How a Pikeman Would Fight on a 17th Century Battlefield
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2024
- In this video, a reenactor from the Marquess of Winchester's Regiment demonstrates how a pikemen would fight on a 17th century battlefield. Carrying a 16-foot ash pike, the main role of pikemen during the English Civil War was to defend musketeers against enemy cavalry. But pike formations could also be ordered to engage each other.
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Bro is older than most soldiers back then
He looks pretty good for being over 400 years old.
Well he does 500 pushups a day and he doesn't eat fried food
A pike a day keeps the doctor away( for at least 16 foot)
@@Joseph_yy brilliant answer...you outdid mine fair play!
@@Joseph_yy
You made my day bro
@@user-wz6qy1sz4m I’m glad I did brother
He’s talking about surviving on 2020s London streets
@@Schimml0rd just stabbing proof
Trade horses for mopeds.
Diversity is our strength
Best comment
@@divafever9754 diversity is abused as a synonym for Middle East only
Her: "so what do you do for a living?"
Him: "im a Royalist Pikemen" 💀😭
Her: "So, how long is your pike?"
I'm similar, but just parliamentarian
@@desknerdAmerican Union Soldier
Her: pike me
she:*
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imagine holding that pike and staring down 900lb beasts running full speed right at you. now imagine running full speed into a forest of 16ft death branches waiting for your arrival. war must be hell.
War IS hell. A shame after all these years that we have not figured out a better way to solve arguments.
@@nedsteven4622 Well... works in Hunter x Hunter
I think I'd rather be on the horse then getting ran over by a mini Cooper with a pike as my defense, I'm not understanding how you would hold the sword in the other hand and only hold the stick with one arm and a knee..
@@alexkoulakoff7291To my understanding, if the horse gets skewered on the pike, the rider will still be alive, and could kill you. Therefore you'd need your sword to defend yourself. When receiving a cavalry charge, the other end of the pike is braced in the ground anyway, so only one hand is needed to hold it. That's my understanding anyway.
@@jamesseale7686 I thought about that too but went what if the horse turned last second and made the pike go sideways plus if the horse died the rider could be a super athlete and somehow recover but would it he be quicker than the time it takes to drop the pike and draw a sword
I love how he says “we” like he was actually there
From the perspective of consciousness, he was, you have the perception of being mortal when in reality the present moment awareness he is experiencing ha sbeen passed from one being to another since the dawn of time.
He's also wearing the typical period gear, he's a reenactor whos into his role. More engaging to learn from than a textbook, that's for sure
@@petekkrishnansansince the dawn of time? And yet Homo sapiens have existed for less than 1 million years....
@@dankoproductions6475it's called LARPing. We have civil war reenactment in the states and it's even more abysmal.
@@devonthomson9041 consciousness didnt begin with humans, it began with the birth of the universe, most likely had no beginning or ending tbh, and has simply transformed from one form or another, from nebulas to stars to planets to water to amino acids then dna then single cells then multi cells and so on and so forth, until finally now that same immortal consciousness is reading these words struggling to make sense of its own nature against the resistance of its ego/personality which has conviced oneself that is in fact.. them.
Normal people "i'm an engineer" "i work in McDonald's" "i'm a cashier"
Real MEN: "i'm a royalist Pikeman"
The military still exists today. Come join us and show how manly you are
@@Gglobebut are you royalist pikemen today?
@@Gglobesomeone can't read, lol
But what colour is your bugatti
Royalist pikeman: “I’m a royalist pikeman.”
So glad they went back in time to grab a real pikeman to teach us about what they did
Crazy to think this bloke is 300+ years old, he aged like fine tea
I like the low class accent he has. It really adds to the rank and file soldier persona 😅
I met him on the battlefield. Very politely told me, "Be a good lad and get off your horse." The battle ended, we all shook hands, then went to the pub to have a couple pints.
thatsa gooden
Yea i rolled by in a M1A2 Abrams. When we saw him we knew that the gig was up. White flag, and a pint at the local pub.
To be fair I would do what he says, he's *too* composed
We tried to take em at night... we own the night... at least we did
After quickly disabling our nvgs with precision pike strikes, he held our Lt by sword at the neck, granting us our lives through the greatest gesture of mercy we ever saw. After handing him enough silver for a couple pints, he allowed us our freedom.
