Medieval Superweapons That Sound Made Up
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Date: 2022-12-29
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LetsRage
Chinese fire lance was far before medieval times. They had missiles and muskets in the 9th century after the discovery of gunpower when alchemists were experimenting to make an elixir of life for the Emperor. The Chinese were using guns, hand grenades, and yes. missiles that were arrows attached to rockets. They exploded on impact similar to a modern missile and they were using these as early as the 9th century. The chinese were so far ahead of the rest of the world that their tactics and technology would've seemed alien to other civilizations at the time.
Many of our cutting-edge technology of today is in fact re-discovered technology. For example, the Industrial Revolution started around the 1800's with the discovery of the steam engine, when in actuality, the Steam engine had already been invented by Archimedes aaaall the way back in the 1st century along with a steam cannon and Death laser consisting of a tower of mirrors used to magnify the Sun and use it as a weapon to burn and melt invading ships. This was a real weapon that existed in the first century. The steam engine though wouldn't be rediscovered for thousands of years, imagine if it and Archimedes survived the Roman invasion. It could have changed history as we know it in a way we could never fathom. God damn it, I love ancient history.
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Chinese fire lance was far before medieval times. They had missiles and muskets in the 9th century after the discovery of gunpower when alchemists were experimenting to make an elixir of life for the Emperor. The Chinese were using guns, hand grenades, and yes. missiles that were arrows attached to rockets. They exploded on impact similar to a modern missile and they were using these as early as the 9th century. The chinese were so far ahead of the rest of the world that their tactics and technology would've seemed alien to other civilizations at the time.
Many of our cutting-edge technology of today is in fact re-discovered technology. For example, the Industrial Revolution started around the 1800's with the discovery of the steam engine, when in actuality, the Steam engine had already been invented by Archimedes aaaall the way back in the 1st century along with a steam cannon and Death laser consisting of a tower of mirrors used to magnify the Sun and use it as a weapon to burn and melt invading ships. This was a real weapon that existed in the first century. The steam engine though wouldn't be rediscovered for thousands of years, imagine if it and Archimedes survived the Roman invasion. It could have changed history as we know it in a way we could never fathom. God damn it, I love ancient history.
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taserrr
This is a pretty poorly researched video.
The gunpowder ship did NOT break the siege of antwerp, it sure broke part of the dam they built to blockade but given nobody checked for the damage they didn't use it to attack and by the time the dutch army arrived a few months later in order to try to relieve the city it was already rebuilt. In the end they used a faint attack with ships that were disguised as these gunpowder ships but actually armed with men to take one of the dams, it worked at first but got countered by the enemy general. Antwerp never was freed and eventually surrendered after around 3 years of being besieged.
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This is a pretty poorly researched video.
The gunpowder ship did NOT break the siege of antwerp, it sure broke part of the dam they built to blockade but given nobody checked for the damage they didn't use it to attack and by the time the dutch army arrived a few months later in order to try to relieve the city it was already rebuilt. In the end they used a faint attack with ships that were disguised as these gunpowder ships but actually armed with men to take one of the dams, it worked at first but got countered by the enemy general. Antwerp never was freed and eventually surrendered after around 3 years of being besieged.
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Sweet
I'd love to see a video on ingenious war strategies and tactics (unless you've already made one and I've missed it. This brought to mind the story of how Zhuge Liang borrowed a hundred thousand arrows from the enemy.
Oh yeah, and to be a bit of a pedant, calling a trebuchet a catapult isn't exactly mislabeling since (as you mention) it is a subtype of said weapon, although it is an error in sufficient accuracy, depending on the context. Trebuches are catapults, so using the umbrella term isn't incorrect; just as calling catapults siege weapons is technically (the best kind of) correct.
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I'd love to see a video on ingenious war strategies and tactics (unless you've already made one and I've missed it. This brought to mind the story of how Zhuge Liang borrowed a hundred thousand arrows from the enemy.
Oh yeah, and to be a bit of a pedant, calling a trebuchet a catapult isn't exactly mislabeling since (as you mention) it is a subtype of said weapon, although it is an error in sufficient accuracy, depending on the context. Trebuches are catapults, so using the umbrella term isn't incorrect; just as calling catapults siege weapons is technically (the best kind of) correct.
