MOST Incredible Ancient Weapons 

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

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.😂

*slings have entered the voice chat*

And bow and arrow is still very popular today

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

it's going on like "we know god is white coz we are white" 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 yeah what's that KOPI or copy 🌝😂🤣🤣🤣

Khukri is far superior and no it didn't come from falcata or kopis. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ykdAFTEHxKk.html

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.

all for the entertainment of the king. imagine being that king what a sick f**k he was.

Actually that was Vajra mushti (Diamond Fist), not wagh nakh. Vajra mushti was a sharp knuckleduster. The ones used in competitions were made of wood or bone, not metal. Wagh nakh were also used to grab someone's wrist. The person will drop whatever he holds (could be a bag of gold or a sword). The only recorded use of the wagh nakh in war was when Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed the Bijapur General Afzal Khan at a meeting and, in the ensuing confusion, He managed to capture over 15% of the Bijapur territories.

@@mukkimerc856 lol all ancient kings around the world are sick fucks only 10% of all kings were actually "ethical" the rest were quite brutal since they want people to be scared of them

They still do it in Chicago, Detroit and San Francisco.

Sorry for being boring but I actually think this sick and cruel af

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

I don't think urmi can even cut through clothes

@@adityasharma485 it can cause heavy damages

Nadar community

@@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

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.

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 ,

Pretty much any weapon from India before the arrival of Europeans was for show and intimidation with little to no practical value.

I own a modern pair and it was advertised as "ice climbing claws"

"or" Not everyone works in dumbfuckastan units.

@@staticman1263 No, just Myanmar, Liberia and the US. 🤣

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797Exactly. Just them

@@staticman1263 Why did you delete your previous comment? Did I own you too hard?

he said or several centimetres not of

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

@@user-qr2xt2wk6x South Korea has no culture of its own

@@wei3720 Corona is a definite invention developed by China.

从中国偷的

I followed that channel since 2016 damn his voice is so iconic

Yeah, me too

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

@@user-mi8qi2uo9j *SAD KOREAN NOISE*

@@wagenlowyikhang7019 by SAD CH**SE RAT NOISE

@@wagenlowyikhang7019 so pitty... have a happy zero corona time forever with your leader honeybear poo ^^♡

Metric system is for the low brow.

​@@bluezero8557 It's *lowbrow not low brow, you lowbrow

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?

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

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

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.

@@user-nf3kz9ee2nㄴㄴ 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.

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.

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

Qin also had large Chu-Ko-Nu, stationed on the wall and also manned by 2 to 3 men.

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.

@@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.

@@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.

@@takaakiyamada5451 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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

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.

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

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.

That would depend on the material used for the limbs and the string, wouldn't it. If the weapon was a fixed defensive mount, you could use both hands to arm it and so use materials with greater tensile and compressive strength to propel the arrow further.

Let s me show you its feature hahahaha

Joerg Sprave is a 7th century berserker who survived time and war to show us all of the features!

Practitioner also matters.

Bruh the pounds of force of old bows aren’t comparable to new bows. The old bows has waaay more force in their bows than the new ones. The new bows are not meant to kill humans and the old bows are. The videos he also used from the people that recreated them, dont even use the real bow construction. The chinese used a couple variants of very strong bow constructions for those crossbows. The typical one was basically a longbow crossbow that could shoot easily between 50 to 150m for upcoming enemies and such. and they had a smaller recurve version that was for short distance targets. Up to 15 to 30m

And you would be split into million useless pieces from far standing before you even you realize.

@@abrakidabra And then you would wake up and realize reality was different. Getting offended by the truth - has there been anything more hilarious on the internet? Highly improbable.

@@SoberDiogenes It's nothing about getting offended. Pls re read if you can read. It seems though you just got offended when truth is explained. I completed where you stopped thinking. Loose talk is not an etiquette just because we can.

@@abrakidabra Illegible mental gymnastics - that's even funnier.

@@abrakidabra Why do you wish me such bad things? Did I ever wish you harm?

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！

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.

Ol

The definition of "small arms" is everything between Pistols and Assault Rifles, so there are plenty of small arms, the FN Five-Seven for example, that are capable of penetrating class 3A body armor. Yet still very impressive that something of the 1300's does the same job.

Lllq

Nah verry poorly done. Renember mongols or ottoman empire? who ruled world like 600 years ? yeah no weaponry from the proven best ones.

The whole point of modern body armour is to stop supersonic or near sonic rounds, the speed works against it. Thats why some very effective bullet proof materials were not stab proof. Its easy to make armour to defeat ancient arms...steel. Thicker steel. The same steel a round will punch a neat hole in at 600yrds. Youre comparing apples with oranges.

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.

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).

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

That was only after battle and when Johnnie or Jack came home …