@@jakemac875you killed the joke. The joke was about the gentlemanly stereotype of the British. You just flipped it around and killed it by having him take a bribe. That's like the most dishonourable thing a pikesman could do.
I remember in the 1970 film 'Cromwell', a Royalist cavalryman gets a pike in the throat when attacking a square of pikemen. It looked and sounded very realistic, maybe a bit too realistic... 🤔
At which minute? 😮i have to watch that
@@m.j.9318 not sure which minute but it was into the start of the second battle in the movie at Naseby. It was after Cromwell charged with his cavalry and then retreated behind their own pikes and the royalist cav chasing after them ran into the parliamentary pikes and rifleman taking cover behind a low stone fence.
super, i will rewatch it
@@af17317596
Omg that movies so inaccurate
@@dominic6634 It's Hollywood and they were better then than they are now. I liked it for what it was.
I love how he says "we" as if he didn't just get off a shift at Bunnings. Love that he gets so into character.
It's so amazing that we actually have footage of men who fought in the English Civil War.
That’s not possible.
@@generationallyadjacent4283it’s a joke dumb a
@@generationallyadjacent4283 It clearly is though.
It is well known that the cameraman NEVER dies.
Hey, if Joe Biden could get over 80 million votes for President, we can have actual footage of English Civil War soldiers.
Can't believe they got an actual royalist pikeman to tell us about their job
Yup. These UA-camrs really go the extra mile 😌👌
I appreciate this man coming from the 17th century to teach us
The Welsh were renowned for two things: being SURGICAL with those pikes (which took brass balls to stand in front of a cavalry charge and not break rank), esp in Cromwells army, and their love of toasted cheese.
He’s not Welsh though
Theyre more renowned for the longbow
@@Vaultboy-ke2jj that’s why his has no blood on it
@@scavoo03 you mistook a West Country accent for a Welsh one 😂
He is talking about the English civil war. No Welshmen were involved.
He talks like he's actually from the past and time travelled to today
WE protected the ... WE would aim at the horses
WE , WE , WE
yeah I actually agree with you
Maybe he's a soldier in a 3rd world country which cant afford modern equipment....russia for instance 😂😂😂
I've been a WW2 re-enactor for over 30 years when I discuss the soldiers of the time I say " They " because I wasn't there. His use of " We " does a dis-service to the real people that fought, bled and died. It bugged me as well.
Meanwhile, the time traveler: oh blimey, I did it again, didn't I?
He's probably from Southwestern England or Western Central England.
They still pronounce the back r sound(they say butter, not buttah).
Man's been a dedicated solder for 500 years 😂😂
That's a bit of a stretch, mate. He's only some 400-ish years. ;)
@@willek1335more like 370ish years ;)
just the right amount of flux too.
@Dom-fx4kt and how many centuries of combat have you seen?😂
I wonder does he get his veterans discount or is he still considered in service?
Push of Pike must have been a truly horriffic thing to find yourself in the midst of.
there we're indeed, paintings on how messy. Well, no blood and gore due to lack of painting techniques at the time, but its one hell of a mess of sticks and peoples.
Seems much worse to be Calvary to run into them
Unless you have archers then the pikeman are not that scary
@@pajserlatacchini9400 depends. If the archer is shooting straight instead of arcing, then its up to the armour of the pikemen(most of victims of Agincourt's archers are horses, the knights protected them from longbowmen's arrow just fine). But if its arcing over, reduced possibility due to the fact that the rear ranks, 4th to 6th rows, have it tilted upward. Those tilted pikes has a possibility of catching the arrows. No, I'm not making this up, this was figured out back on Alexander The Great's time. Which utilizes pikes instead of shorter spears of Greek Hoplite phalanx.
@@pajserlatacchini9400 Not really, archers would have to be protected by your own pikemen and couldn't stop an enemy pike formation on their own
I love these reenactors....they are so precious to history...
my friend this is no reenactor this a original royalist pikemen
I wish to become one, though the costs are a bit much.
