MOST Incredible Ancient Weapons

It hasn’t always been guns, bombs, and missiles. People of the past fought wars and battles, yes, but not with the artillery we have today. Ancient civilizations utilized the materials available to them; wood, metal, fire, and stone made for some pretty creative weapons back in the day. But as simple as these weapons might seem (by today’s standards), don’t fool yourself – some ancient weapons were extremely lethal when wielded by a skilled hand. Permission to stand at ease, as we count down Today the Top 15 Most Effective Ancient Weapons.

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[Hackanhacker]

Man those flexible blade look more scary to handle than being in front of them

[HarverTheSlayer]

I have to say: I find it rather amusing that half of these weapons are wielded by unique units in Age of Empires 2.

[yalilbrothegonewild]

I study some medieval weapons and I learned 2 from this video. Awsome work

[adkyya]

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.

[thepantyraid]

"they would consume hallucinogens and slice and tear at each other until one or both were dead" that part made me laugh so hard because of how wild of a visual my mind produced

[aviatorg]

Billhook and Mambele looking awesome and tactically attackable weapons..

[ravindras]

Bow and arrow is all time winner. Used for war as well as hunting and also for sports. It is clear winner.

[michaelbrownlee]

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.

[faselfasel]

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.

[stevenbaer]

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.

[KarateTVtraditional]

Nice information
Just enjoyed the presentation

[gerhardo]

Great content and even more of a pleasure to watch as the creator uses the metric system as well to explain sizes.

[sumitgpatil]

#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"

[SprikSprak]

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.

[dianamitchell]

Yes! Thank you for sharing this. I needed to see this today.

[dm]

Just thinking, Urumi’s biggest weakness is ricocheting to yourself after hitting an enemy or a wall

[manusankarbabu]

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

[bigboymuslim]

The Urumi is the level 1000 dads belt he used as a whip.

[amalraj]

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.

[samkwon]

The multiple rocket launchers are most advanced in ancient weapon in this video.