The Serpentine - Medieval Gun Animation

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  • @modernmajorgeneral4669
    @modernmajorgeneral4669 Місяць тому +168

    Gotta love proto-breechloaders.

  • @JakalTalk
    @JakalTalk 28 днів тому +78

    I like how it just has a bunch of rocks to keep it from flying away

    • @mateuszbanaszak4671
      @mateuszbanaszak4671 27 днів тому +14

      Nothing changes.
      Similiary with farming equipment.
      You can buy the most fancy and expensive plow for your tractor, but one day you *WILL* put a big rock or a slab of concrete on it, to weight it up.

    • @lepaj6902
      @lepaj6902 21 день тому

      A fat wife is even better, because she will get on the machine herself

  • @liszarezo3658
    @liszarezo3658 Місяць тому +86

    Breechloaders were know from the start, but without strog enough material "lost face" was wery possible.

    • @user-kg2jw3we6b
      @user-kg2jw3we6b 29 днів тому +6

      They would break do to unsuitable materials.

  • @jakelynch5113
    @jakelynch5113 2 місяці тому +61

    damm I thought they were muzzle loaded, seems pretty advanced for its time

    • @mediumaevum
      @mediumaevum  2 місяці тому +27

      Breech loaded guns were invented as early as the 14th century, according to Wikipedia and other sources.

    • @Mr101editz
      @Mr101editz Місяць тому +7

      @@mediumaevumand semi automatic muskets by the 17th!

    • @CoolKid-qk7tl
      @CoolKid-qk7tl Місяць тому +5

      Yeah, but they did have a tendency to explode

    • @Irobert1115HD
      @Irobert1115HD Місяць тому +8

      @@CoolKid-qk7tl well there was a gun that forgotten weapons showed off several years ago that was a wheel lock hunting musket wich had a breach AND proto cartridges.

    • @miroslavzima8856
      @miroslavzima8856 Місяць тому +2

      @@CoolKid-qk7tl If I remember correctly, soldiers who were operating mortars and cannons had pretty high salaries. Maybe becuse they were often killed or mutilated by failing equipment.

  • @Gunga_FAB.50
    @Gunga_FAB.50 14 днів тому +4

    The pre-set vertical guidance holes are really funny
    top for "down there"
    second for "right there"
    third for "a little over there"
    and the bottom for "way out there"

  • @user-ih9wz3vh7y
    @user-ih9wz3vh7y Місяць тому +11

    Единственный механизм работы огнестрельного оружия который я полностью понимаю

  • @sun_600
    @sun_600 16 днів тому +2

    That mechanism very popular especially in china 14th century

  • @Aven-Sharma1991
    @Aven-Sharma1991 17 днів тому +2

    For when a thief breaks into your home

  • @lucaballarati9694
    @lucaballarati9694 27 днів тому +7

    Wait, they DID know how to take out the chamber to reload faster? Why the fuck was this never done for handguns?

    • @viniciusaraujolago
      @viniciusaraujolago 25 днів тому +7

      Breach loading was known since the 14th century, the problem was making it with consistent quality steel and advanced steel work. Let's say most of those early cannons tended to shatter and transform their crews into grown brief with relative frequency... To ensure that this happened less they would try to make them thicker, it would be impractical to make a handgun that would be reasonably safe with a breach loading system at that time
      That's why muzzleloaders were favored until the the arrival of the industrial revolution

    • @markdombrovan8849
      @markdombrovan8849 25 днів тому +2

      You can have faster reload with breach-loader or higher pressure and heavier loads for much more firepower. When the target is a stone wall 2-3 meters thick - the choice is obvious

    • @MrVohveli
      @MrVohveli 19 днів тому +2

      Your brain will explode when you find out the first car was actually electric. This happens with tech through out history: we start at where we'd like to be, but can't so we work around it until we can.

  • @MrNintoku
    @MrNintoku 24 дні тому +2

    Where does the charge go in? How does it handle the recoil?

    • @omygod8637
      @omygod8637 23 дні тому +1

      Idk about recoil but if I had to guess the gunpowder is inside that little back part they took out.

  • @kolyqwerty3721
    @kolyqwerty3721 14 днів тому

    Большой патрон. Потом уменьшили и засунул в автомат. в ружье :)

  • @chuckaddison5134
    @chuckaddison5134 Місяць тому +1

    No powder charge?

    • @Victor-056
      @Victor-056 Місяць тому +2

      The breech at the end was loaded with powder as the shot was loaded. It basically works like a primative howitzer.

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 Місяць тому +4

    Mediaeval superiority
    Super breach loading technology

  • @qbpdnguyen2844
    @qbpdnguyen2844 Місяць тому +1

    Guys we need that music

    • @mediumaevum
      @mediumaevum  Місяць тому +2

      And some voice over. I plan on making a video some day about medieval weapons. With voice over and music :). Stay tuned.

    • @qbpdnguyen2844
      @qbpdnguyen2844 Місяць тому

      @@mediumaevum I mean the wild west meme music

  • @magesalmanac6424
    @magesalmanac6424 25 днів тому +1

    Wow. How large was this? I need to see a banana for scale.

  • @nexia5
    @nexia5 20 днів тому

    Gentlemen, HOWBITZEN

  • @theprancingprussian
    @theprancingprussian 26 днів тому

    Pretty accurate representation
    Breechloaders were left behind for good gas pressure and more velocity until efficient breech loaders took back the stafe in the 1850s

  • @level98bearhuntingarmor
    @level98bearhuntingarmor 25 днів тому +1

    "Erm akshualy it wasn't Holy, Roman or-