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readerrabbit6690
I'd like to see more videos on ancient life in Asia, especially around the huge deserts. I feel like most people don't even realize that most of China is covered by vast deserts in the northwest.
Also, politics and leadership in the US colonies. We all know the colonies were ultimately ruled by the Royal Crown, but with most founders and settlers being British/English exiles, you gotta wonder how the resentment towards the Crown influenced local everyday life.
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I'd like to see more videos on ancient life in Asia, especially around the huge deserts. I feel like most people don't even realize that most of China is covered by vast deserts in the northwest.
Also, politics and leadership in the US colonies. We all know the colonies were ultimately ruled by the Royal Crown, but with most founders and settlers being British/English exiles, you gotta wonder how the resentment towards the Crown influenced local everyday life.
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Roger
Longbowmen really didn't have to be that good when the battle started because there were so many targets all clumped together(fish in a barrel so to speak) but some of them with a 150lb bow were said to be able to have 6 arrows in the air at one time, my bow is 70lbs & I can only manage 3 with reasonable accuracy, some of them had massive upper body strength, but even women of Marrying Age that weren't married had to fight in 1066.
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Longbowmen really didn't have to be that good when the battle started because there were so many targets all clumped together(fish in a barrel so to speak) but some of them with a 150lb bow were said to be able to have 6 arrows in the air at one time, my bow is 70lbs & I can only manage 3 with reasonable accuracy, some of them had massive upper body strength, but even women of Marrying Age that weren't married had to fight in 1066.
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GravesRWFiA
if gonig on about arms dealers. the first real, modern submarine was made by a man called holland. and irish american he wanted to buld it for the fininans at the end of the 19th C to attack british shipping but when the finians couldn't meet his price, he sold the plans to vickers, the great british arms manufacturer and the Holland 1 through 6 were the first operational submarines in any world's navy.
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if gonig on about arms dealers. the first real, modern submarine was made by a man called holland. and irish american he wanted to buld it for the fininans at the end of the 19th C to attack british shipping but when the finians couldn't meet his price, he sold the plans to vickers, the great british arms manufacturer and the Holland 1 through 6 were the first operational submarines in any world's navy.
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Gorilla
The Greek Fire wasn't used to expand Byzantine, instead it was used to defend Constantinople which was under various assault from the Arab, then from the Seljuk, and finally from the Ottoman. Byzantine at the time of invention of Greek Fire was already shrunk with most of Anatolia fell to the Turks and it also couldn't kept its western territory from seceded away or wrested by Holy Roman Empire.
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The Greek Fire wasn't used to expand Byzantine, instead it was used to defend Constantinople which was under various assault from the Arab, then from the Seljuk, and finally from the Ottoman. Byzantine at the time of invention of Greek Fire was already shrunk with most of Anatolia fell to the Turks and it also couldn't kept its western territory from seceded away or wrested by Holy Roman Empire.
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Jordi
THANK YOU for clarifying that the longbow could punch through some types of armor. Waaaay too many people assume that longbows were capable of punching through late medieval plate armor like it was nothing, when that would actually have been difficult to impossible (as long as said armor was in decent condition and not rusted to hell)
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THANK YOU for clarifying that the longbow could punch through some types of armor. Waaaay too many people assume that longbows were capable of punching through late medieval plate armor like it was nothing, when that would actually have been difficult to impossible (as long as said armor was in decent condition and not rusted to hell)
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David
The Trebuchet units of antiquity probably had names on their weapons like we do today in our armored tank units. Once you have qualified a TT VIII as an Abrams tank gunner you will be allowed to assign a name to your own 120mm smoothbore cannon, and my guns name was Bucepheles; which is of course the warhorse of Alexander The GREAT!
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The Trebuchet units of antiquity probably had names on their weapons like we do today in our armored tank units. Once you have qualified a TT VIII as an Abrams tank gunner you will be allowed to assign a name to your own 120mm smoothbore cannon, and my guns name was Bucepheles; which is of course the warhorse of Alexander The GREAT!
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pudge
That bombard could and did also fire any stone that could be shoved down into it. 30 inch cannonballs are not cheap or easy to source, so whatever fit got used. And that bombard launched it all. When the gun started to break years later im prettt sure it was banded, or wrapped in iron bands along its length to hold it together.
