@@Gun_Samurai i play this game too ( heavily modded) and i actually prefer bow units... Tanegashima units are used sometimes but the bows are enough in this game. no really heavy armor in this setting is present. only the morale factor for enemy ashigaru heavy armies is a thing for me. and of course the rate of fire
Playing as the Otomo Clan is different of course. They have early access to a powder maker ,a Nanban trade port and in total have the better gun units. So when playing as them i heavily use them. But other Clans i dont see any advantages to focus on fun powder
Absolutely. As the guns would easily heat up; when fighting from a well prepared position (such as a castle) - it is a good idea to rotate guns in order to keep them cool and useable.
@@00MSG There weren't butt stocks yet. Designs were based on Portuguese guns. The Portuguese first landed on the island of Tanegashima in 1543. In subsequent decades Japan would import a lot of matchlocks and European armour but also start to produce their own on a large scale, but the design remained largely the same.
imagine back then, they got a hundred or maybe thousand of this unit the smoke will so dense. By the way did they have kind of Shield to protect them from enemy arrow or maybe bullet when they reload or fire in battlefield ?
Really nice video! Im curious about the difference between the Tanegashima and the Teppo guns though. I know that Tanegashima was the first model that came with the Portugese in the island with the same name. Was it called Teppo when the Japanese mass produced it?
Teppo means ‘metal gun’ and existed in simple forms from around the 1300s. Tanegashima is a bit like saying ‘coke’; everyone knows that it means carbonated soft drink, despite the other names 🙇♂️
It is hard to extinguish and burns slowly... you’re more likely to get burned than for it to go out. Unless it’s raining. Then there could be a problem 🙇♂️
Are those Ashigaru infantry wearing Gashira class helms? Normally they are Conical shaped, like a rice paddy hat. I guess it all depends on period and gear available....
Helmets came in many styles, depending on where they were produced and how much the Lords were willing to pay to equip their troops. There was no set uniform or style 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai I thought as much, because i have also noticed from old Samurai pics taken, an Ashigaru foot soldier wearing a Tetsu Jingasa, which looked very cool. I was just enquiring, as i am buying a set of Ashigaru Armor, but just didn't like the look of the Ensui Jingasa (Conical Battle Hat). It just gives me more options. I enjoyed your video and checked out your web page on firearms. Pretty Awesome.....
Sometimes they the soldiers themselves in the same unit would have there own different uniforms based on there family's wealth and armor being passed down standardized armor and uniform didn't come around till a bit later till Japan was unified
I have a teppo 135 cm long, 12.5 mm caliber, but I don't try to shoot, barrel too small, I consider it dangerous. A friend shoots at 50 m with a shorter with good results. Round ball with patch and swiss black powder No. 3 . Saluti da Milano, ciao
9:15 is this where the so called tales of "matchlock snipers" came from? A famous example being Takeda Shingen being "sniped" by a matchlock gunner. Realistically speaking I find those stories absolutely ridiculous considering hitting a target from that sort of a considerable long distance is impossible even if the shooter decides to use special ammunition that doesn't vibrate inside the barrel
It’s hard to say. The velocity of the round is sufficient to have accurate fire up to maybe 120m perhaps a little further. But war stories are also regularly exaggerated. Britain’s Admiral Lord Nelson fell to musket fire from an enemy gunner for example but also there are many stories that become grander or more ambiguous as the years go by.
@@Gun_Samurai Well I guess it is exaggerated since I wouldn't think even a samurai shinobi could get closer than 170-200m to get a shot at when shingen was in his siege camp... Also has anyone considered doing an accuracy test with these teppos?
Well there’s actually a competitive shooting league in Japan; all of whom use vintage matchlock firearms. I’m not a member however 😅 they shoot into various disciplines and accuracy is the winning factor 🙇♂️
Musket can be somewhat accurate up to around 200m actually, as for Nelson, he was shot by a French marksman as French used to deploy a lot of marksman on ship to snipe important targets, at the time with hexagonal barrles marksman often fight at 300m or more, proper rifle with better airseal can be effective even up to 500m, all the Jezails in Afghan are also very long range weapons, often comparable to some of the early rifles and its the biggest reason why Afghans can play guerilla warfare with that.
There’s no proof Takeda shingen was sniped more of died from infection from an older wound or disease he was pretty old for his time so his immune system must of been very weak at this age
The Koreans after the disaster of the first invasion started to produce their own version of the matchlock since 1596: it was named jochong and it was based on the tanegashima-teppo; it was widely used during the second Imjin war and became the primary weapon of the Joseon army in the first half of the 17th century. Unfortunately for the Koreans, the majority of the army was made of conscript peasants, so it was not disciplined enough to use the guns as effectively as the Japanese, in fact the the Koreans kept using their iconic composite bows along with the arquebuses until the end of the 19th century, *but* there were some very specialized and lethal matchlock gunners in Korea and I am referring to the tiger hunters (who were able to hunt also humans if necessary...).
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Watching this while playing Shogun 2: Total war! FUN GAME!
