Yup u needed at least 3-4 years of proper training to actually use them and those were specialised weapons so only a handful people with specialisation would use it in combats
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i mean if we're going for all time winner it's not bow and arrow. the king of all weapons is the spear and its not remotely close. even a tiny bit close. it's beyond a landslide victory.
Falcata is similar to Khukuri (खुकुरी) developed in mountains of Nepal. It was major weapon of Gurkha Empire to unified Nepal. Later, Gurkha soldiers in British army made it more popular.
Falcata is the predecessor to the Khukri. If you can see the travels of war throughout the ages, you'll see hownit made its way to the Gurkhans. There's no question that the Gurkha perfected the tool.
The mosz incredible ancient weapon is the spear, hands down no competition. It was used by every civilization imagineable in one form or another throughout a plethora of centuries and almost unbeatable in melee combat.
Ancient man wasn't stupid but yet very brilliant and very extremely brutal. Modern day man is actually learning how they actually fought wars. World War 1 soldiers actually used many ancient weapons in the trenches.
0:15 ഉറുമി urumi, The one of the weapon used in the native Martial art of Kerala's Kalaripayatu and you know what when the British ruled in India they are banned to practice this martial art by saying safety purpose of them in our land
@@adityasharma485 sure. If your cloth is made of high carbon iron allow. Otherwise you’d be reduced to a mush with many cuts and be crying to go back to mommy
@@adityasharma485 if a person who doesn't have experience with urumi and try to do it like a master then they would end up ripping their own head if it makes contact
@@ddrew1973 if the weapon is useless then it won't exist until now, the fact that the weapon is still there from ancient times until now means that the weapon is really deadly and very effective, Moreover, the sword would not be able to block it
#10 Wagh Nakh (Bagh Nakh) is invented by none other than the first Emperor Maratha Empire "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Bhosale" He used it as an a additional self defence weapon during the Assassination of "Afzal Khan of Nizamshahi"
The claw weapon was used to climb. They had them for shoes too. More for a quick evasive hiding or perhaps a ambush. Also good for collecting honey, bird eggs, fruit. I've seen them made of leather with metal hooks fastened where the palm is.
Another formidable weapon valary It looks like a boomerang🪃 but it is made of iron which cuts off the enemy if it does not return to the hand It was banned in South India (Tamil Nadu) during the British rule.
The reason Hwacha is well-known today is because it has detailed engineering drawings recorded in 1409 and can be manufactured from it. Chinese records are more like sketchbooks of ideas. There are no engineering drawings, only abstract text, which are not accepted by historians. However, the first rocket that combined gunpowder with an arrow was invented in China. And Since 1392, Korea has been obsessed with record culture surpasses China. Even We have recorded "when & how many times the king went to poop". Every word and action of the king was recorded daily to evaluate whether he was doing Confucian democracy fairly.
The Hwacha tho 😯 Imagine charging towards your enemies with your horse, then all of a sudden some smoke appears from the distance and it's that scene from the movie
Small note on the billhook is that it was differentiated from the halberd by the hook on the back, used to hook and pull mounted troops down to then be finished off. It's why it was popular with the English who often fought dismounted against numerically superior cavalry.
thank you for involving our maori weapons in this great video, much respect for that fact you can pronounce maori better then most people here in new zealand, great video :)
@@Yahoo.Nurground its a people Maori are a pretty much family to the Polynesians from the cook islands all the way to new Zealand. its pretty much another culture and people that is similar to our cousins the Polynesians
8:50 "...if large enough can disrupt tanks and aircraft." Aircraft? He cant mean the tires because that was already specified, imagine caltrops stopping a bombing run.
Ancient weapons built during ancient kingdoms age like Pluton, Poseidon and Uranus are the strongest. There are lots of evidences of them being still capable of use but they are not yet found by governments or other entities. Many people are still searching for them even today. But the lack of ability in deciphering the ancient language is big hurdle that stops all of this.
Yes, one of the reasons of many. Agility was given more preference than heavy Armour. Leather, cloth and mail was preferred over plates, in Indian Western and Southern region's. A weapon that strikes fear in hearts of foes even when outnumbered, even when ONE single person is facing 10-20 people at a time. There are multiple stories which shows one person defeating multiple armies using this sword head on. Another use is, It can also be used to delay an oncoming assult. It can be worn as a belt and becomes somewhat concealed, surprise enemies. (Southern and western India has 40% mountain terrains suitable for Guerrilla warfares, hidden attacks and surprise attacks) Light Army was very common in these regions. North and central India has flat grounds where heavy Armour and elephants had more advantages. The Urmi was very common in South and Western India. Currently Few people from Kerala, Karnataka and Pune are trying to preserve this culture with Little support they get. - I am a Maratha, from western region and my great grandfathers possessed one of these great weapon's. I had seen these weapons in my grandparents old cupboards when i was small, unfortunately it was in rusted State. Needless to say, they couldn't make it, we gave it away to an enthusiastic collector.
Urumi does not appear to be useful as a battlefield weapon in the ancient world where men were needed to fight in close formation. Those whipping cuts were equally terrifying and damaging to friends and foes. As an one on one weapon for single combat, it would be rather difficult to counter except with polearms or long spears.
@@tvgerbil1984for real what a useless waste of metal. It would take light armor to completely nullify it. You need to be able to take 1 hit and you can beat it. It's probably really effective at beating up people with no weapon or armor or intention of harming you but in a war you would be better off with a tiny dagger
@@kyle6899dude if u dont know dont talk the forearms and hand are basically what urumi aims for and defenetly legs. U just get out of stupid armor logic😂😂
As a Korean I saw a documentary about the reconstruction of this weaponry by the instructions, it wasn’t very accurate due to the quality of gunpowder, but it still did fire.
