977 жыл бұрын

    i remember in elementary school. maybe grade 3 or 4. i was taught that a longsword weighed as much as a bike.

  • @metatronyt

    @metatronyt

    7 жыл бұрын

    LOOOL

  • @cameronbreeze6918

    @cameronbreeze6918

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well I guess it depends heavily on the type of bike and long sword in question, there is probably at least a long sword that weighs the same as a bike.

  • @alephkasai9384

    @alephkasai9384

    7 жыл бұрын

    Goddess Miranda.Cosgrove I think the longsword the teach was referring to was made of concrete

  • @brenner4240

    @brenner4240

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well .. I think we are getting there. Those fancy new carbon bikes are already ridicilously light compared to oldfashioned steel bikes. The most extreme example I have found is a complete bike weighing only 4.4 kg. Still heavier than a two handed sword, but not by a huge amount.

  • @hollowkid97

    @hollowkid97

    7 жыл бұрын

    this was canada though

  • @greyfoxninja1239
    @greyfoxninja12397 жыл бұрын

    "7 reasons you should level dex instead of strength" INTO THE TRASH IT GOES, LEGENDS NEVER DIE

  • @RipplzMusic

    @RipplzMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    wt ring u got bithc

  • @MrJonnyilbello

    @MrJonnyilbello

    6 жыл бұрын

    havel's ring, ring of favor and protection: health, stamina, endurance. VERYTHIN YOU NEED

  • @Rawkit_Surgeon

    @Rawkit_Surgeon

    6 жыл бұрын

    DEX IS FOR CASULS!

  • @logancrump1436

    @logancrump1436

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is the party I wanna be a part of

  • @imasiontist653

    @imasiontist653

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mike Esparza F I R E T H E B A S S C A N N O N

  • @federicoirarrazaval8142
    @federicoirarrazaval81424 жыл бұрын

    Your knowledge on weapons and armours is really amazing. Good job!!

  • @darthrevan2410
    @darthrevan24106 жыл бұрын

    That's why I love this channel I literally watch it and tell friends about it like serious love your work.

  • @socialist-strong
    @socialist-strong6 жыл бұрын

    You could easily kill a knight in armour! If he was sleeping, that it. Try doing your fancy moves on someone actually fighting you back and you will find a different reality altogether.

  • @Kilzu1

    @Kilzu1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually you couldn't easilly kill a knight in plate armor even if he were sleeping, knock him out or chain him maybe but not kill. As Metatron mentioned, knights trained in combat all their lives. As soon as you would hit a sleeping knight, he would wake up, turns around if you hit him from behind and thrusts his sword or dagger through your stomach or punch you in the face which would disorientate you which gives him a chance to call for help and you would have to face 10 more knights and later maybe another 20 or so.......yeaaaa your chances are great on that :D. Knights weren't stupid (at least most of them weren't), if you managed to jump on a knight and knight noticed you had upper hand, they would call for help and used something to make as much noice as possible....forget the glorious pictures of hollywood films showing knight in a shiny armor facing their opponent mano e mano, if their duty was to guard something, they would call for help as soon as they were attacked.....and they were never left alone to guard something. To top it off, you wouldn't really find a knight on duty sleeping that often, most of them had good long sleep before they went to battle or guard duty and during guard duties, there was allways a shift change which was more regular than shift changes are today. You know you're kinda saying that it is easy to take out a sleeping spetsnaz or Navy seal soldier, knights were highly trained fighters with better gear and armor than regular soldiers, their failures had more to do with facing more talented oponent, bad luck and fatique than lack of skill to handle oponent trying to jump on them while they are sleeping.

  • @vargata

    @vargata

    6 жыл бұрын

    omfg, you know that knights werent demigods and their armors werent airtight right? a single little knife could end the life of a sleeping knight with ease. Also, many swords and daggers were able to penetrate knights armour, like it or not, not only armours were improved during history but arms as well...