You like the gun units in TW2?! 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai They are one unit among the other. But that's an advantage to have them for range units, side by side with the archers units.
@@Gun_Samurai i play this game too ( heavily modded) and i actually prefer bow units... Tanegashima units are used sometimes but the bows are enough in this game. no really heavy armor in this setting is present. only the morale factor for enemy ashigaru heavy armies is a thing for me. and of course the rate of fire
Playing as the Otomo Clan is different of course. They have early access to a powder maker ,a Nanban trade port and in total have the better gun units. So when playing as them i heavily use them. But other Clans i dont see any advantages to focus on fun powder
@@raikbarczynski6582 agreeeed!
Ignorant weebs: "Noooo! You can't use guns, that's dishonorable!!!"
Samurai: "Hahaha, Teppo goes 'Boom!'"
That’s true! It was in The Last Samurai so must be true 🤦♂️
I like pike and shot warfare than midieval warfare
Actually, we know samurais use guns, it was Hollywood who said that samurais didn't like guns.
@@aaronluisdelacruz4212 Five samurai get killed in Seven Samurai and they all die of gunshot wounds. Seizing those guns is big plot point as well.
@@aaronluisdelacruz4212 Hollywood is anti gun.
I can't believe this exists, this is awesome!
Thank you! You can find out more at our website www.GunSamurai.com if you are interested.
Of course it exist 😂
As both a history buff and a gun nut it seems I’ve found yet another niche channel to subscribe too.
Thank you 🙏 it is a ‘little bit’ niche subject area… 😂
this girl with a gun stole my heart
We have five gunner girls in the team 👌
Wow could you guys give a link to this texture pack? It looks amazing
For the font? I use ‘font candy’ 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai Hes making i joke about how it looks like Total War Shogun 2.
Takeda cavalry: ahahahahaaa im in danger
Question I heard there's a volley method where the first row gives their discharged guns to his rear and receives a loaded one.
That certainly is a technique but we don’t have enough gunners to do it properly at Matsumoto 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai So it's an actually done historically?
Absolutely. As the guns would easily heat up; when fighting from a well prepared position (such as a castle) - it is a good idea to rotate guns in order to keep them cool and useable.
@@Gun_Samurai tnx
@@Gun_Samurai i can be the extra gun, i want to be the equivalent of the kid holding the golf clubs on a samurai battlefield
Is their any particular reason why the Japanese got rid of the buttstock?
The guns were based on a Portuguese colonial design; which had no buttstocks 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai Ah ok, thanks for the answer!
@@00MSG There weren't butt stocks yet. Designs were based on Portuguese guns. The Portuguese first landed on the island of Tanegashima in 1543. In subsequent decades Japan would import a lot of matchlocks and European armour but also start to produce their own on a large scale, but the design remained largely the same.
@@nutyyyy Thanks so much for the answer
I wish I could see one of these demonstrations in person
Unfortunately our demos are all cancelled this year.
Why did only the commander have his sword with the edge facing down?
It is mounted tachi koshirae; for riding on horseback 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai cool thanks
Samurais with guns be like: "Dodge this you filthy casual!"
Lmao
imagine back then, they got a hundred or maybe thousand of this unit the smoke will so dense.
By the way did they have kind of Shield to protect them from enemy arrow or maybe bullet when they reload or fire in battlefield ?
Yes there were shields and barricades to protect troops 🙇♂️
I believe they use large shields similar to the european pavise shield or a bamboo barricade with wheels.
Really nice video! Im curious about the difference between the Tanegashima and the Teppo guns though. I know that Tanegashima was the first model that came with the Portugese in the island with the same name. Was it called Teppo when the Japanese mass produced it?
Teppo means ‘metal gun’ and existed in simple forms from around the 1300s. Tanegashima is a bit like saying ‘coke’; everyone knows that it means carbonated soft drink, despite the other names 🙇♂️
JDF finally modernizing their military. It is about time.
Japan had guns 200 years before America became a country. And I’m in the US Army 🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
This is so epic!
Maybe next time you could do a presentation in my country, you just have to dig straight down. 😆
Can you guess where I'm from?
Are these replicas or original tanegashima from the warring states era?
They are original yes, but from the Edo era 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai you're holding 300 years old guns? Amazing!
@@albertoandrade9807 guns can last for centuries in working condition if properly maintained.
The one dislike is from someone who got shot
Or Tom Cruise.
Gun Samurai lol right
Takeda shingen dislike that
I'm glad when people talk about history and the less know history
It’s all important stuff!
@@Gun_Samurai ya and also the fraze "history repeats its self" is a very scary thing
So they have to light that cord and run around with that cord and hope it doesnt go out and then have to put it in the gun and then shoot
It is hard to extinguish and burns slowly... you’re more likely to get burned than for it to go out.
Unless it’s raining. Then there could be a problem 🙇♂️
Just go to the samurai beside you.
"Oi, you got a light?"
There's a reason European matchlock formations had a guy with a lantern behind the gunners for relighting matchcords
Are those Ashigaru infantry wearing Gashira class helms?