My man was talking about killing people but he stuttered at "killing horses" 😂 heart of gold
In wars during those days anything which could kill you was an enemy to be killed. Man or beast. Present day "civilized" people don't use animals in warfare anymore so they react like the pampered modern day people they are. During Operation Barbarossa in 1941 Nazi Germany used 700,000 horses to augment their lacking logistics (nowhere near enough trucks). They boldly counted the Soviet Union would be defeated before the Russian Winter... Unfortunately for them that didn't happen and now they had to survive with no winter uniforms, no winter equipment and no food. So many of those 700,000 horses were *eaten* .
It's amazing what starvation and wars will do to people. 17th wars were no different. This modern day man has been living the modern day life. Rest assure a real war of kill-or-be-killed or widespread starvation will challenge his "heart of gold" too.
@@McLarenMercedesok, Mr vroom-zoom-luxury-car.
Clearly, you're not an animal lover. Please tell us how pampered we are some more
Generally Pikes in this era of warfare were used to deny cavalry access to the vulnerable musketeers that would be within the same formation.
Horses aren't the smartest animals but they know better than to skewer themselves on a sharp point, and neither the horse rider nor the pikeman wants 1000lbs of dead horse barrelling into their formation. The horsemen of this era would also be armed with pistols for skirmishing.
Ok Dwight Shrute @McLarenMercedes
@@McLarenMercedestake a nap
I couldn't imagine fighting someone who sounds so polite 😂
He sounds polite to u?
His descendents must have immigrated to Canada.
He's seen enough shit
He’s legit aiming at the cameraman 😂
Alec Baldwin intensifies
I like this geezer, and I like how everything is bent lookin. Makes it feel real, I hope he lives a long and happy life.
THANK YOU PIKEMAN HAMMER
Very informative. You can tell he really knows his stuff. I was not always clear on how the warfare of this era really went down, this clears it up a lot.
It sounds like he was there.
You need to ask the spanish tercios 😂
The New Model Army of the Parliamentarians is well documented as professional and well trained using "Instructions for Musters and Arms "
oh yeah? totally.... are you being sarcastic?
Quite the contrary… the way the pike was used he got correct, but you can’t cut through a pole arm with a sword even if it isn’t reinforced with steel. It’d take like 5 whole min to get though, and horses aren’t dumb, they’d avoid the pikes at all costs, but the abrupt stop might throw the rider if he’s not experienced. Cavalry wasn’t used like shock troops, despite what movies show. Usually used for flanking or running down retreating soldiers. Horses are basically useless in close melee combat. Also, that pike has the same thickness all the way through the shaft when historical ones would’ve been more tapered.
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What’s the film?
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thank you so much for explaining :) i was never sure how useful pikes were but it all comes down to training i’m sure!
there would be so many pike in the front,5 ranks back. the first two ranks at charge next rank at port the next at advance .this would be a hedge of pike . the horse were the tanks on the battle field. pikeman hammer. thank you
Thank you for your service.
So glad this channel gives passionate reenactors the chance to be heard. Love this work
Wait what, reenactors?
Pike and Shot era is really an interesting and overlooked period of history. Thanks!
Yeah, I've always wanted the makers of Battlefield to make a 1500's-1600's version where you can choose a class to lead a small contingent of AI pikemen, arqebusiers, lancers, black riders, landsknechts, longbowmen, militias and what have you.
he’s saying “we” because he remembers it
this channel teaches everything I need for history so cool
brilliant survive history . keep viewing pikeman hammer thank you
THEN......THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED !
With extra armory
Didn't know winged hussars were involved in English Civil War.
@@jirga_jirga they were, you just have to build a stable and not every civilization will get them
But did they come down the mountainside though?
Amusingly, their lances, the _Kopia_ , at near horizontal level is long enough to outreach an angled pike. There we're anectodes that they can take pikes head on but I doubt that is the common occurrence because cavalry always flank AFAIK.
i’m sorry to critique, i genuinely like the video but langets are not there to prevent the pike’s head being cut off, that’s a pervasive myth - they may protect against damage but no one is just cutting through a pike shaft, the damage is far more from shearing force from the stresses actual use places a polearm under and as the point of attachment for the head. various polearms used langets long before the development of pike squares
AcTuAlLy ☝️🤓
Damn that makes sense I was thinking like wtf were the cavalry carrying to be able to cut through that thick of wood with one cut at an angle like that??
