Slow but practically indestructible. You could just grab a katana and slaughter all zombies. Other survivors would need anti armour weaponry to hurt you, so no need to run.
Could try a sharksuit. They're basically chainmail but incorporate modern materials such as titanium. Titanium chainmail probably isn't cheap though... I think something to consider that really wasn't in this video is how easy the armor is to tear off. Mobs of zombies attacking a downed opponent almost always tear and bite at the same time.
The human bite force is around 110-180lbs depending on gender, age, and deformaties... Bone will also not decay for years so dont plan on zombies having weaker bites...
People decay fast, it wouldn't even be months. Plus they'd freeze solid in the winter most places and rot really fast in hot environments. Cracked did a whole article on this. A real zombie apocalypse would burn out fast.
Tamer Blur if you go to the museum, why choose medieval armor if there is a full suit of t-45 military power armor next to the vertibird that crashed into the roof?
Sadly the world is lacking in fusion cores, so it wouldn't last all that long. I'd say the best armor would be hard to get off; so maybe duct taped sleeves (five layers will make it hard to bite through) and an AR-500 vest against those pesky gun wielding survivors. Or just go full out with a bomb-disposal suit; you'd be pretty immobile though.
Nope. The best "cheapo" medieval option is riveted hauberk + mail chausses and mittens + helmet of your choice. Samurai armor will not work at all. As long as you are standing, it is ok. But zombies are smart enough to swarm you. Yeah, they are dumb, yeah, they are going to bite the plates, but think about this: they will overwhelm you, knock you down at some point and then have fun with you for hours. Which means that one sucker will accidentally bite you under your plate in your hand, leg, you name it - and you are screwed. A hauberk on the other hand does not have such a problem - it protects you from all directions, you might modify it a little bit like to add some straps in order to make it harder to take it off from you for a zombie, but that's it. You need no plates since zombies don't have pole-arms, archers or shock cavalry. You definitely needn't any armor differentiation because if zombie bites you successfully, you are dead even if that was you finger. And here is where proper hauberk set shines
I would still go with light gambeson and full mail. Why? Zombies would try to attack (bite) *anything* they can; including fingers, toes... Tip of your nose, ears... *Anything*. So, the fingers you have open there? Nom nom. If a zombie somehow manages to get a grip of your arm, they can easily wrench it "open" so they can start nommin the "inside" of your arm. True, a properly made mail (and gambeson) might be more expensive than the samurai armor (at least to Finland, the cost of a proper suit was something like 3500 euros, plus *heavy* taxes, so likely closer to 5000 euros), but I´d not bet on it. So, in short, I would go with full mail, mittens, "shoes", coif... The works.
Gambeson gets hot mate and I mean really hot. That's an inconvenience. Also gambeson in the end is cloth and cloth doesn't do well in terms of tearing, impact (from "super zombie strength" or something like that), and you get more bang for your buck with hardened plate. Now if you were fighting zombies in the cold then gambeson FTW. For most of the time you're better off with plate.
I was referring to light gambeson, so only a few layers; not to protect (that's what the mail is for), but rather soften the impacts which will inevitably come when fighting multiple opponents, even if they don't have much rational thinking. Maybe gambeson wouldn't be a must under the mail, I dunno. If not, then no way I'd wear anything extra. The best defence against a zombie horde would be to be somewhere else. 😂
Leather motorcycle gloves, or the sort of armored work gloves that look more appropriate for a Mad Max rip-off than working with machinery. Heavy, stiff, leather (the sort used for linemen's belts) would make good anti-bite armor, especially coupled with motorcyclist leather.
Tapio perälä one crucial fault with mail though, it's really fucking hard to sneak in it, and I bet there will be a lot of times where stealth is essential. and with full body gamberson and mail, you are going to get tired fast, that's easy 20 kg extra on your body. modern motorcycle gear is the way to go, you can't rip through that, and it's lightweight, got extra protection certain spots like spine, elbows and knees, which will be mighty good for tumbles and falls, which will happen if you fight hand to hand with zombies. If it can withstand flying over tarmac at 120 kmh with you in it, a zombie will not rip it apart.
