A Weapon Fit For a DEMON

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  • @Syrkyth
    @Syrkyth 7 годин тому +10

    I think people tend to forget how devastating fire was in the pre-industrial era. Most rain/water-proofing was done with oils, fats, wax or bitumen based sealants.
    All very flammable.
    Metal armour needs to be oiled to keep it rust resistant. Leather needs oiling to keep it flexible. Padding absorbs oils like a wick.
    Aim a focused flame at an armoured infantry assault and you get a lot more than singed pumpkins and melting styrofoam (nevermind that being able to throw flames at any opponents face is ridiculously damaging - goodbye hair, eyelids, lungs etc).

  • @yungwoodsgaming2875
    @yungwoodsgaming2875 День тому +550

    In the next episode of "Eddging the ATF" is it really a cannon if I made it by hand? 😂

    • @rowanfynes898
      @rowanfynes898 День тому +11

      PAUSE...

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 День тому +77

      Solid shot cannons, even newly made cannons, as long as they’re black powder muzzleloaders, are fully legal in the US

    • @beskamir5977
      @beskamir5977 День тому +19

      @@eazy8579 Considering some madlads built fully functional tank replicas near Las Vagas citing the second amendment, I'm inclined to think that it'd be legally fine to make any kind of weapon in the US as long as it's not breaking any other safety related laws and remains on your property.

    • @MeepChangeling
      @MeepChangeling День тому +14

      @@eazy8579 So is making your own cartage based gun, as long as it's not automatic. Source: My cousin is a gunsmith.

    • @kevinroberts781
      @kevinroberts781 День тому +5

      You can honestly make anything you want at home. ATF can't do anything about it

  • @angrystrawberry-4tf6g
    @angrystrawberry-4tf6g День тому +317

    I'm glad I got to this before youtube dose.

  • @rostahornak8764
    @rostahornak8764 21 годину тому +26

    You don't even have to go cast iron for cannons. Austria-Hungary was making bronze cannons up until the end of WW1 and these were smokeless powder breachloaders. The cast iron is going to be much harder and more dangerous to work with, I think.

    • @simpslayer3856
      @simpslayer3856 19 годин тому +3

      Cast iron also gets more brittle with multiple shots and will eventually shatter and explode. however when a Bronze cannon fails most of the time it just bulges the barrel.

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 7 годин тому +2

      @@simpslayer3856 Exactly. The only two down sides to bronze over cast iron are cost and weight. Unfortunately cost and weight are typically rather important factors for an army. But as for a youtube demonstration bronze is absolutely the way to go. It's easy to cast and easy to bore. Cast iron, of any shape, is an absolute bitch to get right, and boring it out without cheating and using modern carbide tools is going to be one frustrating exercise in hardening, tempering and sharpening the cutting edge. And all this is before we consider the nightmare of impurities causing grain size issues and stress points from differential cooling.

  • @robchilders
    @robchilders День тому +97

    Brings back fond memories of a young me playing with black powder liberated from my grandfather. Never forget the surprise of "Poof!" no eyebrows. Glad you kept yours during filming.

  • @hardrivethrutown
    @hardrivethrutown День тому +52

    really hate the direction youtube has gone in the last few years
    keep up the good work

    • @Imaboss8ball
      @Imaboss8ball День тому +1

      It's because of the consumer. Consumers want UA-cam to take some responsibility for certain things. This resulted in certain laws and regulations all around the world. These laws and regulations significantly reduced the profitability of certain content. Hence demonetization and age restriction. Age restriction is particularly problematic due to laws requiring UA-cam to actually verify age. Consumers don't want UA-cam to actually verify their age and would prefer to not watch adult content. Hence the significant drop in view count. With unverified ages UA-cam can't exactly push adult content out. If UA-cam accidentally pushes adult content to a child they can get in trouble.

    • @lodinl646
      @lodinl646 8 годин тому +1

      Elon should buy UA-cam😂

  • @spinosaurusagypticus484
    @spinosaurusagypticus484 День тому +64

    I can Whole heartedly say I stop everything i'm doing when I see a new How to make Everything Video Andy, This is an amazing series as long as you are having fun you aren't wasting your time .