  • @Kilzu1

    @Kilzu1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hmm....I would want to see dagger being able to penetrate iron... and yes certain types of armors were weak but unlike in movies or video games, they weren't even close to same clumsy handywork.. Also unlike video games and movies let you understand, knights didn't wear just mail or plate armor, they also had thick leather armor and covered their necks with thick padding which protected against stabbing but not so well against sliceing You also totally ignore the fact that knights were well trained in combat just as soldiers of that time were and today are well trained and it was easier said than done to kill a night. Knights knew the weakspots of their armors, so if one of them started sleeping, well they of course covered the weak spots. so unless you had knife that could cut through diamond like hot knife through butter, chances that you managed to stab sleeping knight to death were small. Oh and by the way, did you know that the protective gear which police uses today to protect themselves against stabbing and shrapnells is pretty much same as during medieval and reneisance times? Bullet proof vests only add that protection and give bullet resistance. Also do you think Knights would spend sum equivelant to 900 000$ on suit of armor that would still make them easy targets for stabbing? After all stabbing was. Yes you could subdue a sleeping knight, yes you could chain them and make them immobile and yes, you could have knocked them out, but you couldn't kill them with one single blow.....that is just pure BS made by movies and video games. It is true that certain armor was better against stabbing while not so effective against sliceing, some armor was affective against sliceing and not so effective against stabbing and some armor provided good protection against all, but no matter what armor you wore, they provided you protection and didn't make you invincible, skill played HUGE part when you confronted a knight, because a knight knew all the weakspots of his armor, therefore he also knew you most likely try to take advantage of those weakspots and therefore he made sure not to expose those spots (and yes, armor were built so that you could cover the weakspots by simply going into certain position.)

  • @vargata

    @vargata

    6 жыл бұрын

    ohh my fucking god... "Yes you could subdue a sleeping knight, yes you could chain them and make them immobile and yes, you could have knocked them out, but you couldn't kill them with one single blow.....that is just pure BS made by movies and video games." for fuck sake! stabbing someone through his eyes with a nice long knife is very possible while he is sleeping and no man would survive that one single blow. dont be such a fanboi to ignore simple things. i dont even know where you get that bullshit from. nobody would try to kill them through their armour. lol. sure its the byproduct of hollywood or videogames :D :D :D ANYBODY can be killed while sleeping :) also stiletto, rondel and heavy dagger along with some others were fairly good in penetrating armors, each in their own times respectively of course... I see you are one of those on the other side of the horse. one grows up on hollywood while you dismiss everything that's coming from hollywood. Of course the truth is again somewhere halfway :D

  • @Kilzu1

    @Kilzu1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stabbing through eye holes? Nope, the eye holes were made so that you couldn't stab anyone trhough them, eithere they were too small for blades to fit through our there was double layer protection which would mean your blade would get stuck..... You think it would have been easy but it wasn't because just like you would think of ways to kill....armor smiths would think ways to protect

  • @NeoIsrafil
    @NeoIsrafil6 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I use full plate in tournament in a reenactment group that uses steel weaponry, and my helm is period style strapped. A full strength hit from anything short of an unrealistically heavy Warhammer I can barely FEEL even with a good shot to the head. From what I've learned in my studies period helmets were suspension helms similar in nature to both modern hard hats and modern soldier helmets.

  • @SchmokinJoe
    @SchmokinJoe6 жыл бұрын

    17:08 Can you imagine the feeling of satisfaction a person would have if they hit a knight in the face with an arrow while he's lifting his visor?

  • @Likexner

    @Likexner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, i think Raf meant to say "when their visor was raised", not "while they were raising their visor". He makes that kind of mistake sometimes.

  • @SchmokinJoe

    @SchmokinJoe

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Likexner Either way the point remains, it would be an incredibly satisfying shot to land (I would imagine).

  • @dallassukerkin6878
    @dallassukerkin68784 жыл бұрын

    Passionately and eloquently delivered, good sir.

  • @Estupitastico
    @Estupitastico7 жыл бұрын

    I would definitely love to hear your opinion on Cold Steel. Also, i would like to know your opinion on how medieval and/or ancient psychology worked. Yes, it is very speculative, but i guess they really thought about things in a very different way. In particular, i'd like to hear about how they thought of freedom, life and death, and duty. Kind of what their philosophy was, how men saw themselves -yeah, that gives ground to quite a few possible different videos. Is it possible that you make videos on these subjects in the future? Thanks!