Normally they are Conical shaped, like a rice paddy hat.
I guess it all depends on period and gear available....
Helmets came in many styles, depending on where they were produced and how much the Lords were willing to pay to equip their troops. There was no set uniform or style 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai I thought as much, because i have also noticed from old Samurai pics taken, an Ashigaru foot soldier wearing a Tetsu Jingasa, which looked very cool. I was just enquiring, as i am buying a set of Ashigaru Armor, but just didn't like the look of the Ensui Jingasa (Conical Battle Hat). It just gives me more options. I enjoyed your video and checked out your web page on firearms. Pretty Awesome.....
Thank you so much 🙇♂️
Sometimes they the soldiers themselves in the same unit would have there own different uniforms based on there family's wealth and armor being passed down standardized armor and uniform didn't come around till a bit later till Japan was unified
I have a teppo 135 cm long, 12.5 mm caliber, but I don't try to shoot, barrel too small, I consider it dangerous. A friend shoots at 50 m with a shorter with good results. Round ball with patch and swiss black powder No. 3 . Saluti da Milano, ciao
Keep it as a piece of history 🙇♂️
Why not using ramrod?
For some fast shooting, the gunners ‘tap’ the charge into place instead of using a ramrod.
@@Gun_Samurainice
@@Gun_Samuraicool
How much is a Japanese matchlock on market?
It depends on many things - most importantly; does it still fire 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai What's the average price?
@@NgJackal1990 why not ask local gunsmith to recreate it instead
Its literally easier to work with than modern guns
11:16 negligent discharge? 😬
Either that or the hammer released itself - which happens on these old guns!
11:39 guns in Warhammer total war games be like
0:45 saw a pretty nippon kawaii gunner
9:15 is this where the so called tales of "matchlock snipers" came from? A famous example being Takeda Shingen being "sniped" by a matchlock gunner. Realistically speaking I find those stories absolutely ridiculous considering hitting a target from that sort of a considerable long distance is impossible even if the shooter decides to use special ammunition that doesn't vibrate inside the barrel
It’s hard to say. The velocity of the round is sufficient to have accurate fire up to maybe 120m perhaps a little further. But war stories are also regularly exaggerated.
Britain’s Admiral Lord Nelson fell to musket fire from an enemy gunner for example but also there are many stories that become grander or more ambiguous as the years go by.
@@Gun_Samurai Well I guess it is exaggerated since I wouldn't think even a samurai shinobi could get closer than 170-200m to get a shot at when shingen was in his siege camp... Also has anyone considered doing an accuracy test with these teppos?
Well there’s actually a competitive shooting league in Japan; all of whom use vintage matchlock firearms. I’m not a member however 😅 they shoot into various disciplines and accuracy is the winning factor 🙇♂️
Musket can be somewhat accurate up to around 200m actually, as for Nelson, he was shot by a French marksman as French used to deploy a lot of marksman on ship to snipe important targets, at the time with hexagonal barrles marksman often fight at 300m or more, proper rifle with better airseal can be effective even up to 500m, all the Jezails in Afghan are also very long range weapons, often comparable to some of the early rifles and its the biggest reason why Afghans can play guerilla warfare with that.
There’s no proof Takeda shingen was sniped more of died from infection from an older wound or disease he was pretty old for his time so his immune system must of been very weak at this age
No bullets ??? Are you serious
Of course. Japanese laws are very strict and public venues prohibit the use of projectiles.
Should've used Tercos.
My Japanese is better than my Portuguese so I’m stuck with samurai for now 😆
@@Gun_Samurai It's a unit in Shogun 2. Otomo clan has the brutally overperforming Tercos unit that both shoots and fights in melee at the same time.
I never got that far into the game. A shameful display.
This gun name is tanegheshima
People who say that "guns are dishonorable" forget that samurais qere technicaly a mklitary force, so them using modern weapons is logical ☝️🤓
That’s correct 🙏
Feel sad for the korean during imjin war. They got devastated by the japanese firearms unit during land battle.
At least they got their revenge on the Naval side lol.
@@TheRentown yeah sad story to the only Korean who got the balls to rekt the anime invasion.. I mean Japanese.
The Koreans after the disaster of the first invasion started to produce their own version of the matchlock since 1596: it was named jochong and it was based on the tanegashima-teppo; it was widely used during the second Imjin war and became the primary weapon of the Joseon army in the first half of the 17th century. Unfortunately for the Koreans, the majority of the army was made of conscript peasants, so it was not disciplined enough to use the guns as effectively as the Japanese, in fact the the Koreans kept using their iconic composite bows along with the arquebuses until the end of the 19th century, *but* there were some very specialized and lethal matchlock gunners in Korea and I am referring to the tiger hunters (who were able to hunt also humans if necessary...).
That lady is beautiful, armed and armoured
All boxes checked for wife material
date me. those warrior girls are so pretty!
Sorry, they’re married 🙇
@@Gun_Samurai Just the luck of a nerd.
SWEEEET