Props to the creator for actually featuring some Sub-Saharan African weapons on here. Most videos that talk about historical weapons or history in any capacity act as though Sub-Saharan Africa doesn't even exist or matter.
@@spiralphoenix9839 cool to watch? would you participate in it? are you ready to be torn to shreds? ya yaaa sure sure, we believe you that you say you would ..... hahaha. But if you say you wouldn't then why would it be cool to you to watch others do it? Did water get into your brain when you took a bath?
@@wagenlowyikhang7019 who said it's totally Chinese weapon? Chinese arrow lauchers don't have wheels and it's basically fix mounted weapon and seems it's juat stacking arrows. But later Goryeo dynasty people developed this weapon as movable weapon just like moving cart. And Joseon dynasty time people improved it more and more as the concept of MLRS in today. How would you be able to say it's 'Chinese'? You can at least say it's basic form is originated from China, but you can't say it's Chinese weapon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwacha
@@James-sn5mg the main purpose of the hwa-cha (when it was designed) was to take down chinese invaders on horseback so a arching trajectory was better for that.
@@Ch1maera I've seen a video where they actually test this weapon. Don't get me wrong. It's an amazing design and the concept is brilliant but the accuracy is horrible. It missed most of the targets. It's only effective when there's like thousands of troops marching towards your base.
@@James-sn5mg I’ve seen the video as well. But I think one of the experiment’s biggest issue was the apparent lack of testing. I would guess the hwacha would have been tested alot in the past and they already knew the range a bit more. Also I like to think of the hwacha like the kachusha rockets less accuracy bit devastating firepower (for the time when the only weapon was spears and arrows)
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@@takaakiyamada5451 Jiahuozhansh(chinese hwacha) in China, which is only a one-time multiple launcher with a fixed launch angle due to direct fire. On the other hand, invented by king Munjong of Korea(Joseon Dynasty), the Munjong Hwacha was invented much earlier than China's Jiahuozhansh record, fire angle-adjustable, capable of projection again by replacing the launch pod, and the method of disposing of unexploded ordnance is also described in detail. The Munjong Hwacha could adjust the launch angle with direct fire and 45 degree curved fire. This means that can be fired in direct fire mod like a rocket machin gun to enemies blow them away, or fired with a curved fire mod to over enemy walls and sets fire to enemy camps at a very long distance or to inflict great damage on densely packed enemy square formations in a short period of time. and, Since the wagon body and the launch pod can separated, it was possible to fire another 100 Sin-gi-jeon rockets immediately by replacing the launcher prepared in advance. litarally, if enough launch pod were prepared, even a single hwacha could fire hundreds of Sin-gi-jeon over the heads of enemies in a short amount of time.
@@takaakiyamada5451 The Joseon Army used this to smash the powerful Jurchen tribes in Manchuria (later the tribe of the Eight Flags who established the Qing Dynasty) and stabilize the border. And later, this hwacha played a big role in stopping tens of thousands of Japanese samurai, who had become battle monsters after being trained in civil war for 200 years, with only 1/10 of the troops at Haengju wooden fenced fortress during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. At that time, Joseon was geopolitically isolated and closed, and was doing well with diplomacy without conflict with neighboring giant countries thanks to its excellent diplomatic skills. For these reasons, these achievements were made despite the fact that the regular army was almost disbanded because there was no full-scale war between countries for 100 years in a long peace. In the meantime, what did China do with Jiahuozhansh(chinese hwacha)? Beijing, the capital of China, was besieged by the late Mongols at the level of a tribe that had already collapsed. He played the best game, such as suffering the humiliation of the emperor being captured while fighting Oirat, a subject of Mongolia.
05:58 this weapon was used heavily during the battle of Battle of Haengju where only 3400 koreans defeated 30 thousand japanese troops with the help of only 40 of these weapons.
Btw I thought that Urumi , that whip sword thing, kind of irrelevant when the opponent wear a chainmail even, since under the chainmail there is padding, and completely lose when we start to introduce full plate armor
It's a nonesensical weapon. Not effective on a battlefield. You can't fight with it in anye resemblence of unit cohesion , it has zero capabilty of armor penetration.
Southern Indian kings didn't actively wage war as northern ones. The kings had only a bunch of warrior class people called Nairs that would primarily be used for defence and the occasional assault. Besides, light Armor was mostly preferred due to the hotter climate and these warriors relied on flexibility as seen in their martial arts called "kalari payatu". Urumi wielders were expected to fight from multiple sides and inflict most damage, since wars then being close combat, it was likely highly effective.
Imagine walking into a battle and the guy next you goes, "don't worry I got something new today" ;) and then whips out the Urumi and starts going mental with it. There's no way in hell i'd be anywhere near him lol, seriously that's a weapon that could only be used if you were completely alone and were about to be set upon by a gang of marauders :P
This steam canon is crazy. Its basically a piston (the canon ball) in a cylinder. This is SO close to something you could call the first steam engine...
Hwacha actually wasn't the real deal. It was the individual rockets, sin gi jeon, they should be praised. We had small, medium and large sin gi jeon. Small, which is shown in the video, flew about 300m. Medium flew around 500m and exploded on impact. Large flew about 1 to 1.5km. There was this one called san hwa sin gi jeon, which was a 2 stage rocket. It was expensive so they weren't used as much. About the same size as the large one (4m tall incl. stabilizing launch stick) They had to manaually punture a nozzle, I believe that had to be 0.3mm. Nano tech of the era pretty much. Hwacha is nothing but a system that made it easier to deal with mass enemies by making the rocket pad exchangeable. Yeah. You could reload that thing in seconds. One difference between Hwacha and chinese rocket launcher is that, Hwacha was more widely used than Chinese launchers. If you want something more interesting, you should look for dae jangun jeon. It looks pretty much like a missile and it's primary use was anti ship missile. The Japanese invading force literally recorded that the Koreans are firing pillars from someone's home at them lol
@@drmphy Do you understand what's written above? I can't read English cuz I'm an ignorant Korean who thinks English words are being drunk on Korean nationalism.
