Petardier - The Most Dangerous Job in History?

Petardiers were special units of late medieval and early renaissance armies.
These explosive specialists were not engaged in open battles, but only during sieges where their skills were the most useful.

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Created by Daniel Turner

Narrator:

Chris Kane

[edwardbryan]

This must be the great grandfather of C4 breaching charges.

[patriarch]

A moment of silence for the many brave petardiers that died in my Age of Empires 2 campaigns.

[Fun_Syz]

“Where their skills were most useful.”

Skills include: *RUN*

[javierpatag]

Your animation of a petardier marching to his target looks like he's thinking, "I hate this job, I hate this job, I hate this job..."

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Sounds like a job that only someone with a short fuse can handle.

[someguy]

Imagine “breach and clear with no fear” in medieval times lol

[wrednax]

Everyone gangsta until they hear *"Petarde has been planted"*

[ashina]

and yet the Aztec, Mayan, and Incas can get these units while completely lacking Gunpowder.

[beinggayisonlyafractionofm]

Japan ever since samurai ages:
"I like suicide"
Petardiers: Me too

[meeper]

You guys should do a video on the “germans ww2 heavy water”

[Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Everybody gangsta till the petardier starts petardiering

[cceme]

*Sees a undefended wall*
Petardiers: so anyways I started blasting

[LuigianoMariano]

Kamikaze: ...Am I a joke to you?
Petardier: No. You are my descendant.

[sanjenyasha]

The first *"FBI OPEN UP"* Meme

[MadmanEpic]

"we need a directed explosive"
"let's just fill a cauldron with gunpowder"
"sounds good"

[schatzkammerein]

if Age of Empires has taught me anything, these guys always have a one way ticket.

[HSMiyamoto]

" Have fun storming the castle" said no one ever in real life.

[Momo_Kawashima]

"Bro let's put a firecracker in the toilet" brought to a whole new level

[someguy]

These guys were literal suicide bombers in AoE 2, lol. They'd get to their target and just blow up. xD

[blackegret]

So these guys are basically medieval sappers, nice!