@uberbeeg
Did you know the creators of the biggest advancements in explosives, gunpowder, TNT and atomic all regretted it. A Chinese alchemist left notes warning people not to use his powder, Noble regretted TNT so much he created an award for people doing their best to avoid war, Oppenhiemer quoted an ancient text and called himself the destroyer of worlds.
@Houndf
No mention of the Hwacha? Literally arrow artillery that could fire 100-200 arrows!
@Eyes0penNoFear
I need one of those ship grabby things! The nearest coast is 500 miles away though, so I'm not sure what I'll do with it..
@noelhutchins7366
Archimedes' mirror already works, a curved building coalesces hundreds of square feet of window to melt anything in the plaza at its base.
@cherrydragon3120
The Corvus is an amazing device. Even today they use it but modernised. Naval Bridges and Tank platforms with extending bridges are a thing to cross canyons and rivers even today Also... siege towers had a secret, BECAUSE they were set on fire the front was often dressed up in a layer of Wet leather or metal plates to prevent fire from putting the tower on fire
@maxlevedgeful
Trebuchets were known to all civilisations from the castle age. The best were the Japanese ones with 50% faster packing/unpacking.
@gruntopolouski5919
Kinda funny that “War Elephants” was followed by “Greek Fire”… I mean, seeing elephants for the first time as an attacking force would be beyond terrifying - like the first soldiers facing tanks in WW1. And just like in WW1, the dominance of the elephant/tank only lasted until word got back and counters developed. For elephants, caltrops and fire would be great deterrents… and ironically, the same would work vs tanks, scaled up, of course. Anti-tank “hedgehogs” are just large caltrops, after all…
@stevinharper3551
Trebuchet is a well known weapon don't really belong on this list. Same with elephants in ancient times. Kingdoms in India and Hannibal.
@jerry52346
I mixed pine resin and sawdust all ground fine as needed. Used as a propellant to light a mix of lamp oil. made a giant flam out the front of the pipe.
@walterlyzohub8112
Archimedes light weapon was tried as a number of mirrors held by students onto a ship model and got it started burning. This was reported years ago by a paper done by a teacher with students. Each student could direct his mirror onto one spot.
@OutdoorAntic
What I've learned is that these are "ancient weapons you never knew actually existed because they didn't last very long because they were absolutely terrible."
@jenniferlopez8495
Surprisingly most of these I already heard of since I was little from Age of Empires 2
@kensmith5694
You don't cut a rope to fire a weapon. They used more clever triggering systems than that. It usually involved the rope looping over a post of some kind and the post tilting to release the rope.
@SungsilNo.1
The singijun was a ancient Korean weapon used during the Joseon Dynasty. Once the fuse was lit, 100 rockets were launched at once.
@slicingonions4398
Mythbusters couldn't recreate the glass mirror that could set ships on fire they tried on 2 different occasions. Great video!
@sandhilltucker
most ships in that time were held together with pitch/tar which could melt if heated enough.
@theblackantonio
Scythed chariots died out because chariots were poor weapons of war - they cost too much and were replaced by cavalry.
@ringleader5150
This hits harder after Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
@FluttershyIsAGoddess
1:16 It says happy in his mouth when the projectile lands. LOL
@Zenith118