What’s your source?
Never apologize when fighting misinformation.
@@yungwaifuyou definitely can cut them. Remember you don’t need to cut straight through. As long as you cut about a third in. Which is not hard at all the structural integrity is shot. Meaning the next time they try to thrust and meet heavy resistance like hitting solid armor or impailing one more target the shaft will snap. The langets make sure that doesn’t happen. Older polearms had langets for the same reasons. One just simple strength and two protection against bladed weapons. Even multiple shallow cuts seriously destroy the long term integrity of a wooden haft.
Damn, this man has incredible memory
I cant remeber shit 50 years back
You can blame that on poor diet.
I like how he says "we" as if he really was a pikeman.
He is.
Love history thank you brothers ❤
How would they even cut the ends off? With a sabre? My god that would take a while. That languet reinforcement is probably so that the metal tip doesn't break off on impact.
It would (generally) take a while, but it's there to prevent many strikes from whittling it down so it could be cut or broken.
It is conceivable that people could eventually cutt a thick ash stick like this with a heavy sword, but I agree with you, the langet is mostly there to spread the load and shock of regular use across a longer length of the shaft.
Probably there to dissipate the heat from lightsabers
@@witoldschwenke9492The heat?
@@alexanderorr2528 From lightsabers.
Funny, I was just reading about pikes this morning. This puts real meaning to the dictionary's definition. Thank you.
THANK YOU pikeman hammer
He slipped up. He’s a time traveler.
“Sometimes we would..
I need to go to bed, I thought I was clicking on a video about Pikmin. 😅
Nah, you’re on to something, how WOULD a pikman perform on a 17th century battlefield?
Women ☕️
@@purplefella9579That sounds like a WAY better video tbh
@@purplefella9579 It may take 200 of them to hold a sword, but they would be ferocious, still.
No, you didn't.
You knew what you were clicking on.
On of the most effective weapons to exist; A big, sharp stick.
What's better than a big sharp stick? An even BIGGER sharp stick
@@columbien10 A LONGER, bigger stick.!
An even bigger stick and head but the actual stick has been removed and the head has been accelerated to 900m/s@@reynaldoflores4522
Lets give a round of applause for Timmy's dad.... its his turn to tell everyone what he does for work
class: 👁👄👁
Glad you got to interview a genuine pikeman
You can take the Man out of the time period, but you can't take the time period out of the man
That's nice, grandpa, but I came to set up your telly, remember?
LOL
😂😂
Pfff😂😂😂
he's a royalist pikeman he doesn't need the light bulb box
“Front towards the enemy” 17th century version
Not going to lie dude looks pretty badass.
He knows his stuff. No wonder how he survived for 350 years at least.
Love your channel! Keep up with the good documentals, lovely recreation team too!
Pd: love how they explay the formations😉.
It’s actually amazing they were able to find this 500 year old footage and remaster it this well.
Thank you for your service, sir.
This is amazing I like this
“Dismounted the rider” sir this New York City and you’ve just killed a policeman’s horse
To be fair, that horse was a dirty cop.
As the founding fathers intended.
the horse was the tanks on the battle field . this is the fist time in English history the musketeers could carry this musket they only could fire 12 times every one hid behind the pikeman .i hope your police horse are ok .thank you pikeman hammer
This is one of the coolest ways i've seen stuff like this been taught. Instant subscribe and thank you.
Thanks for the sub!
He's got the perfect accent for this.
I can’t imagine dying in an outfit as goofy as that
But imagine looking like a badass and then getting killed by someone in a goofy outfit like that.
@@WatchtowerSeven XD touché
This was the best clothes armour of the time of war .To protect from a ton plus horse charging and firing there pistols at you . Thank you pikeman hammer
The only thing they're completely missing out on is the support team with swords and close combat gear that stood around these men with poles.
Heavily armored men with swords and shields, halberds, pollaxes, great swords, etc were commonly mixed into pike and shot formations in the 16th century because they were better suited once two infantry formations started going at it. Not sure about the 17th century though.