  • @jonaslidstrom7006
    @jonaslidstrom7006 День тому +57

    I think, if I remember it right, that the crusaders used fire lances to defend the narrow breatch in the wall, as they defended forts on Malta against the Ottomans from Istanbul. So, the application here is defence of a narrow passage way, where you can stick one Lance after the other in the face of the attackers, blinding them with light and smoke and create at least wounded casualties that needed to be helped back (might have been even permanently blinded)
    The defence held but the commander him self got wonder or something.

    • @jwessel1969
      @jwessel1969 День тому +13

      One of my first thoughts was using against someone climbing a scaling ladder, but defending a narrow passage also makes a lot of sense.

    • @josephpotter5766
      @josephpotter5766 День тому +12

      The fire lances (known as 'trumps', yes really), employed by the Knights of St John were one of a whole selection of "anti-personnel fireworks" employed during the great siege of Malta. They were rendered even more extremely effective than normal because the Jannisary troopers wore long flowing robes that ignited easily.
      The most devestating of these fire weapons was the 'firework hoop' a light wooden hoop that was coated in an incendiary mixture, lit and thrown in groups down the slope outside the forts via long metal tongs. These hoops would bounce and tumble through the advancing forces, toppling over to entangle them, igniting clothes and breaking up charges.

  • @Lostinsaidsauce
    @Lostinsaidsauce День тому +30

    Being homeless bombas has definitely brought me socks at multiple shelters and church’s I’ve gone to and when they come out people perfer them to anything else given to us. Definitely a great company to get behind

  • @Snarlacc
    @Snarlacc День тому +4

    You can change the effect of the flame with the composition of the powder, something that burns less violently but spits burning clumps of sulfur for example if you add sulfur or maybe using some fine powder with clumps mixed in.

  • @generalvictorironraven.1347
    @generalvictorironraven.1347 День тому +8

    there is a pretty shot bit in Princess Mononoke where a soldier uses a fire lance to fend off one of the wolves.

  • @alexbrewer9930
    @alexbrewer9930 12 годин тому +2

    The only firelances in (nondocumentary) media that I can recall of the top of my head are those used in Princess Mononoke.

  • @3isr3g3n
    @3isr3g3n День тому +5

    Again at Sandlands, these guys are awesome.

  • @leftthisblank8496
    @leftthisblank8496 День тому +16

    Another great video. I think you are getting shadow banned. It’s been a while since I got a notification from this channel. However the notification for this video popped up real quick

    • @ro5alia
      @ro5alia День тому

      you may have suggested notifications on and not all

  • @EvilPandaGMan2
    @EvilPandaGMan2 День тому +3

    I appreciate the educational content of this series :) Really entertaining!

  • @andresarias1612
    @andresarias1612 День тому +3

    I hope you don't get demonetized, your content is super nice!!! Total support!!!

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 День тому +1

    i got to 7:25 before i realized you guys are LITERALLY performing *expertimental archeology*
    a niche (gaining in popularity!) field of archeology where we experimentally try to recreate the actions of our ancestors for science.

  • @RealAndySkibba
    @RealAndySkibba День тому +19

    Haven't found the edge of YT yet. Glad so see it here!

  • @TheReykjavik
    @TheReykjavik День тому +41

    I'm not convinced that youtube shadowbans gun content, because youtube shorts pushes that shit like crazy.

    • @hellreavernz1739
      @hellreavernz1739 День тому +2

      hitchcock45 did

    • @Varadiio
      @Varadiio День тому +4

      The specifics really don't matter as viewers because the way the algorithms work vary too often too keep track, and the actual policies are both ridiculous and vague. The truth is that UA-cam makes it more difficult to do the content, and demonetization is common for even showing a firearm. I'd like to point out here that demonetization (or limited which is a massive downgrade from already low earnings) is effectively erasing the video for content creators, while also earning UA-cam money. It's abusive. If not for Patreon or merch, which cannot be a factor in UA-cam's business model, most guntubers couldn't make regular quality content. UA-cam needs a kick in the teeth, and we just might get it soon with recent eyes on Google.