  • @grailknight6794

    @grailknight6794

    7 жыл бұрын

    Estupitastico i like this

  • @arazeth5562

    @arazeth5562

    7 жыл бұрын

    Estupitastico I would also like to hear Metatron's opinion about Cold Steel. Didn't ever hear about it at all, so I think it will be fun seeing an angry Italian talking about it.

  • @3DiversionsDeep

    @3DiversionsDeep

    7 жыл бұрын

    Im gonna have a guess and say the tl;dr would be "No."

  • @AAA9734

    @AAA9734

    7 жыл бұрын

    I personally like Cold Steel. I have been using a Cold Steel SRK as a utility knife on my outdoors treks for decades, and it's still in great condition. I also just bought their Gladius, which I like. Of course, I have never handled a real Gladius, so I have nothing to compare it with. But since I do not have the budget to get a real Gladius, the Cold Steel version will have to do for me.

  • @dominicshelkey8741

    @dominicshelkey8741

    7 жыл бұрын

    I have a large crowbar. It has about the same amount of edge, distal taper, and balance of a Cold Steel sword. :)

  • @PumpkinSmasher79
    @PumpkinSmasher797 жыл бұрын

    7 Ways Eating Pasta Was More Dangerous Than Just Eating Nothing

  • @gregwalker1536
    @gregwalker15363 жыл бұрын

    Excellent , your analysis is spot on , The equivalent of you or me , Facing a SAS trained person . Put him in armour , and , well , there you go 👍

  • @orgotloth
    @orgotloth4 жыл бұрын

    Officially my favorite quote from this video. “If you’re don’t wear armor you can get stabbed everywhere.”

  • @mariababara8566
    @mariababara85667 жыл бұрын

    but if you are naked they are no gaps or slits to stab you through

  • @TheBlackWings

    @TheBlackWings

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to assume this was a joke. That's pretty funny, you should be in standup.

  • @lemons1559

    @lemons1559

    6 жыл бұрын

    Taps head

  • @bradleyh8044
    @bradleyh80447 жыл бұрын

    Oh God. I want to hear your opinion on Cold Steel so bad it hurts.

  • @rianmacdonald9454

    @rianmacdonald9454

    2 жыл бұрын

    whats ''cold steel''

  • @bradleyh8044

    @bradleyh8044

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rianmacdonald9454 lol i gotta be honest I don't even remember what this video is about. Cold Steel is a pretty good knife company with what I would describe as "mall weapon store" advertising and management. The (former? I think it might have been sold) owner Lynn Thompson is a pudgy old man who thinks he's a martial arts master and quick draw gunslinger. Its all pretty funny/embarrassing.

  • @PhanthomKnight9
    @PhanthomKnight9 Жыл бұрын

    That is straight up maidenless behavior

  • @duncanmcleod4459
    @duncanmcleod44592 жыл бұрын

    Unless the other side had huge magnets it was a huge plus to choose to be clothed in metal because it's much harder to cut than flesh ..its kinda common sense.

  • @jamesroper4952
    @jamesroper49526 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like a knight's armor weighed less than the gear worn by modern day soldiers.

  • @munky342

    @munky342

    4 жыл бұрын

    The armour I wore was pretty heavy. And very hot in the desert. Would not want to experience that again. And like the guy above me said, it's all on the shoulders and back. Not what I would call comfortable, but would much prefer to be wearing while in combat than not.

  • @jjjjj2220

    @jjjjj2220

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes it was way lighter.they carried yes

  • @johnwidner7242

    @johnwidner7242

    4 жыл бұрын

    Plate armor didn't have to try and stop bullets

  • @professionalmemeenthusiast2117

    @professionalmemeenthusiast2117

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, and the weight is dispersed better. Modern soldiers also need to carry rifles, which weigh slightly more than swords on their own, and ammo, which in total probably weighs more than carrying a polearm.