The kopesh was due to Egypt being a bronze age kingdom and the whole thing is that it's not generally possible to construct swords of any real length from bronze due to its tensile strength and the kopesh was a genius way around this.
Bronze can get as high as 250 on Vicker's scale. This beats most types of steel until 1500-1600. The first bronze age swords were very thin and long. The kopesh is the Egyptian version of the kopis. It's one of the Naue types, that were brought by sea people and trade to Egypt. They already had iron armour (weapons too) at that time.
The macahuitl was not only lined with obsidian, but also shark's teeth. Just depends on the resources available at the time it was made. The hwacha had 2 variants, and more depending on the type of rocket arrows used. the first was the 50, and the 2nd was the 100. Then there were the types of rocket arrows used by the hwacha. Standard rocket arrows that fired only 1 rocket pack, of 250 feet. Then there was the double rocket pack arrows that fired more than 500 feet. The hwacha also fired explosive head arrows as well. when the rocket burned out at the end of it's flight, it lit the explosives near the arrow head. Because of the expense of the double rocket and explosive heads, the most common used was the standard single rocket arrows.
@@DccAnh No he used it while advancing on a horse..he is master of this weapon..also his urumi is not that long like shown in video it is as long as a normal sword...
@@DccAnh Urumi can actually cause alot of damage kills you inch by inch, almost impossible to defend against... It's only been allowed to be wielded by the people who have mastered the oldest and the origin of all martial arts Kalaripayattu... If someone who is inexperienced tries swing around a real urumi like a master, they might rip their own neck... And also it wasn't used much in wars because it were incredibly hard to make, there must be no impurities and a certain amount of carbon content to make it flexible and also the negative part was that when you weild it around on war you can hit and kill your own comrades making it less optional during war time
Also: any throwing weapon except the pilum. You throw it. Miss. Enemy soldier picks it up, throws it back at you. Nice job, he didn't have to carry it around all week, and he most certainly didn't have to build it. Talk about an equalizer.
"Also : any arrow except the bolt. You fire it. Miss. Enemy soldier picks it up, shoot it back at you. Nice job, he didn't have to carry it around all week, and he most certainly didn't have to built it. Talk about an equalize." The point of weapons is to be trained in their use. If you have a 80/90% of hit with your throwing weapon, then it's useful, even if it can be used against you afterwards. And somes, if not many, of these weapons requires quite the familiarity with it to be able to use it properly... If you enemy don't know how to use them, then your argument works even more for them than for the original user of the thown weapon.
This is propaganda, most of these weapons were not effective at all while the ones that really were effective were not shown in the video (mainly siege weapons and firearms invented in ancient times that are still used today). There is a reason why India has ALWAYS been ruled by foreigners, despite being protected by natural barriers and not having strong neighbors nearby.
@@charles2521 No strong neighbours nearby? Dude forgot about China 💀 These regions been heavily battle hardened when Europe was still “hunting and gathering”
@@Illuminandi_ They were separated by the Himalayas. The distance between ancient civilizations should not be compared by a straight line but by ease of transportation.
@@Illuminandi_ Yes, it is and always has been possible to move from India to China. Still the distance between them is huge, and in practice it is much bigger than it seems.
I mean, the Urumi, Bagh Nakhs, Lantern Shield, and Mumbele are definitely specialist or niche weapons, but fully half of the weapons depicted are swords or spears, my dude. The Falcata and Khopesh are not only swords, but in the period of time in which they were wielded, they were extremely effective swords. Every developing civilization on earth didn't arrive at "longswords, longbows, and longspears" like Europe did.
@@archietiberius5005 yeah obviously some were pretty weirdly designed but some of these like the billhook were arguably more popular than the basic spear in their day Really it would need to be taken on a case by case basis… also these weapons vary between battlefield weapons and civilian weapons which are completely different in terms of their needs for battle
If you are in full body armor u die anyway! Lol if u just have crusade armor. Urumi goes for forearms and legs so it deadly anyway plus kalaripayattu( martial art) include and lot of jumping and evading anyone without a spear cant do any shit. Arrows not inclided😂😂
caltrop acttually very deadly weapon and effective at that time, especially the rusted one, tetanus or metal poison for people that time called are deadly, when inflicted wound at least they need to cut their leg only lucky people able to survive. At that time infantry are most common troops that why caltrop become common weapon to slowing them or even repel them. even now days, if we are far from medical service, tetanus still deadly for humanity.
The way you fight with the Urumi is not how you fight with a sword. With a sword you try to cut or stab your opponent. But with an Urumi your aim is to get it tangled or wrapped around the opponent’s body and then pull it towards you thereby causing serious injury to them.
I seen someone get thrusted by a Patu here in Nz didn't end well also the Taiaha used by maori the English once said that the Bayonet was the most feared of all hand to hand combat weapons of its time until they came up against the Taiaha and the maori warriors !
Mongolians must have been terrible in their time. Imagine having a hail of rocket powered arrows just screaming at you or fat hulking angry dudes with big old tubes that light everything that’ll catch everything and one in its path on fire. Insane.
Sangam period has three types of sangam which dates back to million years. The constellations in the first sanga / Vedic period is no more in existence. Kalari paitu is the mother of all martial arts. Bhodi dharma who traveled to China and east to teach martial arts. It’s the history.
You missed "VALARI" in your list. VALARI is most dangerous weapon in ancient Indian history that used by Tamil soldiers during wars. VALARI is called boomerang in Australia. One of the courageous souldiers Chinna Maruthu and Periya Maruthu was best VALARI players.
Man those flexible blade look more scary to handle than being in front of them
Yup u needed at least 3-4 years of proper training to actually use them and those were specialised weapons so only a handful people with specialisation would use it in combats
i mean, you can unsharp them and train...then go for the sharpened one.