    • @alexbrewer9930
      @alexbrewer9930 12 годин тому +1

      UA-cam shorts is aimed at different audiences, so the advertising profile is different. Also, what @Varadiio said

    • @RichardCranium321
      @RichardCranium321 2 години тому

      only with certain creators

  • @cameron5802
    @cameron5802 10 годин тому

    It is genuinely impressive that you can both hold those downwards without losing fuel as it burns, and the fact that it also performed as well as it did kind of blew me away.

  • @longtallzach9
    @longtallzach9 День тому +3

    I have been waiting years for you to get to this point!!

  • @zalseon4746
    @zalseon4746 День тому +1

    I'm REALLY exicted to see what you do for the electric era. Semiconductors to diodes to transistors is gonna be such a trip

  • @8pplexd
    @8pplexd День тому +18

    “Welcome to another episode of HTMG”

  • @psgp
    @psgp 10 годин тому +1

    “This is a weapon of terror. It's made to intimidate the enemy. This, is a weapon of war. It's made to kill your enemy."

  • @chrisallen8139
    @chrisallen8139 День тому +2

    Heck yeah, man. Keep up the good work!

  • @cadepeterman4276
    @cadepeterman4276 День тому +4

    Crazy how long it took humanity to figure out how to make "Fire cone to point at enemy", and crazy how effective it is

    • @TheMhalpern
      @TheMhalpern День тому +1

      one of the big things is saltpeter, its hard and pretty convoluted to produce, and is only somewhat scalable.

  • @WholesomeJack
    @WholesomeJack 19 годин тому

    Don’t get discouraged! I find your series wildly entertaining, the journey has been incredible so far, I hope you don’t give up any time soon!

  • @friskydingo5370
    @friskydingo5370 11 годин тому +1

    Shadow ban 😂 as always extremely interesting 👍

  • @mslindqu
    @mslindqu 14 годин тому

    Need more content like this. Good and wholesome. Stuff every kid should learn about.

  • @latiandaytona826
    @latiandaytona826 День тому

    I’ve seen how many less views you've had over the past year and a half to two years. It truly saddens me and worries me that you may stop this series. I love this passion of yours so much, especially how much you’ve had to go through, and believe me when I say that you always brighten up my day when I see that you posted! You have me as a forever subscriber 👍

  • @lamerroyaume791
    @lamerroyaume791 День тому +1

    12:30 I know those cannons! They are in front of Geneva's town hall.

  • @omnirath
    @omnirath День тому

    It’s not a hopeless endeavor, it’s the best of youtube even if it doesn’t gets you as much views as it should

  • @twentyseven5902
    @twentyseven5902 День тому

    For what it's worth, I've been enjoying this saga of videos the most yet. Very cool seeing the historical progression presented in a really well done way.

  • @MapleHillMunitions
    @MapleHillMunitions День тому +3

    Welcome to the party, pal.

  • @johnzengerle7576
    @johnzengerle7576 День тому

    Thanks! More money might help.

  • @gamingwithjack4128
    @gamingwithjack4128 День тому

    I don’t think you are wasting your best years, I enjoy your content

  • @vape42
    @vape42 День тому

    Definitely a shadow band your content has only improved if anything. Thanks for not shying away from firearms. I appreciate the content

  • @Walterpoltsamaa
    @Walterpoltsamaa 9 годин тому

    This is one of the best homemade weapon video I have seen! Keep it going!

  • @ol-Daddy-doodoo
    @ol-Daddy-doodoo 23 години тому

    havent seen one of your videos in my feed in a while til this one popped up today. glad to see it!

