From Matchlocks to Wheel-Locks in Early America -- 1500 to 1740 

Excellent video. But if my memory serves me right, while talking about the "arquebus ", the weapon shown from around 1:34 is a type of snap-matchlock called the " tanegashima" which was made in feudal Japan. You can even see that the serpentine(the curved metal bar that is designed to hold the slow match) rests on a horizontal V-spring ready to "snap" the burning match on to the priming powder in the pan. The Portuguese introduced firearms into Japan during their expeditions in the early 1600s. The Japanese quickly adopted the new firearms and modified the design to suit their gunners. Expert metalworkers were abundant in Japan at the time and they managed to produce these in substantial numbers. The "arquebus" employed a far simpler lock(if it can even be called that) and was used in Iberia in the late 15th to early 16th century. It was distinct because it didn't have any spring and the serpentine and the bar(which continued to the underside of the buttstock and pulling which lowered the serpentine) was a continuous piece that acted as a lever which was pivoted on a pin on the outside of the stock.

That "German" Accent fucked my brain real hard

I wish Total War added more matchlock musket wars

This part (2:23) doesn't show a Pikeman, but instead actually shows a Halberdier, a soldier during the Spanish Inquisition that was like pikeman, but welded a Halberd rather than a Pike, and were used as a secondary option in contrast to Pikeman for melee warfare, while Arquebusiers/Musketeers were used more for ranged combat.

at the moment I am building a wheellock cavalry pistol. Your video is a nice footage to that. Thanks a lot

Its the same for portugal and Ming Dynasty china。The portugese were armed with arquebuses and muskets which were slow to load but had a long range and great accurcey。On the other hand，the Chinese soldiers were still mainly armed with ancinet weapons and hand cannons which were fast to load but had a short range and low accurcey。

Loved the video. Beautiful pieces displayed especially the wheellocks. An area that barely gets representation

This was great! On to Flintlocks next!

the most amazing 11 minutes of my day (so far). Good job!

The pox, and other illnesses like it were not weapons, the damage that they did would have occurred regardless of the actions or intentions of the Europeans.

Then from wheellocks to(early flint designs)flintlocks and then from flintlocks to caplocks and then from caplocks to metallic cartridges

The only thing I hate about these channels is I find them really late at night when my eyes can't stay open but I just want to finish the video lol.

German dude at the end of the 16th Century: Ah, yes. I get credit for the volley line. Oda Nobunaga in mid-16th Century Nihon: Am I joke to you? Oda Nobunaga (the First Great Unifier of Japan), who wholeheartedly adopted the use of firearms (after the introduction of Portuguese arquebuses, in the 1540's), famously used the volley line at the Battle of Nagashino, in 1575. (He had already developed the tactic earlier.) There, Oda employed three lines of 1000 arquebusiers, with 1000 firing their tanegashima (locally made (Japanese) guns), then falling back to reload, as the next two subsequent ranks fired. Also of note, the Takeda clan, the Oda and Tokugawa clans' opponents, believed the Oda tanegashima to be useless, due to wet weather soaking the powder and fuses. However, the Oda clan had boxes over the pan, which prevented the powder from getting wet. Needless to say, the Takeda clan lost... horribly. The Japanese were especially adept at early firearms, in those days before the end of the Sengoku Jidai (period). The number of tanegashima produced was greater than all of the arquebuses of Europe combined. Some Japanese continued to produce tanegashima until the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) Jidai (the end of Shogunate Japan, 1865), as the gun replaced the yumi/yajiri (bow and arrow), or long pikes/swords, as the primary weapon of ashigaru (foot soldiers) and Samurai. (Yeah, the kitana was NOT the primary weapon of the Samurai, nor was it really ever.) Contrary to what fiction has one believe, the last days of the Samurai were dominated not by the Uchigitana (Kitana), but by the gun. The true events behind "The Last Samurai", during the Boshin War, near the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, had the Samurai fighting with their swords, only because they had run out of munitions, and decided on a suicidal charge. Just a little credit where it's due. Oda Nobunaga was an absolute beast, and an interesting study, as is the whole of late Sengoku Jidai Nihon.