  • @BigPuddin

    @BigPuddin

    3 жыл бұрын

    It did. And it was evenly distributed across the body and also partially carried by the hips. As a machine gunner I was sporting over 150 lbs of shit, the majority of which was carried by my back and shoulders. ILBE pack and/or daypack (you could attach the daypack via straps to the bigger pack), plate carrier with full SAPI plates, M240B with over 600 rds in boxes, IFAK, one spare barrel and a detached bipod, cleaning gear, food, water bottles (camelpaks are fucking stupid because they're hard to deal with due to all the shit already on your back and they spring leaks like crazy,) NVG's in pack with mounting rail on kevlar adding weight onto the neck, the list goes on. All this shit is virtually necessary to fight a modern war as a gunner. And you have to carry this shit FAR. I'm talking forced marches upwards of 20 miles sometimes. If you're going to be a grunt, you better be strong. All this weight is why I have terrible posture to this day. Knightly armor was much lighter and easier to carry.

  • @GCurl
    @GCurl7 жыл бұрын

    5 Reasons why watching Metatron's videos is more dangerous than you think: 1: You might get educated. 2: You might get entertained. 3: You might never be able to eat pineapple pizza ever again. 4: You might get addicted to pasta. 5: You might grow your hair long, grow a beard, scream "MAMMA MIA" all the time and randomly speak japanese without being able to control it while you're wearing a Lorica Segmentate, throwing a Pilum an swinging around your Gladius, while shooting with your Yumi and swinging your Nodachi while telling Matpat that he wrote "Hay" in Japanese and not "Armour" XD

  • @WMalven
    @WMalven2 жыл бұрын

    Well, as to your accuracy,..back in the late 60s and early 70s when I was in full LOTR/Sword and Sorcery mode, I did a great deal of research on medieval weaponry and armor. So far as I can say, your videos are spot on (as well as those of Shadiversity, et al). Some of the misinformation that is out there-especially since that time--is appalling. Problem in debunking it all is that it has become a matter of faith for a great many fans. Especially those who lack the diligence to do the research themselves. That old "knights in full armor were as vulnerable as turtles on their backs when they fell" canard; has been debunked endlessly to little avail. Anyway, kudos for what you're doing and keep up the good work.

  • @mbphorseback7709
    @mbphorseback77094 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos man! everything you said makes more sense and chronologically evident

  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers64177 жыл бұрын

    7:10 "Jim, I think wearing two layers of plate is a bit overkill."

  • @bilbo_gamers6417

    @bilbo_gamers6417

    7 жыл бұрын

    You would collapse after walking a mile.

  • @competenceattractsluck6997

    @competenceattractsluck6997

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Mind your own business, McCoy! If Data's grandparents could do it, so can I!"

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is sno kill like overkill!

  • @gerhardhader6331
    @gerhardhader63317 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that to use a mace or a warhammer sufficiently, you need to be in armor yourself, because a knight with a sword would have a massive reach advantage and would kill you.

  • @axeltenveils6816

    @axeltenveils6816

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gerhard Hader or just have a shield?

  • @fellsand

    @fellsand

    7 жыл бұрын

    Things get quite complicared with warhammers when you are used 1 hand. After full plate armor was invented, the use of shields rapidly decreased due to this fact. Blunt weapons required size and strenght to manipulate, thus using both hands.

  • @gaboderflinger7854

    @gaboderflinger7854

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily, a Knight with the vizard down has a lot of blind spots, you just have to know how to exploit them, even when you could say that vision is fine with an helmet, most of them reduce significantly parts of your field of view, it feels like a full vision but actually that's your brain compensating the blind spots, if don't me believe google about the two blind spots that we naturally have and how we don't perceive them because our brain fools us, in a combat, an small blind spot could mean the tip of a sword or mace hitting you from a false angle, in a place you thought was safe.

  • @sompret

    @sompret

    7 жыл бұрын

    Also the momentum, maces and hammers have more momentum.

  • @dominicshelkey8741

    @dominicshelkey8741

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you have a pollaxe you'll have greater reach than a sword.

  • @Osmosium2507
    @Osmosium25076 жыл бұрын

    If the task was to swim through a river, i'd rather wear nothing than full plate armour.