By this time period the main support team for the pikes had muskets.
By the 17th century in the English civil war (and around Europe) shorter polearms were only held by NCO. Their main purpose was to ensure pikeman and muskets lined up on the colours correctly. And I imagine defend the colours when needed.
Great explanation for a very misunderstood and lightly glamorized period.
It was war very scary place to be . hell on earth canon .shot .and a ton plus horse charging .we just try to let people know there history in the hope people learn from the past .thank you pikeman hammer
Bro said we like he was there
I just studied the civil war in history and wanted an insight to how the battles were fought,tysm!
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Pikes are EXTREMELY underrated. Basically the epitome of warfare until guns
This was when people had guns. It’s why it’s called “pike and shot”.
hard disagree, pikes are extremely overrated. very limited in use, even in field battles. and completely useless outside of field battles. and in real warfare field battles were a rarity. Even their best aspect, defense against cavalry, is not as good as people think they were.
@@matthiuskoenig3378didn’t they completely change the way cavalry was utilised, and cavalry being one of the most decisive pieces on the field meant the entire way battles were fought were changed?
Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m genuinely asking. I understand their usage was dependant on the battlefield itself as well, so I’m talking just in their applicable setting.
No, the only advantage of spears is that it was easy to teach to the peasants.
Way easier to teach them to stay in formation and poke than teaching them proper swordmanship or teach to use siege weapons
Pikes resurfaced several times in warfare over the centuries. Turns out showing someone how to use a long pointy stuck and having 164 lads with a long pointy stick next to each other is easier and more cost effectiv than teaching in using and giving everyone a sword or other fancy weapons. Small elite units seldom win wars, being able to quickly make many people into good enough soldiers does
As a yank who usually only hears a few different UK accents, it's interesting to hear this guy using such clear rhoticity in his r's. "Charge" really surprised me.
Its a old Berkshire accent from Newbury .Thank you pikeman hammer
The movie Alatriste has a very good battle between a pike formation and cavalry and between opposite pike squares, absolutely brutal grinding, those people really were built different.
This makes me realize how these are good against horses 😅 these are WAY longer than I thought
Horse kebabs on the menu tonight boys 😂😂
The bayonet replaced these pikes.. That way everyone had a gun and a pike.
@@patrickporter1864not exactly… the bayonet was no where near as good at deterring a cavalry charge as a pike was. It’s far better than nothing, but calling it a pike is an exaggeration. The reason it replaced the pike was that the number of infantry increased significantly, and rounds down range became much more important.
considering how most soldiers don't shoot to kill when they first start out, I wonder how many of these old battles were much more like a high school fight and less like the movies. Imagine the front lines of both opposing sides getting near each other with people occasionally trying to attack someone insulting them on the other side.
The battle there would be musketeer on both side of the pike firing the canon would be firing ball . nails ect . This would be hell on earth smoke ,sounds a ton plus horse charging firing pistol in to you thousands of horse charging . The battle of Newbury had 18 thousand a side .6 thousand plus die and 3 time that would die of infection days later .Thank you for asking the question pikeman hammer
Before pikemen was Greek phalanx. And in XVII polish hussars also were using do called kopia husarska, which was about 5m long. With hussars tactics and maneuverability and that long kopia they managed to break through the pikemen' lines
So the counter to spears is longer spears on horses.
Long pointy stick are the peak of warfare
@@columbien10 literally XD
Actually, the real counter to longer spears is to ask if they would like to join you in singing Kumbaya and show them how peaceful you are by destroying your own weapons. Who wouldn't respect that approach!@@cmmpr111
The _kopia_ is actually nearly 6 meters long.
Imagine how wild it must have been seeing medieval and ancient battles
Considering human history I doubt it, but I wonder if you brought back the up close brutality of earlier Warfare whether people would be so eager to engage in it, especially in a world where communication is instant and everyone can see everything as it happens.
I don't think it would change things much.
Real, but military advancement was never intended to benefit civilians, just make us easier to kill. Nobody is safe from that fact.
I think it's good for people to be exposed to the horrors of the war and life. Even children. So many citizens of various countries call for war, but the toll doesn't hit them until they see it up close.