  • @Mattlon3
    @Mattlon3 День тому

    saw this video front and center on my homepage, hope youtube stays chill bc i need more htme

  • @oasntet
    @oasntet 9 годин тому

    Very good demonstration. Also really shows how ineffective these were as weapons, but how very effective they were as shock and awe devices. This was in an era where winning a battle was still determined more by morale than actual injuries or deaths, so anything you can do to put fear in the enemy is more valuable than an actual weapon. This is still partly the case today, but command and control of territory matters just as much today as we've gotten significantly better (worse?) at training solders.

  • @Toughguys.7.62x51
    @Toughguys.7.62x51 День тому +1

    ben so excited for this😁

  • @alistaircoutts2268
    @alistaircoutts2268 21 годину тому

    Great work. Look forward to the next instalment in the journey.

  • @NismoXero
    @NismoXero День тому

    I was notified of this video when it came out but when I was ready to watch 2 hours later the notification was gone. I had to search for it.
    If I hadn't seen the notification I wouldn't know there was a vid.

  • @andersjjensen
    @andersjjensen 7 годин тому

    Bronze cannons were the norm for quite some time because they're easier to cast and easier to bore out. And because bronze has much better elasticity than cast iron, the chance of a catastrophic failure is much lower. You can "balloon" a bronze cannon by a significant portion of it's original bore size without it giving up the ghost.

  • @bsoul3177
    @bsoul3177 9 годин тому

    i was obsessed with these when i was younger. made one with a pipe, firework poweder, and rocks. didnt work very well cuz my wadding was bad.

  • @QWERTYZ1CATS
    @QWERTYZ1CATS День тому

    Been here since before you've started this series. Cool to see you've found sominterethats educational, and you've made it entertaining and easy to digest. Thanks for showing us that anyone can really DIY civilization.

  • @essirockarmen9799
    @essirockarmen9799 19 годин тому

    love that you try the boundaries more and more :D

  • @MissMerc
    @MissMerc День тому

    Breech loading should be fine in most cases, HOWEVER; be VERY careful of making your ammo into anything convenient and cartridge-like. That's where the legal gun/firearm definition changes very easily, and on the extreme side of caution; you should avoid even putting your black power and wad in as a "bag", and certainly not your power, wad AND cup. Even caseless ammo is legally cartridge ammo, so it's really easy to get caught up. Good luck moving forward, I've been excited for this part for a while.

  • @cosmicbrambleclawv2
    @cosmicbrambleclawv2 День тому

    The possibility of shadow doings is very real, I have the bell rung and everything but my notifications have been slacking hard with HTME vids

  • @chasegilmond5637
    @chasegilmond5637 День тому +4

    Watching this before ot gets removed or demonetized

  • @Tony-op6xf
    @Tony-op6xf День тому

    Bombas socks got me through 2 years of pandemic work.🎉 4:59

  • @michaelhayes1678
    @michaelhayes1678 День тому

    A very delightful educational and artistic venture! Thanks for sharing!

  • @MarcoCarvalho80
    @MarcoCarvalho80 9 годин тому

    In Portuguese, "bomba" is an explosive device. Excellent product placement for the Portuguese audience :P

  • @pakishi1
    @pakishi1 День тому

    Very informative. I like your approach to educational content.

  • @SeveralGhost
    @SeveralGhost День тому

    How Calming and Educational

  • @MikeM-s7s
    @MikeM-s7s День тому +1

    Well thats a result! 10:27

  • @fillman86
    @fillman86 День тому

    I remember when I was young, there was a prototype of a shrapnel "gun", which was basically a bowl, and rocks mixed in with the black powder, then put on top of the end of a stick

  • @90simissthe
    @90simissthe День тому

    i could see this being a great weapon for like standing on a wall preventing people from getting over. great defensive weapon have a fire in front of you makes it super easy to light and any force is going to think twice before charging into that.

  • @alexr.138
    @alexr.138 16 годин тому

    Yeah it just occurred to me. I haven't seen one of your videos in quite a while pop up on my notifications. I'll make sure to mark it to send all notifications

  • @mariovwcardoso5970
    @mariovwcardoso5970 18 годин тому +1

    Consider Going to Nebula too.