  • @siamsasean
    @siamsasean3 жыл бұрын

    I've only gotten to the bit about the weight of armor, but you've reminded me of an amusing tale. I play music for a Scots/Irish dance troupe in California. We used to perform at a lot of Renaissance Fairs. We had a wonderful young Highland dancer, Joshua, who liked to perform wearing a 45# maile shirt (short sleeves, upper thigh length). We made a big shtick of it and audiences loved it. And he got serious air while dancing, even in that thing. One day he broke the stage. 1/2" plywood. Fortunately he didn't put his leg through, but there was a visible hole. The audience loved that too, but it kinda spoilt the rest of the show 'cuz the hole was dead center on the stage. Yeah, all that heavy armor makes it impossible to do Anything. ;-)

  • @Illucem
    @Illucem7 жыл бұрын

    That article gave me cancer.

  • @VIpown3d

    @VIpown3d

    7 жыл бұрын

    There there *taps on back*

  • @RandomAllen

    @RandomAllen

    6 жыл бұрын

    GlitterSpark This article killed my papa!...😢Rest in piece Pappy!

  • @kunichuck

    @kunichuck

    6 жыл бұрын

    "7 reasons why cancer is actually good for you"

  • @amitabhakusari2304

    @amitabhakusari2304

    6 жыл бұрын

    DeputyChuck 1. You could be Deadpool 2. The End

  • @BozheTsaryaKhrani

    @BozheTsaryaKhrani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Get well soon

  • @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece
    @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece7 жыл бұрын

    It's easy to take out a knight in full armor. with a 9mm pistol.

  • @tedarcher9120

    @tedarcher9120

    7 жыл бұрын

    fgregerfeaxcwfeffece actually, plate armor of late 15th century easily deflects 9mm and 45 caliber

  • @brobusgaming7086

    @brobusgaming7086

    7 жыл бұрын

    fgregerfeaxcwfeffece have to get the old 50 cal out lol

  • @TheSteelEcho666

    @TheSteelEcho666

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hit him with a lorry.

  • @brobusgaming7086

    @brobusgaming7086

    7 жыл бұрын

    might call my wife armour or not there dead 😂😂😂😂

  • @sompret

    @sompret

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There would like to have a word with you, good sir.

  • @MaxSluiman
    @MaxSluiman4 жыл бұрын

    Well said!

  • @TreeGod.
    @TreeGod.5 жыл бұрын

    I really respect what you doing The only problem is most journalist are very very very insecure when it comes to people disagreeing with them

  • @HurricaneSA
    @HurricaneSA7 жыл бұрын

    It's like the person who wrote that article is saying that it's safer not to wear a bullet proof vest going into a gunfight because you might get shot in the head. While that is certainly true you would still have a huge advantage over someone not wearing a bullet proof jacket.

  • @lyfitzgerald6466

    @lyfitzgerald6466

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ugh bullet resistant not bullet proof

  • @lyfitzgerald6466

    @lyfitzgerald6466

    4 жыл бұрын

    And also a vest not a jacket

  • @LJdaOG
    @LJdaOG7 жыл бұрын

    I assure you, I do indeed want to listen to your opinion on Cold Steel and their baseball champ sword demonstrations. I would like to listen to that at great length.

  • @forestelfranger

    @forestelfranger

    7 жыл бұрын

    You have my bow.

  • @Fandartmartiaux

    @Fandartmartiaux

    7 жыл бұрын

    And my axe!

  • @brandonl718
    @brandonl7185 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel. You, Shad, Lindy, Skall; are all great. Also I cannot think of a situation where armor was a good idea that it was a better idea not to wear it. Ohhhh wait...using the bathroom or taking a shower yeah def better without the armor in those situations.

  • @tjbrooks4782
    @tjbrooks47826 жыл бұрын

    When you say "always advantageous" I hear Matt Easton somewhere screaming "CONTEXT!"

  • @hewdelfewijfe

    @hewdelfewijfe

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think Matt Easton, if you pressed him a little, would say "It's very hard to imagine contexts that involve high likelihood of imminent medieval combat where it would not be miles better to be wearing full plate harness compared to a t-shirt and shorts. "

  • @user-hx4yl9bq8t
    @user-hx4yl9bq8t7 жыл бұрын

    When I heard the begining I died of laugh!