@@lordskysixss i mean even if you unsharpen its still gonna hurt like hell if it hits you
It's surul patta kathi in tamil language, my grandfather had one.
i wouldn't even bother getting close to him I'd just turn back and run
I have to say: I find it rather amusing that half of these weapons are wielded by unique units in Age of Empires 2.
Its as if AoE was based off history!
@@ForzaOwnz you dont say...
@@ForzaOwnz shocking
@@ForzaOwnz not quite
hahaha yeees! I expected to see my AoE bros here in the comment section. This game is just brilliant and ages so well. Yet the community of players is just awesome.😂
Bow and arrow is all time winner. Used for war as well as hunting and also for sports. It is clear winner.
*slings have entered the voice chat*
And bow and arrow is still very popular today
i mean if we're going for all time winner it's not bow and arrow. the king of all weapons is the spear and its not remotely close. even a tiny bit close. it's beyond a landslide victory.
@@A2ndVoice Agreed
@@A2ndVoice no
Falcata is similar to Khukuri (खुकुरी) developed in mountains of Nepal. It was major weapon of Gurkha Empire to unified Nepal. Later, Gurkha soldiers in British army made it more popular.
Falcata is the predecessor to the Khukri. If you can see the travels of war throughout the ages, you'll see hownit made its way to the Gurkhans.
There's no question that the Gurkha perfected the tool.
Kopis is way older than falcata... and it's basicly the same thing as a machera which means large knife.kukri who?
The Falcata was based on the Kopis
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Khukri is far superior and no it didn't come from falcata or kopis.
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The mosz incredible ancient weapon is the spear, hands down no competition. It was used by every civilization imagineable in one form or another throughout a plethora of centuries and almost unbeatable in melee combat.
Billhook is a hard counter
The sarisca from the phalanx is probably the most famous spear of all time if not also the most iconic weapon ever, your probably not wrong
Even the early forms of rifles including WW1 era, had portable dagger slots to use it as a spear if you run out ammo.
@@islesisle 2 guys with spears can easily beat a billhook
ahh yes, the good ol' pointy stick
Ancient man wasn't stupid but yet very brilliant and very extremely brutal. Modern day man is actually learning how they actually fought wars. World War 1 soldiers actually used many ancient weapons in the trenches.
0:15 ഉറുമി urumi, The one of the weapon used in the native Martial art of Kerala's Kalaripayatu and you know what when the British ruled in India they are banned to practice this martial art by saying safety purpose of them in our land
I don't think urmi can even cut through clothes
@@adityasharma485 it can cause heavy damages
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@@adityasharma485 sure. If your cloth is made of high carbon iron allow. Otherwise you’d be reduced to a mush with many cuts and be crying to go back to mommy
@@adityasharma485 if a person who doesn't have experience with urumi and try to do it like a master then they would end up ripping their own head if it makes contact
Just thinking, Urumi’s biggest weakness is ricocheting to yourself after hitting an enemy or a wall
That weapon would be useless in a real fight.
@@ddrew1973 that weapon was the most effective one for the war hardened warriors....you can't simply simply block it with a sword
@@raavananrocks4237 lol...OK.
@@ddrew1973 if the weapon is useless then it won't exist until now, the fact that the weapon is still there from ancient times until now means that the weapon is really deadly and very effective, Moreover, the sword would not be able to block it
It's useless. Just wear armor. Just some light mail and you'd be invincible to it.
#10 Wagh Nakh (Bagh Nakh) is invented by none other than the first Emperor Maratha Empire "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Bhosale"
He used it as an a additional self defence weapon during the Assassination of "Afzal Khan of Nizamshahi"
Emperor of pariah phundek
Hahhahhhahhahah
Adilshahi bro not a nizamshahi...
Not invented but used
Bagh Nakh is an Assamese word. This weapon was used by the time of Ahom rullers of Assam.
I study some medieval weapons and I learned 2 from this video. Awsome work
Pretty much any weapon from India before the arrival of Europeans was for show and intimidation with little to no practical value.
@@BoopSnootDon't let Panjeet see this
The claw weapon was used to climb. They had them for shoes too.
More for a quick evasive hiding or perhaps a ambush. Also good for collecting honey, bird eggs, fruit. I've seen them made of leather with metal hooks fastened where the palm is.
I own a modern pair and it was advertised as "ice climbing claws"
1:02 “Approximately 1inch or several centimetres across.” Wow! This guy really goes the extra 160,934.4cm to get the fine details right.
"or" Not everyone works in dumbfuckastan units.
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No, just Myanmar, Liberia and the US. 🤣
@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797Exactly. Just them
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Why did you delete your previous comment? Did I own you too hard?
he said or several centimetres not of
Another formidable weapon valary It looks like a boomerang🪃 but it is made of iron which cuts off the enemy if it does not return to the hand It was banned in South India (Tamil Nadu) during the British rule.
Most of south Indian lethal weapon banned by Britishers later forgotten Indians....
We should revive them
Everything are reviving mode bro
So it’s got the force to cut through an an enemy but is totally fine returning to the hand?
@@blackpole5936 ,
💥🧡छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज की जय 🧡💥
The reason Hwacha is well-known today is because it has detailed engineering drawings recorded in 1409 and can be manufactured from it.
Chinese records are more like sketchbooks of ideas. There are no engineering drawings, only abstract text, which are not accepted by historians. However, the first rocket that combined gunpowder with an arrow was invented in China. And Since 1392, Korea has been obsessed with record culture surpasses China. Even We have recorded "when & how many times the king went to poop". Every word and action of the king was recorded daily to evaluate whether he was doing Confucian democracy fairly.
화차의 기원이 된 원시적인 물건이 중국에서 발명된 것은 맞지만, 이 영상에 나오는 형태의 화차는 한국만이 운용했습니다. 중국의 화차는 화력을 위한 무기가 아닌, 이동식 벙커였습니다.