  • @chrisbolland5634
    @chrisbolland5634 День тому

    Totally support this content!

  • @Sepracia
    @Sepracia День тому

    If it helps to know, I am subscribed ("personalized" notifications settings) and this was pushed to my recommended videos at 5 hours while watching back yard scientist videos.

  • @laierr
    @laierr 13 годин тому

    "Would we be shadow banned"?
    Meanwhile UA-cam: aggressively recommended me that video in the most eye-catching zones with every page refresh, for the last day, despite me being not a frequent visitor to this channel (absolutely admire the whole concept of the channel, though)

  • @steadfasttherenowned2460
    @steadfasttherenowned2460 День тому

    I would like to see the iron fire Lance test again with a few changes. I would like to see a longer and thinner diameter tube with the stabby frill things tuned to help guide the combustion to a finer point. (Nozzle to base burn)

  • @AdamMaag
    @AdamMaag День тому

    Very informative and well made video

  • @domjrl
    @domjrl День тому

    more gun history! awesome video!

  • @Something-Kun
    @Something-Kun День тому

    It'd be great against heavily armored infantry. Get super heated debris right into the cracks between pieces, especially right at the eye slits. And even if none gets in, you're still making that armor really hot.

  • @Dashrenderful
    @Dashrenderful 8 годин тому

    Intimidation definitely was the name of the game with weapons such as this. Absolutely in the same realm as whistling arrows

  • @Badguy292
    @Badguy292 13 годин тому

    I love this series, great content and fairly educational too! I hope you don't get flagged too hard.

  • @francislelievre5172
    @francislelievre5172 23 години тому

    commenting to support the project.

  • @dannyschaible7112
    @dannyschaible7112 13 годин тому

    This is incredible! Informative and entertaining! Also, I hate pumpkins so I really enjoyed this

  • @imperialofficer6185
    @imperialofficer6185 День тому

    You kinda have to wonder how much better this is than poking them with the pokey bit, maybe for scare tactics

  • @theprancingprussian
    @theprancingprussian День тому

    Consider this for use in Europe
    - needs to be a lil shorter
    -you have a bomb on a stick and as a rider you are in full plate
    -burning powder gets everywhere
    -most wear cloth armour
    -those who don't can get burning powder in the gaps or to the face if they don't wear a visor
    -you have an assistant who carries lances for you when they break
    If you had time for them then they would be used quite a bit
    I see them used from around 1240 ( a decade before the first cannon was recorded ) - 1390 or a bit later

  • @Stahlengel13
    @Stahlengel13 День тому

    So on the bamboo tube one... I'm curious how hot the spear point gets? Also, the amount of smoke this makes would act as a good diversion or distraction before you charge or push pike at the enemy formation.

  • @griffithguns1776
    @griffithguns1776 День тому

    I know that would hurt! Black powder burns suck!

  • @michaelhines1891
    @michaelhines1891 День тому

    Good luck. Really good information and education on history. If we don't learn from it we repeat it. UA-cam policy should reflect that.

  • @peteyg5539
    @peteyg5539 День тому

    I love how you inadvertently made a bamboo grenade lmao

  • @jonagill
    @jonagill День тому +1

    How many strikes of the hammer does it take to make the tip of your rocket, have you ever counted how many it takes🤔 is there a perfect count each time or is it more random

    • @kittyprydekissme
      @kittyprydekissme День тому +1

      It's exactly the same number as the number of licks it takes to get to the middle of a Tootsie-Pop.

    • @jonagill
      @jonagill День тому

      @kittyprydekissme haha very fair point

  • @ThatOtherSkullGuy
    @ThatOtherSkullGuy День тому

    This is the first time I've seen one of your videos, and it popped up on my front page, just so you know.