  • @michaeldepaor6844

    @michaeldepaor6844

    7 жыл бұрын

    Бели Гардиста I hate when I die of laugh as well

  • @user-hx4yl9bq8t

    @user-hx4yl9bq8t

    7 жыл бұрын

    I am very sorry but I cannot reply because I am dead.

  • @joesans7341

    @joesans7341

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know right, it's terrible!

  • @michaeldepaor6844

    @michaeldepaor6844

    7 жыл бұрын

    How'd he die?........ He died of *dramatic pause* the laugh.. "my god"

  • @user-hx4yl9bq8t

    @user-hx4yl9bq8t

    7 жыл бұрын

    Buuuuuuuuut this is not my first time to die of laugh so there is a chance that I will get out alive.(But chances re very very small)

  • @STARKILLER15100
    @STARKILLER151007 жыл бұрын

    "If you have problems breathing in 15th century armor... You open the visor and you BREATHE!" Caught me off guard with that one Metatron LMFAO!!!!!

  • @rianmacdonald9454
    @rianmacdonald94542 жыл бұрын

    personally i would like to see metatron and shadiversity as advisors for the next Witcher series, and all series/films that deal with knights and medieval themes.

  • @devildogdingman1
    @devildogdingman14 жыл бұрын

    I would just like to say that I love how you and other channels like yours view each other. I am a fan of both shadiversity and skalls and yours. And all of you care more about truth than your individual channels. It really showcases the comradrey of the group and the diplomacy you guys envoke. If you guys disagree, it is very tastefull and open for discourse. A lot of people could learn from your example

  • @AJQ-uj8oy
    @AJQ-uj8oy7 жыл бұрын

    also at the battle of agincourt is the surprisingly large numberof injury and death to the face meaning to say the french knights lifted their visor and got shot

  • @nikitaonassis6090

    @nikitaonassis6090

    7 жыл бұрын

    But sir sir, what if we need to feed wholesome Macdonalds to war weary French knights dying of lack of Coke Cola ?

  • @AJQ-uj8oy

    @AJQ-uj8oy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nikita Onassis hahahahahahah

  • @totocaca7035

    @totocaca7035

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ze grass waz muddy, zat's why we lost.

  • @MishimasGhost

    @MishimasGhost

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't know about the mounted knights but the men at arms didn't dare to lift their visors.

  • @nicholashodges201

    @nicholashodges201

    4 жыл бұрын

    Recent *GOOD* research on Agincourt shows that the knights with full lower leg armour did get stuck faster and more solidly than the archers wearing normal foot wear due to suction from the thick mud. But most likely this was pre-planned by Edward from his own experience as a knight. This just shows what happens when you've got someone who understands the weapon systems of his area, more than "armour bad".

  • @FBH991
    @FBH9917 жыл бұрын

    The Victorians really were the worst Historians. Like, how stupid do they think people were in the 10th to 14th century? "Oh hey just going to put on this thing that makes everything worse!" It also tickles me that they talk about mobility problems in chainmail when modern body armour actually weighs as much.

  • @randomuser5443

    @randomuser5443

    6 жыл бұрын

    And less areas of defense

  • @PIERCESTORM

    @PIERCESTORM

    5 жыл бұрын

    Random User yeah because you are most likely to be shot in the chest than anywhere else and it would weigh you down too much. Wearing full body armor in a modern scenario that actually protects you would weigh way too much for actual movement

  • @chief_exe
    @chief_exe4 жыл бұрын

    7 ways fighting with a sword is more dangerous than fighting with your bare hands.

  • @ethankenny3477
    @ethankenny34774 жыл бұрын

    I love when legit professors correct the rampant bs on the internet, love it

  • @theprinceofthebadlands5204
    @theprinceofthebadlands52047 жыл бұрын

    What logic is this guy running on? If it doesn't 100% protect you, it's useless?