And it was featured in Ghost of Tsushima
Copy by Chinese
@@wei3720 Corona is a definite invention developed by China.
@@wei3720 China childishly stops insisting that others belong to China!!!
India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.. An ancient land... A land of history 🤞....
Billhook and Mambele looking awesome and tactically attackable weapons..
The Hwacha tho 😯
Imagine charging towards your enemies with your horse, then all of a sudden some smoke appears from the distance and it's that scene from the movie
Urumi my favourite, it's the fact that if a unskilled person uses it it can cut the users head
bagh nakh ,urumi ,chakra 🚩🚩🚩🚩love from india
0:38 Thats me 😂😂😂
Small note on the billhook is that it was differentiated from the halberd by the hook on the back, used to hook and pull mounted troops down to then be finished off. It's why it was popular with the English who often fought dismounted against numerically superior cavalry.
I'm subscribing to this because I just like this guy's voice. He's from simple history
I followed that channel since 2016 damn his voice is so iconic
Yeah, me too
Most of this Weapons need skilled soldier. The most dangerous are those dedicated for simple fighter (like crossbow).
Great content and even more of a pleasure to watch as the creator uses the metric system as well to explain sizes.
Metric system is for the low brow.
@@bluezero8557 It's *lowbrow not low brow, you lowbrow
The multiple rocket launchers are most advanced in ancient weapon in this video.
사실 그 한국 로켓발사대는 콜럼버스와 동시대에 있었습니다.
The Korean Hwacha and Armored boats were extremely powerful and intelligent advancements at the time
thank you for involving our maori weapons in this great video, much respect for that fact you can pronounce maori better then most people here in new zealand, great video :)
What is Maori🙏🤝✌️
@@Yahoo.Nurground its a people Maori are a pretty much family to the Polynesians from the cook islands all the way to new Zealand.
its pretty much another culture and people that is similar to our cousins the Polynesians
8:50 "...if large enough can disrupt tanks and aircraft." Aircraft? He cant mean the tires because that was already specified, imagine caltrops stopping a bombing run.
Kukri an ancient indo- nepali weapon used also like fulkha sword.
Nice information
Just enjoyed the presentation
Ancient weapons built during ancient kingdoms age like Pluton, Poseidon and Uranus are the strongest. There are lots of evidences of them being still capable of use but they are not yet found by governments or other entities.
Many people are still searching for them even today. But the lack of ability in deciphering the ancient language is big hurdle that stops all of this.
The world government blew up an entire island because they were scientists trying to decipher enormous steles telling the hidden history of the world.
Devil fruit and haki also ancient weapon
@@syahirazmeer9113 😂yeah sure
You better delete this comment if you don't want the government to be after you' after all they are trying to cover it up.
I was looking for this comment, thanks.
유튜브 돌아댕기다 잉 화차가 왜 여기서 나와? 하고 들어와버림.. 영상 재밌게 봤다..
That Urumi is so interesting... clearly adapted to a world based on light armor, due to climate I'd imagine?
Yes, one of the reasons of many. Agility was given more preference than heavy Armour.
Leather, cloth and mail was preferred over plates, in Indian Western and Southern region's.
A weapon that strikes fear in hearts of foes even when outnumbered, even when ONE single person is facing 10-20 people at a time. There are multiple stories which shows one person defeating multiple armies using this sword head on.
Another use is,
It can also be used to delay an oncoming assult.
It can be worn as a belt and becomes somewhat concealed, surprise enemies.
(Southern and western India has 40% mountain terrains suitable for Guerrilla warfares, hidden attacks and surprise attacks) Light Army was very common in these regions.
North and central India has flat grounds where heavy Armour and elephants had more advantages.
The Urmi was very common in South and Western India.
Currently Few people from Kerala, Karnataka and Pune are trying to preserve this culture with Little support they get.
- I am a Maratha, from western region and my great grandfathers possessed one of these great weapon's. I had seen these weapons in my grandparents old cupboards when i was small, unfortunately it was in rusted State. Needless to say, they couldn't make it, we gave it away to an enthusiastic collector.
Urumi does not appear to be useful as a battlefield weapon in the ancient world where men were needed to fight in close formation. Those whipping cuts were equally terrifying and damaging to friends and foes. As an one on one weapon for single combat, it would be rather difficult to counter except with polearms or long spears.
It's hard to mine iron in a jungle, and they had a LOT of people in a fairly small place while worked iron was expensive.
@@tvgerbil1984for real what a useless waste of metal. It would take light armor to completely nullify it. You need to be able to take 1 hit and you can beat it. It's probably really effective at beating up people with no weapon or armor or intention of harming you but in a war you would be better off with a tiny dagger
@@kyle6899dude if u dont know dont talk the forearms and hand are basically what urumi aims for and defenetly legs. U just get out of stupid armor logic😂😂
my dude out here showing us a club like that is impressive.
I guess I’m the only one that finds the Hwacha the most interesting. I just wonder how accurate it really was
As a Korean I saw a documentary about the reconstruction of this weaponry by the instructions, it wasn’t very accurate due to the quality of gunpowder, but it still did fire.
@@Smin-f3hㄴㄴ 아님 화차는 대인용이 아니라 대물용임 적 공성무기나 건축물을 대상으로 쏘는 거임 영상에도 나왔듯이 그래서 배에서도 씀
Hwacha was used to attack siege weapons or structure.
So, not bad to use in real battles.
All weapons from India 💪❤🙏 जय श्री राम।। ❤
The Urumi is the level 1000 dads belt he used as a whip.
Props to the creator for actually featuring some Sub-Saharan African weapons on here. Most videos that talk about historical weapons or history in any capacity act as though Sub-Saharan Africa doesn't even exist or matter.
look at all these awesome dads showing off the hobby of their lives
Ok, the hallucinogen claw fighting sounds cool as hell.
