Bear vs Shield Wall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2022
- Testing the Saxon Scieldweall!
Formation of a shield wall is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the age before early modern warfare. There were slight variations of the tactic by culture, but in general a “wall of shields" was formed by soldiers standing shoulder-to-shoulder, holding their shields so that they would abut or overlap. Each soldier benefited from the protection of the shields of his neighbours and his own.
Short clip from an episode of Instruments of Death documentary series, investigating how military tactics and technology have helped shape the history of battlefield combat throughout the centuries.
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Pov: you thought it was gonna be a real bear 🐻 that was gonna attack them
Same😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fr
Dawg an actual bear vs a shield wall? Why the hell not? 😂😂
Same
Same
Mr Bear hit the brakes right before collision
Aye... And thank goodness, for the sake of the folks in the wall. hah
Cause he didn't want a concussion. You wouldn't go full force in a real battle either
Right? I think he would have easily broken through either the shields or the people behind them... 😂
Want to be fair you wouldn’t run into basically a wall of people by yourself at full speed with no helmet that’s just plain dumb
@@Heavy42786you dont run alone you got dudes aswell and first shock liners usually equipped with the heaviest armor
Haha bollocks he slowed right down before hitting the wall 🤣🤣
He didn't
Yeah that was weak tbh
It was all cock mate, the way the camera changed to a closer angle for a SLOW MOTION shot indicates very clearly that he did slow down just before. Not to mention his footwork. There was nothing stopping these people from just letting him actually fully charge them.
@@GyroGarrison cock?
It was a poor charge regardless. I weigh half that dude and I could knock that weak wall over like ninepins
The anglo saxon line at hastings was (according to some sources) so strong the dead didn’t fall
Eventually they fell. Mustve been tired from all that marching too. Poor Harald. 👑
Not quite, most of the men were freshly recruited on the way down
Many people think of a shieldwall as a single line, but often times a shieldwall's strength came from several to many rows of men, all locked together and pushing eachother forward. This is both why charges were so powerful and the formation was so strong at the same time. I've participated in several reenactment and recreation battles where this was the case, and on several occasions was literally lifted off the ground by the men to the front, side, and behind me as the shieldwall pressed against another. So it's not surprising at all that the dead didn't fall in the Battle of Hastings. Several times when I was "killed", I had literally nowhere to go and couldn't move an inch until the formation either moved out of position or broke apart.
@@RogerTheilsounds like a hell of a time lol
@@RogerTheilNobody thinks a shieldwall is a single line of people.
Weakest charge I've seen since Total War Rome 2
The only thing weaker is a unit of Pretorian guard fighting surrounded.
Fr 😭😭, that shieldwall looked flimsy as hell as well
jesus christ that hit right in the feels
Actually laughed with that one lol
Weak ass charge. Make them sign wavers next time. Go full hog like that beast of a man could do
Bro chill it’s just a documentary
"bear, time to "charge" another shield wall"
"yes honey"
Bear walked into the wall lmao
Ngl when I read the title I thought a real bear will come and charge the shield wall.
Well, that's anti-climactic
Fr 😂😂😭😭
Sir jeans was the noblest knight who wore jeans at a battle some say those jeans were drenched by the blood of a thousand soldiers
Sir Levi Strauss of House Denim.
Well we know who the weakest link is
This has a distinct "the Office" feel to it.
I love the suburban dad in the middle of this medieval demonstration 😂😂😂
Well not bad but...
First, those shields are way too low. Gonna get piked in your face. Second, bend the knees and put the shoulder behind the shield to brace. This will make your legs a less inviting target and also help stabilize for a charge. Finally, when receiving a charge you want to lower your center of gravity, push you weight forward and shove back at the moment of contact.
If you're the one charging , again shield should be high so you don't get skewered on your way in. Find the weak point in the line, the guy peeking over the top of his shelf and looking shaky and aim between him and his partner. Don't go straight on, charge at an angle so you break the formation. Finally, lower your center of gravity right before contact and lift up when you hit.
How do u know all this
Correct
@@kanyenorth2605 Pretty basic kinesiology and physics. Extremely similar principles to an (American) football defensive linemen trying to get past an offensive linemen.
You are the guy I wanted besides me in the shieldwall
@@HALO3SC0UT07 That is a huge compliment dude. I respect that.
Archers were so much more OP in battle back in the day than TV or games reveal. Good archers could annihilate almost any formation. Even the shield wall wasn't completely immune.
Good archer requires a lot of equipment and training, most archers were levied only 1 on 20-30 houses.
They were certainly effective throughout history till late middle ages.
Now that's a BIG bear🐻
Man really got out of a moving car in gta 3 before he charged
iff thats a charge i got nothing to fear when i'm on my own
Me and my family when the cousins visit.
Bear: My cousin
Good times.
Wow he really charged into that shield wall 😂
Most Battles were like the last love parade. But with the difference that everybody would have weapons.
Bear seemed scared
Poor teddy bear didn’t want to hurt himself.
I thought they were gunna use an actual bear, but they brought sth bigger 😂
Looks like he stopped before impact.
gonna get bear to charge at the wall - Bear: NO BRAINAHHOO
A shield wall has the strength of every man all along the line at any given point
He hit the breaks forsure
The way he completely lowers his shield when the dude yells "Shields!" is honestly embarrassing...