There is no greater brutality than talking to a person and then bam, they're dead, and you could be next.
It may seem clwan but the fear is greater than being fave to face with an enemy you can hate instead of fear.
@@juangalton999older societies tended to be even more war hawkish, so im not sure your idea would work.
Ancient, medieval and early modern people the world over loved jumping at the chance to pillage and plunder violently
One thing I really can't figure out - or find an answer on is - during Push of Pike, what were the musketeers doing? Were they on the flanks shooting into the opposing musketeers? Were they trying to out flank the opposing pikemen?
Had the same question ⁉️
The shot ranks would be behind the pikes .
ranks of shot would fire into the cavalry as they got close enough, you have to remember that their muskets didn't have to power of today's guns and took about 30 seconds to load a shot
The pike ranks was there to protect the shot
@@scottbates100 during Push of Pike the musketeers were behind the Pike and shot through them? I can find zero references to this. Smoothbore muskets are more powerful than you think.
@@GizmoDuck_1860 muskets were inaccurate and slow to load hence the concept of volley fire. push of pikes is associted with pike squares and probably didn't happen when both sides were pike and shot? logically the side with the most skilled musketeers would shoot through the other sides pikemen.
If they weren't running away from the cavalry then they were usually engaging the enemy musketeers who are doing the same thing. It's unlikely for the musketeers to fire at the enemy pikemen in any large scale manner during push of pike (bad war) because it's usually impossible to get enough men to have an angle at the enemy without risking hitting your own men or being really exposed. They can't leave the protection of the pikes to get many men in a really good position to fire en mass into the pikes because enemy cavalry.
16 foot ash pike was my nickname in high school
Boi talking like he was there 😂😂 imagine he actually was
He was. Damn nobber dismounted me and almost killed me with a sword.
I been in so many battles . It would have been a very scary place to be . pikeman hammer thank you
"Then we would lunge, to get some extra distance."
Literally using a 16 foot spear💀
But remember that if you're fighting other pikemen, they are also using 16ish foot spears as well.
This dude's weekends sound wild
Blud live years to taught us these. True legend
Do you need more recruits? 😊
Yes, reenactment groups are always looking for more recruits. It's an expensive hobby, though. (and to be honest, some groups are more welcoming than others)
17th century: I'm a royalist pikeman.
21st century: I'm a real ass pokemon.
If wars could be fought this way again
They COULD be, but its a lot more effective to have drones do the dirty work.
I like how he talks about lunge forward for a little bit of extra distance as if he didn’t have 16ft of length
That shot of the pikeman in a rough circle reminds me of that scene from the warhammer fantasy video game where the sigmarite priest and his men are surrounded in the forest by the chaos warriors.
The timing is perfect!
The royalist Pikemen are the answer to the question
"What if we just make it bigger?"
If you ignore the getup & accent, he's talking about some absolutely BRUTAL warfare here!
I misread pikeman as pikmin before the thumbnail loaded and had a good chuckle thinking about the little plant fellas in medieval Europe
16 foot ash poik, and on the end, a steel spoik!
I could feel the pike in front of my face when he was pointing it at the camera
Everybody talks about shell shock/PTSD now. All war is hell, but I can't imagine what kind of mental fallout these guys dealt with back then. Holy shit.
Saying „we“ like he’s been there himself yesterday, must’ve been some long sessions infront of the bathroom mirror for him
he speaks about it like he was in battle yesterday
Pikemen are so underrated. When looking at historical wars, we often focus on swordsmen and Calvary, but pikemen were often more effective in practical combat
Very informative.
I love subtitles that are blocked by the shorts UI
Those who know what it is like when a horse galloping by them, know what a tough job that was, holding that line against charging cavalry...
man was right there on the Frontlines brotha
I like how he says "we".
What an adorable cosplay.
I read this as "How a Pokémon would fight on a 17th century battlefield."
Loved the short though!
WHICH YOU POINT AT THE ENEMY THIS GUY IS A GENIUS
I thought this was going to be one of those modern comedy skits where he talks about how good it is being a pikeman
Cannonier: why, what a nice line you made.
Glad to see the time traveling pikeman still has a job