  • @Grubiantoll
    @Grubiantoll6 жыл бұрын

    maybe all the 7 ways are drowning in 7 diferenet sort of bodies of water, being naked usualy increase the chances of survival in this sort of places I am stil waiting on study- ''Seven ways you can take out tank with a knife''

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unless the water is near freezing temps. Then wearing stuff actually helps because the clothing keeps a later of warm water next to the body and thus helps against cooling out. About the tank: 1. open the tank and stab the driver 2. plug the barrel with the knife. when it shoots, it explodes. 3. cut the treads 4. lay the knife in front of the tank, when it drives over it, it breaks 5. pretend you got stabbed, wait for the tank crew to help you, stab them all 6. draw the knife and hold the tank hostage. 7. cut the rope on a trebuchet to launch a 90kg projectile over 300 meters into the tank

  • @Kyle-gw6qp

    @Kyle-gw6qp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HappyBeezerStudios 😂😂

  • @ryngobrody1627

    @ryngobrody1627

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HappyBeezerStudios 8. Stand in front of the tank with the knife in a fighting position, and stab the crew while they're laughing at you.

  • @seriousthree6071
    @seriousthree60716 жыл бұрын

    Really good video, the original document shows that you cannot use Agincourt as an average battle, it was a very unique battle. The French had the problem of rain, mud and trying to wade through arrows that had been fired. Walking through arrows stuck in the ground isn't as easy as you might think. Many mounted knights seem to have been unseated after their horses were injured and panicked. Although richer French knights wore good steel armour there were, according to reports, a high percentage with wrought iron armour. There was too many French to just all attack at once so they formed into battles, the first of these was mounted and eventually met the sharpened wood spikes the British archers had put up. Unable to break through they retreated. This churned up the mud further, effectively sealing the fate of the infantry. The main attack was foot, these had to wade through deep mud and arrows, while keeping their faces down to avoid being hit in the eyes by the arrows. It is worth noting that the battle was fought on an area called the Somme, in WW1 this became one of the most terrible battlefields in history. The soldiers then had almost exactly the same problems as the French knights, exchanging arrows for bullets. The French were defeated as much by the battlefield as the English, Completely exhausted they ended up facing relatively fresh, if hungry, Archers and men at arms.

  • @dwaynegreen1786
    @dwaynegreen17865 жыл бұрын

    Hey Metatron, cool Samurai look at the beginning of the video. As far as the armor issue, I think many people, including some who have made comments here are basing there opinions of how knights move in armor on movies they have seen. This is where they show the knights moving like Frankenstein slow and vulnerable. Great information, thank you for sharing.

  • @madhatterloveswhiskey2445
    @madhatterloveswhiskey24456 жыл бұрын

    You re such a gentleman. Classy and smart

  • @giacomomeluzzi280
    @giacomomeluzzi2807 жыл бұрын

    A massive advantage an armoured knight would've had was the fact that against someone unprotected he could've been all the time on the offensive, expecially if not against a hammer or a mainly thrust weapon. Absorbing a hit with the armour and stabbing the poor fool while he couldn't defend himself, almost never worying about parrying a slash but just trading hits, something an unprotected folk couldn't do, forcing him to parry and block and preventing him to strike.

  • @thebatman4083
    @thebatman40833 жыл бұрын

    If Medieval Armour was that dangerous, they simply would not have used it.

  • @aceteek5002
    @aceteek50022 жыл бұрын

    hehe noice! xD just got 3 more versions on decribing how someone gets hit in my dnd games xP really enjoy your content and do draw a lot from it!

  • @gre3nishsinx0Rgold4
    @gre3nishsinx0Rgold47 жыл бұрын

    I would love to know more historical you tubers.. as I really love history.

  • @reginaromsey

    @reginaromsey

    7 жыл бұрын

    NorthObsidianG look for your local Society For Creative Anachronism. There are Many Anachronistic fighters, but it's a great place for finding History geeks and people who are genuinely working to recreate all kinds of arts and sciences. Bull Sessions welcome. Accuracy is variable!

  • @lancerd4934
    @lancerd49347 жыл бұрын

    I want to see a fully armoured HEMA practitioner go up against these LARPers who think it's easy to defeat plate. Both sides should put their money where their mouths are.

  • @PIERCESTORM

    @PIERCESTORM

    5 жыл бұрын

    lancer D Well then the HEMA practitioner would be rich

  • @randysavage1

    @randysavage1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bow n arrow vs armor. History shows bow n arrow wins.