I can think of 100 other things id slap the label of 'a good time' on.
@@zukodama666 sure, but that doesn’t change the fact it’d be cool as hell to watch.
@@spiralphoenix9839 cool to watch? would you participate in it? are you ready to be torn to shreds? ya yaaa sure sure, we believe you that you say you would ..... hahaha. But if you say you wouldn't then why would it be cool to you to watch others do it? Did water get into your brain when you took a bath?
1:11 prithviraj in urumi😍polichuttaa....
The hwacha now is like Rocket launcher of todays technology
It's literally Chinese, but the writings are in Korean
speechless tho
@@wagenlowyikhang7019 who said it's totally Chinese weapon? Chinese arrow lauchers don't have wheels and it's basically fix mounted weapon and seems it's juat stacking arrows. But later Goryeo dynasty people developed this weapon as movable weapon just like moving cart. And Joseon dynasty time people improved it more and more as the concept of MLRS in today. How would you be able to say it's 'Chinese'? You can at least say it's basic form is originated from China, but you can't say it's Chinese weapon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwacha
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Urumi - ancient belt
Me- i dont want to be wipped with this
(Forgots to washteh dishes)
*Heavy footsteps*
Mom- URUMI TIME!!
Hwa = Fire
Cha = Vehicle
Hwa cha means a vehicle that carries fire.
Yes! Thank you for sharing this. I needed to see this today.
The Hwacha is BAD-ASS!!! Can you imagine putting one of those in each level of a three-story siege tower and firing them all at once!?
Instead of aiming slightly upwards, it would be far better if it wasn't angled and fire them in straight line. That would be so much more deadly.
@@James-sn5mg the main purpose of the hwa-cha (when it was designed) was to take down chinese invaders on horseback so a arching trajectory was better for that.
@@Ch1maera I've seen a video where they actually test this weapon. Don't get me wrong. It's an amazing design and the concept is brilliant but the accuracy is horrible. It missed most of the targets. It's only effective when there's like thousands of troops marching towards your base.
@@James-sn5mg I’ve seen the video as well. But I think one of the experiment’s biggest issue was the apparent lack of testing. I would guess the hwacha would have been tested alot in the past and they already knew the range a bit more. Also I like to think of the hwacha like the kachusha rockets less accuracy bit devastating firepower (for the time when the only weapon was spears and arrows)
@@Ch1maera . You mean nomad invaders. Still this was based off Chinese ones not really an innovation. Chinese ones had more variation and acuracy
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The korean weapon Hwacha is also called Singijeon and it has three different variant
@@takaakiyamada5451 you are talking about other weapon from china. This one is developed seperately
@@takaakiyamada5451 the singijeon is literally a korean word. learn history kid before spreading communist ideals all around the world.
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Jiahuozhansh(chinese hwacha) in China,
which is only a one-time multiple launcher with a fixed launch angle due to direct fire.
On the other hand, invented by king Munjong of Korea(Joseon Dynasty),
the Munjong Hwacha was invented much earlier than China's Jiahuozhansh record,
fire angle-adjustable,
capable of projection again by replacing the launch pod,
and the method of disposing of unexploded ordnance is also described in detail.
The Munjong Hwacha could adjust the launch angle with direct fire and 45 degree curved fire.
This means that can be fired in direct fire mod like a rocket machin gun to enemies blow them away,
or
fired with a curved fire mod to over enemy walls and sets fire to enemy camps at a very long distance
or to inflict great damage on densely packed enemy square formations in a short period of time.
and, Since the wagon body and the launch pod can separated,
it was possible to fire another 100 Sin-gi-jeon rockets immediately by replacing the launcher prepared in advance.
litarally, if enough launch pod were prepared,
even a single hwacha could fire hundreds of Sin-gi-jeon over the heads of enemies in a short amount of time.
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The Joseon Army used this to smash the powerful Jurchen tribes in Manchuria (later the tribe of the Eight Flags who established the Qing Dynasty) and stabilize the border.
And later, this hwacha played a big role in stopping tens of thousands of Japanese samurai, who had become battle monsters after being trained in civil war for 200 years, with only 1/10 of the troops at Haengju wooden fenced fortress during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592.
At that time, Joseon was geopolitically isolated and closed, and was doing well with diplomacy without conflict with neighboring giant countries thanks to its excellent diplomatic skills.
For these reasons, these achievements were made despite the fact that the regular army was almost disbanded because there was no full-scale war between countries for 100 years in a long peace.
In the meantime, what did China do with Jiahuozhansh(chinese hwacha)?
Beijing, the capital of China, was besieged by the late Mongols at the level of a tribe that had already collapsed.
He played the best game, such as suffering the humiliation of the emperor being captured while fighting Oirat, a subject of Mongolia.
@@takaakiyamada5451 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
India was master of ancient world.... Proud 🇵🇰
U forgot about the VALARI from tamilnadu in INDIA. Even old guns stuff to match with it. It's big brother to mambali
There are three weapons that weren't included and they are probably the most useful even today. The Rock, the sling, and basic knowledge of physics
05:58 this weapon was used heavily during the battle of Battle of Haengju where only 3400 koreans defeated 30 thousand japanese troops with the help of only 40 of these weapons.
おいおいいい加減なこと言うなよ。朝鮮は10,000だろ？しかも漢江からの援軍もあったじゃねえか。
これだから嘘つきって言われんだよ！
Please include Mysoreien rocket
Btw I thought that Urumi , that whip sword thing, kind of irrelevant when the opponent wear a chainmail even, since under the chainmail there is padding, and completely lose when we start to introduce full plate armor
It's a nonesensical weapon. Not effective on a battlefield. You can't fight with it in anye resemblence of unit cohesion , it has zero capabilty of armor penetration.