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That bombard could and did also fire any stone that could be shoved down into it. 30 inch cannonballs are not cheap or easy to source, so whatever fit got used. And that bombard launched it all. When the gun started to break years later im prettt sure it was banded, or wrapped in iron bands along its length to hold it together.
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Jenna
I know this is probably petty but the clip at 0: 42 you labeled that it was from the movie 300 (2006) when its actually from 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Anyway I love the video but wanted to point that out just in case anyone wanted to watch the movie where that clip was from lol
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I know this is probably petty but the clip at 0: 42 you labeled that it was from the movie 300 (2006) when its actually from 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Anyway I love the video but wanted to point that out just in case anyone wanted to watch the movie where that clip was from lol
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Awesome
Hey I went to ur site and called the number and ordered 1. Greek Fire and 2. A war wolf replica Trebuchet for the low, low price of $19. 99 x2, my question is Id have preferred to pay once for $29. 99 is there anything you can do about this?
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Hey I went to ur site and called the number and ordered 1. Greek Fire and 2. A war wolf replica Trebuchet for the low, low price of $19. 99 x2, my question is Id have preferred to pay once for $29. 99 is there anything you can do about this?
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Harry
my guy said a well. schlongbow (pause) is 6 feet long (pause) and made YOU wood. im bein hella immature lol but seriously how did flow in your mind when writing in the script or recording. that is some crazy alliteration of sorts goin on there
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my guy said a well. schlongbow (pause) is 6 feet long (pause) and made YOU wood. im bein hella immature lol but seriously how did flow in your mind when writing in the script or recording. that is some crazy alliteration of sorts goin on there
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Penonton
that giant cannon is a meme for roman empire.
they rejected and ridiculed the idea of making a giant canon.
but sadly, the canon was actually used to attack Rome by their enemy.
which ended up making the roman empire lost
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that giant cannon is a meme for roman empire.
they rejected and ridiculed the idea of making a giant canon.
but sadly, the canon was actually used to attack Rome by their enemy.
which ended up making the roman empire lost
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Zasuki
About the Dutch Spanish war it took me a while that the river 'Skeld' is actually de Schelde maybe ask a Dutchie( like myself) to give some pronunciation tips haha ( it's pronounced kind of as s ch elle l da)
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About the Dutch Spanish war it took me a while that the river 'Skeld' is actually de Schelde maybe ask a Dutchie( like myself) to give some pronunciation tips haha ( it's pronounced kind of as s ch elle l da)
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The
This appeals to me on a whole other level as a fan of the Age of Empires series. To know that things like the Great Bombard, Demolition ship, Fireship and even the Turtle Ship actually existed is truly magical.
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This appeals to me on a whole other level as a fan of the Age of Empires series. To know that things like the Great Bombard, Demolition ship, Fireship and even the Turtle Ship actually existed is truly magical.
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Prideace93
you forgot to mention that the first effective gunpowder weapon that can be used in reasonable range were called midfa by the mamluke sultanate against the mongols in the battle of ain jalut 1260
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you forgot to mention that the first effective gunpowder weapon that can be used in reasonable range were called midfa by the mamluke sultanate against the mongols in the battle of ain jalut 1260
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Roger
I really don't get how the Chinese invented Gunpowder, you need Carbon(#1) Sulfer(#2) & Peatrd Salt(#3) China only has 1(Carbon in the form of Coal) of these 3 items, so how did they manage it?
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I really don't get how the Chinese invented Gunpowder, you need Carbon(#1) Sulfer(#2) & Peatrd Salt(#3) China only has 1(Carbon in the form of Coal) of these 3 items, so how did they manage it?
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Nathan
So a lot of history is the Chinese inventing something and the Europeans returning having learned of them, then claiming to have discovered it and use it in their own wars lol wow
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So a lot of history is the Chinese inventing something and the Europeans returning having learned of them, then claiming to have discovered it and use it in their own wars lol wow
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Franken
I would have named one of them My Beautiful Wife Hahahaa! Also, one of my best freinds and I used to work with a really mean older lady and we always called her The War Wagon
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I would have named one of them My Beautiful Wife Hahahaa! Also, one of my best freinds and I used to work with a really mean older lady and we always called her The War Wagon
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