The Spanish Tercios introduced the invention of the Arquebus mixing it with traditional spikemen. El gran Capitán ( Mr.Cordova) revolutionized battles with this new technology first in Europe and then in America for 150 years domintating the battlefield.

The idea that spain weaponized diseases is F A R beyond the scope of this documentary. Entirely different conversation. Plagues were ripping through native populations before Europeans even arrived. Could have been from the south pacific. Very problematic

I noticed you used a tanegashima as an example

Love Joshua Graham's narration

The musket was not favored because of faster loading which is an oxymoron. Not saying either does take 5 mins to reload a musket at all. In fact about 1 min and a few secs so long you have your pattern down. But crossbow were indeed a much faster arms to reload. The musket was favored for it's fire Power and near single shot ability to kill.

The words of the French about gallent men being slain by the most cowered just brings me to new level 💔

2:25 why was that Spanish soldier wearing a British sword?

I find it hard to believe that a matchlock rifle loads faster than a x-bow. It depends on what type of x-bow, I think.

Fortunately, the nose hadn't been invented before 1632, rendering the problem of the smell of the matchlock irrelevant. But with the inception and widespread popularity of Monsieur Snouts novel new technology, it became necessary to improve the nature of firearms ignition systems.

What's the name of the guy doing the voiceover? I've heard his voice at Jamestown

Match lock, flint lock, roll lock!

The wheel lock made a huge comeback in 1932... In the form of the Zippo and Ronson Original Windproof cigarette/cigar lighters.

One mistake: a common prejudice is to credit to the measles epidemy. for the success of the Spanish conquest. Measles affected equally (if not more because of their closer proximity) to the Spanish allies, namely the Tlaxcaltecas and other groups that formed a confederacy against their archrivals: the Aztecs. Anyway, in the fall of Tenochtitlan, the ratio of Spanish to Aztecs was several hundred Aztecs for every Spanish. The ratio ratio between the Aztecs and the Tlaxcaltecan confederacy was 1.2 to 1. This data is taken from recent lectures from professors of the UNAM, experts on their field, of course.

😂 3:05 😂sus😂

I'd like to learn more about late 15th and early 16th century European guns, does any one know where I should look for sources?

I wish theres a game like this

3:05 whence the impersonator is suspicious (among us)

"the late 16th and early 17th centuries were the glory days of the Caribbean pirates" No?? Do you have your centuries mixed up? Golden age of piracy was late 1600's and early 1700s = the late 17th century and early 18th century. Also pretty sure flintlocks were not invented in the "mid 16th century."

the background music is mars

"Argh!" 🏴‍☠️

Faster rate of fire than a crossbow? What kind? If we're talking about heavy crossbows that's mainly for sieging and castle defense, then sure. If perhaps we're talking about the french mounted crossbowmen (cranequinier) that uses a cranequin to span their crossbows, then sure. But if we're talking about field crossbowmen that uses a spanning belt or a goat's foot lever to span the crossbow, then that's a big no. These field deployed crossbowmen were more common than mounted the mounted ones or the one intended for siege/castle defense.

Dear friends, I have an old japanese teppo, 130 cm long, 12.5 mm bore, Hormady .480 round balls with patch, 2.8 grams of Swiss black powder No. 3, but when I shoot, I guarantee you, I'm always afraid. Black powder and fuse they do not get along ...and use glasses to protect yourself. Saluti dal Tiro a Segno Nazionale di Milano, ciao.

9:16 This is what you like

Formation

There’s all sorts of wrong things here.

My friend own an Aquabis.

Am I the only one suffering from the Mandela effect? I thought guns were made in the 1600s

Handcanon

Idk why the wheel locks never took off

How about Malacca bro?All in this videos is scammers not true facts.😂