This formation was also hard to break because if you wanted to run away you would have to disturb the formation and make your way through your comrades which nobody was willing to do this would make them fight until the last man
I thought it was gonna be a real bear
Same lol
The combined strength of a a lot of people in an interlocked shield wall is incredibly impressive. With the right equipment and training, I'd say that they probably could push back against an actual bear.
depends on which bear
@@delanovanraalte3646 Shield walls were able to push back entire armies, cavalry charges, and in the case of the Romans, they were able to hold back entire war elephants.
Personally, I think that if 100 people with years of training equipped with steel shields in a testudo formation or a phalanx could easily push back a few grizzlies or a polar bear. Depending on how strong the shield bearers are they could potentially force the bears into a tight space and force them to fight each other. After all, the Romans and the Greeks were able to do the exact same thing to entire armies that had cavalry, war elephants, siege machines etc, so a few bears wouldn't stand much of a chance.
Plus in the real shield wall you’d have people behind you helping you keep balance and supporting you if you did fall
@@lukesimmons897 Yep. Many people underestimate how truly powerful a shield wall is. Even if you fell in battle, there's a good chance that the shield bearers behind you would still be keeping your body standing and pushing you forwards.
@@paudiedaly22 exactly! And if you fall in battle you got someone else to take your place
Announcement :No bear was hurt 📢
He kinda explained a phalanx which Spartans mostly used
Yeah
Because in the end it's all the same. Virtually all war waging cultures figured out that it's smart to protect yourself with a shield and even smarter to stand next to someone else with a shield. The rest falls in place from there.
Bear looks 5’9 😂
Not all bears are tall you ignorant ahole
Yes, he did in fact slow down before impact, tbh I think that was more for the sake of his shoulder than theirs
Germany came from a shield 😂 😂😂
That line of shields won't hold up long against volleys of arrows !
As long as they don't flinch, it probably could hold against a bear.
My ass thought they would pull a grizzly out of a cage or something 😂
Mr. Bear lacked the encouragement from a Mega pint of Beer. He failed.
That's not bear that's Hagrid😂
Oohhh… THAT kind of bear.. 😅
ngl it kinda looks like he went lightly but thats me
There has to be other people that thought they were gonna stab bear 😂
The vikings only had circle forms of shields.
Mfs in 1200 ad:
"Bear" is not fully committed. 😜
Those puny shields, though.
Bear hits like a cub
Yes
POV tabs irl
I thought it was a bear but it was somebody named bear
Bear was pretty pathetic. I know 10 year olds that can hit harder than that.
The bear: What a PAIN!
Shield: I'M WALL YOU KNOW?
Red rover red rover, send bear right over.
bear as real
bro that sheild is just like germany
Remember that there at times would be another rank or two behind them, with this and another decent factor they can reppel cavalry, like at Hastings where they had loads of missile weaponry and a hight advantage and thus could withstand a few cavalry charges even frontally
I can see why his parents named him Bear.
He's like the mc in an isekai world
first disappointment was that it wasn’t a real bear, second is the charge.
Looks like Hagrid from Harry Potter.
Bear reminds me of Hagrid 😂
I wonder what if you were to quickly drill a crowd like that at a protest before riot police arrives
The Time Traveler Enlists into the army
They need more shields
Bear only used 1% of his power to prove the point
Imagine he'd be like:
To test its effectiveness *points at the bear charging out of the forest* ORDER, SHIELD, WALL, WEAPON, GET READY FOR IMPACT
Weakest charge ever
Everyones like "Oh I thought itd be a real bear!" What are you talking about that bear is a druid hes just in human form right now.
Bro its Han solo from year 1066💀
The videos in this series look like a tv show on the history channel
Anticlimax to say the least
Teddy* Bear. That charge was weak as piss.
Supremely disappointed, i didn't know bear was a person
He’s pulling back. He should charge like a bear not a cat!
I hoped for a real bear but that guy was close enough
the concept is good, however the shields are way too small
Pretty cool until some archer shoots your legs out.
The legs:what about me
As if you going to survive getting close.
Welp, they spoke the truth. I can’t dislike.
Ray Lewis could run through that
I know it wasn’t gonna happen...
But wow did I want to see a shield wall of men fight off an actual bear lol
Glad to see Doug from the office can join his fellow Vikings
Bear was knackered after walking to the front. I've partaken in and watched these reenacters. Usually fat, unfit geeks with beards. I was also part of a group that supplied extras for movies and those guys were usually much fitter nd some left to start training for the Battle of the nations combat teams. Those guys are animals.
The shield wall would not be effective against arrows to the knee.
Those shields are tiny. More like a buckler
Who else thought thy was Jamie Lannister
why did they give him such a small shield
One dude had a sheild of the German flag💀💀
Now what I was expecting not gonna lie
well that was unexpected
Is that what a viking would look like..
To bad bear slowed down before hitting the wall...
There are Greek art showing this used against lions, which lived in Greece till 100 AD. Preventing fires and floods as the presence of lions change the movements of animals and man so vegetation is healthy.
*Hagrid has been unleashed
Is that Jamie Lancaster
Why did he slow down before ramming?
Tabs hoptile training