  • @PIERCESTORM

    @PIERCESTORM

    5 жыл бұрын

    Daddy Warbucks Armor wouldn’t be worn if it provided no protection, also there’s specifically anti missile armor such as the hounskull

  • @pronz72gh85
    @pronz72gh852 жыл бұрын

    The arrow shooting video is interesting. At start they explain that the armor is 1,5 mm 1,2% carbon content. The bows are 1. John Marshall 95 and 100 lbs English Self Yew 2. Bickerstaff 100 lbs Hickory/Osage Laminate. I'm not an expert and I don't know if these "bow tech" was available in the 14th century or the steel used is representative of 14th century metallurgy but I think that the video is demonstrating that the armour is quite impervious to arrows. First of all even if the archers are shooting pointblank at the armour, most of the arrows bounch off armlessly and they do at most a small dent in the armor. You don't wear armour naked and the arrowhead wouldn't get through the chainmail or the padding below. Some arrows did get through, where there was no armour (yes, we know the armour has a few weak spots) or, after a deluge of arrows, a couple get all the way through because they hit one one the dents made by previous arrows. I think that the chances to replicate this Robin Hood feat in battle should be quite low... No soldier would wait 10 meters from you that you shoot twenty or so arrows at him.

  • @chrishayes6359
    @chrishayes63595 жыл бұрын

    On the helm thing he has a point. I use many different types I always fund hard hard to see. But not really to hard to adapt to.

  • @liamh2001
    @liamh20017 жыл бұрын

    Tell us about Cold steel Metatron XD

  • @ShadowZero21
    @ShadowZero217 жыл бұрын

    It's not a T-Shirt. I'm still in my pajamas

  • @metatronyt

    @metatronyt

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sorry couldn't see well in the dark ;)

  • @ret7army
    @ret7army6 жыл бұрын

    Some decades ago my dad brought me to a restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA) which was famous for their display of arms and armour. I recall examining a set of German "field plate" which, according to the description, weighed about 60 pounds, (about 27.3kg). Considering that this armour was fitted to the person, and my own experiences exercising with 1960's era armour and other equipment while in the army, I'd say that our Metatron has, once again, nailed it down quite well indeed.

  • @Mythki11er
    @Mythki11er4 жыл бұрын

    So polite while keeping it real af

  • @hellboy6507
    @hellboy65077 жыл бұрын

    There are actually quite a few advantages to fighting naked. 1.) It confuses the enemy 2.) You can run faster 3.) Your abs may scare the plump ones off 4.) The gay ones will be too distracted by your sexiness (assuming your sexy) 5.) They might just think your crazy and or stupid and ignore you 6.) It makes you act more carefully and stay out of arrow fire 7.) A peasant could do this for free, knights armor costs as much as a car

  • @mybloodismadeofteaitreally4080
    @mybloodismadeofteaitreally40807 жыл бұрын

    Beginning part made me mentally die....

  • @robotzombienazy

    @robotzombienazy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dude i'm just at the chapter in the manga where your thumbnail is from!

  • @herbseinburg449

    @herbseinburg449

    7 жыл бұрын

    robotzombienazy berserk

  • @herbseinburg449

    @herbseinburg449

    7 жыл бұрын

    robotzombienazy ill spoil everything since that chapter. serpico gets cut in half by guts going berserk and farnese head was chopped of by an apostle. Griffith stabed caska then killed her in front of guts. and guts was left to suffer once again.

  • @robotzombienazy

    @robotzombienazy

    7 жыл бұрын

    But then skeleton knight comes to save the day, right?

  • @robotzombienazy

    @robotzombienazy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Does he also loose another eye?

  • @llamaa6433
    @llamaa64333 жыл бұрын

    Yes great video I agree on most accounts except exteme heat one for example - battle of Grunewald 1410 Poles and Lithuanians in lighter armour waited in blazing sun for hours while enemy sweated in thier armour giving them advantage. Having said that I would pick heavy armour for myself more often than not.

  • @asparadog
    @asparadog3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe Andre got his units mixed up, he read 50 Kgs by mistake, but it was actually 50 lbs. 🤣

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