Southern Indian kings didn't actively wage war as northern ones. The kings had only a bunch of warrior class people called Nairs that would primarily be used for defence and the occasional assault. Besides, light Armor was mostly preferred due to the hotter climate and these warriors relied on flexibility as seen in their martial arts called "kalari payatu". Urumi wielders were expected to fight from multiple sides and inflict most damage, since wars then being close combat, it was likely highly effective.
@@bluewizzard8843 you forget that it also acts as a whip.
probably more of a way to intimidate your opponent than actually inflict harm, I imagine it would be used in conjunction with something else.
I’m glad that you placed our ancestors sword - Falcata! On this video.
Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹
Imagine walking into a battle and the guy next you goes, "don't worry I got something new today" ;) and then whips out the Urumi and starts going mental with it. There's no way in hell i'd be anywhere near him lol, seriously that's a weapon that could only be used if you were completely alone and were about to be set upon by a gang of marauders :P
Poor kid wanted a katana for Christmas but got a Patu 😢
ARAMBAI, an attacking deadly weapon of North East India, originated from the state of Manipur is missing....
This steam canon is crazy. Its basically a piston (the canon ball) in a cylinder. This is SO close to something you could call the first steam engine...
Check out Rathamusala by Ajatasatru of haranyka dynasty of 500BCE is an ancient tank ..
Poliiii..prithviraj okke indalla😅😂
The Urumi is literally is your Dad's Belt on steroids
ពិតជាអស្ចារ្យណាស់ 👍👍
Romans had Scorpio similar to Chu-Ko-Nu only much larger, mounted on cart or on top of watchtower and operated by 2-3 men.
Qin also had large Chu-Ko-Nu, stationed on the wall and also manned by 2 to 3 men.
I’m born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. I’m Amhara.
The mambele seems impractical, more likely to harm yourself than your target
Malayalees pls assemble !!!🎉 Urumi fans tooo🙌🏻🔥
Hwacha actually wasn't the real deal.
It was the individual rockets, sin gi jeon, they should be praised.
We had small, medium and large sin gi jeon. Small, which is shown in the video, flew about 300m. Medium flew around 500m and exploded on impact. Large flew about 1 to 1.5km.
There was this one called san hwa sin gi jeon, which was a 2 stage rocket. It was expensive so they weren't used as much. About the same size as the large one (4m tall incl. stabilizing launch stick)
They had to manaually punture a nozzle, I believe that had to be 0.3mm. Nano tech of the era pretty much.
Hwacha is nothing but a system that made it easier to deal with mass enemies by making the rocket pad exchangeable. Yeah. You could reload that thing in seconds.
One difference between Hwacha and chinese rocket launcher is that, Hwacha was more widely used than Chinese launchers.
If you want something more interesting, you should look for dae jangun jeon. It looks pretty much like a missile and it's primary use was anti ship missile.
The Japanese invading force literally recorded that the Koreans are firing pillars from someone's home at them lol
아주 국뽕에 잔뜩 취했구만ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@@drmphy Do you understand what's written above? I can't read English cuz I'm an ignorant Korean who thinks English words are being drunk on Korean nationalism.
@@drmphy 취할건 취해줘야죠. 요즘 국뽕꺼리도 없는데
일본군 기록에 그런 것도 있었나보네 ㅋㅋ
You forgot the oldest, most technologically advanced hand made weapon ever conceived by humans. The boomerang.
Bagh ( Wagh) nakh is invented by Shrimant Shri. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 🚩🚩🙏🏻
No dude. He used it and made it famous. Don't spread wrong info. Je manat ala te bolayla he whatsapp navhe.
Agnipurat fakt ullekh aahe...ghadvale aani nav dile te Maharajanni 🚩🚩🙏🏻
@@akshayshingade असं कुठे लिहिलं की महाराजांनी नाव दिले? महाराजांनी घडवले यात काही वादच नाही.
Wow simple history has really upgraded their animation
The kopesh was due to Egypt being a bronze age kingdom and the whole thing is that it's not generally possible to construct swords of any real length from bronze due to its tensile strength and the kopesh was a genius way around this.
Bronze can get as high as 250 on Vicker's scale. This beats most types of steel until 1500-1600.
The first bronze age swords were very thin and long.
The kopesh is the Egyptian version of the kopis. It's one of the Naue types, that were brought by sea people and trade to Egypt.
They already had iron armour (weapons too) at that time.
The Urumi looks so cool but dangerous
That one at the start of the video brought back flashbacks of when my dad would chase me round the house with he's belt!
The macahuitl was not only lined with obsidian, but also shark's teeth. Just depends on the resources available at the time it was made. The hwacha had 2 variants, and more depending on the type of rocket arrows used. the first was the 50, and the 2nd was the 100. Then there were the types of rocket arrows used by the hwacha. Standard rocket arrows that fired only 1 rocket pack, of 250 feet. Then there was the double rocket pack arrows that fired more than 500 feet. The hwacha also fired explosive head arrows as well. when the rocket burned out at the end of it's flight, it lit the explosives near the arrow head. Because of the expense of the double rocket and explosive heads, the most common used was the standard single rocket arrows.
Urumi - you need to be an expert at swinging Urumi or the flexible sword could harm the handler .
2:40 *family gets murdered*
Roman Dad: "Wow, those swords are good quality. We should get some of those, eh son?"
Urumi is deadly when fighting multiple enemies
urumi is useless against armor tho
@@DccAnh Peshwa Baji rao 1 of Maratha Empire used in his 41 conquests in the 18 th century win all of them..when armoured are fully developed...😂
@@therealgentelman643 yeah no I doubt they actually use it in anything but ritual and festivals performances
@@DccAnh No he used it while advancing on a horse..he is master of this weapon..also his urumi is not that long like shown in video it is as long as a normal sword...