  • @RakaiVDentist
    @RakaiVDentist День тому

    I do think one of the very first effective implementation of blackpowder weapon is a humble, simple hand thrown explosive. Pottery grenade or bamboo filled pipe bombs

  • @BlaBla-pf8mf
    @BlaBla-pf8mf День тому

    Capandball has a couple of recent videos shooting early historical guns including the 14th century Tannenberg gun and a repeating handgonne

  • @IamNotInIlluminati
    @IamNotInIlluminati 11 годин тому

    People are addicted to more intense content now days. They don't have patience to watch longer "instructional" videos going into the detail. I think short-form videos are to blame. Anyway great content!

  • @Aten_Ra
    @Aten_Ra День тому

    I am still waiting on a Sequel of How to make a sandwitch from scratch - How to make a PIZZA from SCRATCH
    I've been checking in every upload day and finally commented on this topic

  • @htme
    @htme  День тому +1

    Be sure to check out the other blackpowder video in this series if you missed them, and check back for more upcoming ones!
    Fire Arrows: ua-cam.com/video/cK16LwIs4w0/v-deo.html
    Rocket Arrows: ua-cam.com/video/NG3uvgP0IoU/v-deo.html

  • @SmolPotatowo
    @SmolPotatowo День тому

    Definitely as a defensive or just intimidation weapon I could see it being highly effective. I don't think you'd be fielding a big charge of fire lancers though.

  • @clappercl
    @clappercl 21 годину тому

    Never heard of your channel before youtube recomended this video to me. It is currently 12h since posting. Hope this is helpful. Oh, and I subscribed 👍

  • @talmonclear7502
    @talmonclear7502 3 години тому

    In the US it's legal to make your own firearms as long as they aren't full auto or over 50 Cal in bore (with some exceptions), you just can't sell or give them to anyone else

  • @gibarel
    @gibarel 14 годин тому

    I have been recommended this video about 19 hours after it was posted. I'm subscribed though.

  • @paulmiller6545
    @paulmiller6545 День тому

    This was cool!

  • @hoodedmonkie6296
    @hoodedmonkie6296 15 годин тому

    Def got shadow banded, I’ve been watching ur vids for years and I didn’t get suggested any of the rocket vids before

  • @Pistolsatsean
    @Pistolsatsean День тому

    Every fantasy rpg for the next 10 years better feature a fire lance. Holy shit that looks awesome

  • @ezmoore27
    @ezmoore27 День тому

    Imagine a couple of shield lines standing off and then suddenly a spear from one of those lines belches white-hot fire at the other line. One of those lines is going to break.

  • @solarflare623
    @solarflare623 День тому +2

    I personally think the fire lance isn’t a gun and more of a flamethrower. But if you stuck something in it you turn it into a gun

  • @damientonkin
    @damientonkin День тому

    Interestingly I've been researching matchlock muskets over the past couple of days which is probably a couple of hundred years or a few episodes from where you are now. It's kind of hard to find much information about their use in Europe because the flintlock came in not too long after but they were used in East Asia until about 1900. You might be able to find some living history reenactors who would have more information.

  • @KevinFeeley_KHF
    @KevinFeeley_KHF День тому

    It would be interesting to get some data from the point of exit of the barrel and the surface of the target for things like pressure and temperature to see exactly what kind of energy delivery and delivery efficiency you're seeing here with these primitive weapons.

  • @UrShortLOLhaha
    @UrShortLOLhaha День тому

    I'm not going to lie, I've been subbed for awhile with full notifications and i haven't seen your channel in my feed or popups for months...

    • @Imaboss8ball
      @Imaboss8ball День тому

      Probably because you ignored a couple notifications resulting in UA-cam not notifying you. Or at least that is my suspicion as to how it works.

  • @swiftfoxgames3378
    @swiftfoxgames3378 17 годин тому

    Not sure about the youtube stuff but if it's at all helpful to know, this video was the third recommended video on youtube's main page for me. Not on the subscription page just straight up on the main page.

  • @gasdection8410
    @gasdection8410 День тому

    I always watch your videos. Please don’t think you’re wasting your life

  • @Vorextile_
    @Vorextile_ День тому +1

    went on my fyp and i clicked IMMIDIATELY