@@DccAnh Urumi can actually cause alot of damage kills you inch by inch, almost impossible to defend against... It's only been allowed to be wielded by the people who have mastered the oldest and the origin of all martial arts Kalaripayattu... If someone who is inexperienced tries swing around a real urumi like a master, they might rip their own neck... And also it wasn't used much in wars because it were incredibly hard to make, there must be no impurities and a certain amount of carbon content to make it flexible and also the negative part was that when you weild it around on war you can hit and kill your own comrades making it less optional during war time
Also: any throwing weapon except the pilum. You throw it. Miss. Enemy soldier picks it up, throws it back at you. Nice job, he didn't have to carry it around all week, and he most certainly didn't have to build it. Talk about an equalizer.
Enemy also miss. Nice job, now I, who have a real training with this exotic throwing weapon, have a second chance to kill you with it!
"Also : any arrow except the bolt. You fire it. Miss. Enemy soldier picks it up, shoot it back at you. Nice job, he didn't have to carry it around all week, and he most certainly didn't have to built it. Talk about an equalize."
The point of weapons is to be trained in their use. If you have a 80/90% of hit with your throwing weapon, then it's useful, even if it can be used against you afterwards. And somes, if not many, of these weapons requires quite the familiarity with it to be able to use it properly... If you enemy don't know how to use them, then your argument works even more for them than for the original user of the thown weapon.
Yeah. Good look throwing a bent and blunt war dart or broken javelin.
Indian weapons are always deadly
Proud hindu
Indian warriors damm ..a force to be reckoned with.
This is propaganda, most of these weapons were not effective at all while the ones that really were effective were not shown in the video (mainly siege weapons and firearms invented in ancient times that are still used today). There is a reason why India has ALWAYS been ruled by foreigners, despite being protected by natural barriers and not having strong neighbors nearby.
@@charles2521 No strong neighbours nearby? Dude forgot about China 💀 These regions been heavily battle hardened when Europe was still “hunting and gathering”
@@Illuminandi_ They were separated by the Himalayas. The distance between ancient civilizations should not be compared by a straight line but by ease of transportation.
@@charles2521 India also happened to host major ports trading with the Chinese. Not to mention the silk route. Transportation wasn’t really an issue.
@@Illuminandi_ Yes, it is and always has been possible to move from India to China. Still the distance between them is huge, and in practice it is much bigger than it seems.
Very nice.. Thanks
Mombele is also known as "Hunga Munga" in some areas. Wicked things. Awful to try to throw without wounding yourself.....
So that's why simple history changed narrators
Just a reminder that most of these weapons were extremely situational and that in most cases a sword, spear, or bow would have been better
Well that depends… a lot of them are basically versions of those 3 so they’re more like trade offs than directly inferior in most situations
I mean, the Urumi, Bagh Nakhs, Lantern Shield, and Mumbele are definitely specialist or niche weapons, but fully half of the weapons depicted are swords or spears, my dude.
The Falcata and Khopesh are not only swords, but in the period of time in which they were wielded, they were extremely effective swords.
Every developing civilization on earth didn't arrive at "longswords, longbows, and longspears" like Europe did.
@@archietiberius5005 yeah obviously some were pretty weirdly designed but some of these like the billhook were arguably more popular than the basic spear in their day
Really it would need to be taken on a case by case basis… also these weapons vary between battlefield weapons and civilian weapons which are completely different in terms of their needs for battle
The Urumi would *terrify* me in normal clothes, but I can't imagine it doing anything to a full suit of plate armour
If you are in full body armor u die anyway! Lol if u just have crusade armor. Urumi goes for forearms and legs so it deadly anyway plus kalaripayattu( martial art) include and lot of jumping and evading anyone without a spear cant do any shit. Arrows not inclided😂😂
Love All these Weapons. Personally the Shotel is absolutely viscous in my book
"MOST Incredible Ancient Weapons" Shows a medieval Katyusha rocket launcher
caltrop acttually very deadly weapon and effective at that time, especially the rusted one, tetanus or metal poison for people that time called are deadly, when inflicted wound at least they need to cut their leg only lucky people able to survive. At that time infantry are most common troops that why caltrop become common weapon to slowing them or even repel them. even now days, if we are far from medical service, tetanus still deadly for humanity.
The way you fight with the Urumi is not how you fight with a sword. With a sword you try to cut or stab your opponent. But with an Urumi your aim is to get it tangled or wrapped around the opponent’s body and then pull it towards you thereby causing serious injury to them.
I seen someone get thrusted by a Patu here in Nz didn't end well also the Taiaha used by maori the English once said that the Bayonet was the most feared of all hand to hand combat weapons of its time until they came up against the Taiaha and the maori warriors !
Well that’s because to that time melee was mostly obsolete thus everyone only knew bayonets (which is basically the worse version of a spear).
it is not arrow, but bomb. It flies away and ultimately explodes. Arrows only serve as wings in flight.
Is this just a really good text to speech or is this the simple history guy?
A pocket full of rocks to throw are invaluable in a sword fight.
Mongolians must have been terrible in their time. Imagine having a hail of rocket powered arrows just screaming at you or fat hulking angry dudes with big old tubes that light everything that’ll catch everything and one in its path on fire. Insane.
Koreans didnt use Hwacha during mongolian conquest they used during japanese invasion.
Sangam period has three types of sangam which dates back to million years. The constellations in the first sanga / Vedic period is no more in existence. Kalari paitu is the mother of all martial arts. Bhodi dharma who traveled to China and east to teach martial arts. It’s the history.
you missed the first rocket invented by India by Lion of Masour
The Urumi is my tape measure when I’m trying to retract
You missed "VALARI" in your list. VALARI is most dangerous weapon in ancient Indian history that used by Tamil soldiers during wars. VALARI is called boomerang in Australia. One of the courageous souldiers Chinna Maruthu and Periya Maruthu was best VALARI players.