Here's a good idea I've thought of, all relatively cheap, & doesn't necessarily make you a target for bandits to steal your stuff like it would if you had military gear, perchance. I'd tend to stick with neutral colors. Bear in mind that darker shades of blue more-so blend in with darkness than black. I'd say stick with brown & blue, you'll look like a 'good guy'. Lets say the environment is temperate, I'd suggest: Underwear: black moisture wicking boxer briefs & respectively black (long sleeve preferred but not required) moisture wicking undershirt. Clothing apparel: Black moisture wicking calf socks, Earth brown above the ankle hiking boots or brown electrician boots, beige kevlar reinforced straight fit cargo pants (provides more pockets, & the kevlar provides skid, and puncture / bite resistance), navy blue safari-style multi-pocket button up, collared shirt (long sleeves can be rolled), & a brown leather belt. Exterior apparel: OPTIONAL: brown leather riding chaps (without frills), this is going to help with protection against zombies, & other things. It'll keep your pants in better condition & will provide protection against rain for a bit. MANDATORY: Good fitting Earth brown leather biker jacket, preferably with a collar to protect the neck when flipped up, beige knuckle gloves, beige baseball cap. Keep your hair buzzed, shaved, or cut short, facial hair shaven or cut short, anything that can be grabbed normally could be grabbed by a zombie. Weapons & tools: I'd honestly say use a wooden frame SKS (7.62x39mm) with folding bayonet, sling, & mid-range telescoping sight. This isn't going to be used so much for zombies, at least I wouldn't. I'd use it for human threats mainly; however, zombies can be killed with it too. Bayonet turns it into a makeshift pole-arm / spear. (takes magazine adapters or stripper clips) I'd also suggest a Glock 19 as it's relatively easy to shoot, & 9x19mm is relatively easy to find & plentiful. I'd suggest getting a flashlight attachment for the Glock 19, & taping a flashlight to the SKS. Avoid the picatinny rail system as it only says I've a tactical weapon, & people want what you have. I'd also suggest a .22 pistol that can be used in a last-case-scenario, or general use against zombies. You can carry about 500 rounds in a tiny box that can sit in your pack or a pocket. For melee weapons you have the option of using the bayonet or I'd also suggest either a crowbar or a hammer / hatchet combo. Having a good trench blade knife will be good too. You'll also need a Swiss army knife or multitool, not as a weapon per-sey, but as a tool & a last resort kind of thing. I'd suggest a lightweight dual sport motorcycle & a modular helmet with clear visor & slide down shades, I'd also suggest having a bright neon orange bandana that can be used for signaling, etc. This is a really good load-out in my opinion, obviously it isn't completely done because we didn't discuss anything about a pack, etc. However I'd suggest this, & I have many more ideas, even a tactical one.
I actually disagree with the choice. Yes, the zombies won't INTENTIONALLY go for the gaps but if you're swarmed they'll get you eventually. You can easily manufacture completely tear- and bite-proof overalls out of modern materials - e.g. kevlar but not as in bullet-proof armor but like in stab-proof vests that you mentioned - just for the whole body. If you need some impact protection you could get padding underneath. It would be extremely light and provide good air circulation since it would be like a fabric-like chain mail.
Lim-Dul You'd need to be deaf and/or a complete idiot to be swarmed in the first place. They are loud, they smell, they are slow. It doesn't get any easier than this.
William Aung Aung I was talking about the most common type of zombie, obviously. There are also stories of uv-zombies that are super fast and agile and die through sun light like vampires but the typical zombie is slow. Given that they died and came back with no sign of metabolism, it is pretty irrelevant how intact their muscles are because they have nothing that would make them move. There's garbage around them and they don't get food, they can't do anything.
A full motorbike suit would probably be good. They sometimes have kevlar thread too. Motorbike helmet gives decent vision but protects everything. They might even have slits for more air circulation. They’re padded, so a zombie hitting you on the head won’t ring too badly. A good suit has special elbow and knee protection. Gloves, boots, they’re pretty sturdy and might contain hard parts too for extra protection yet can still give you enough dexterity to do everything you need to do. A motorbike suit is easy to put on or take off. And a good suit closes off gaps really well.
I would argue that with plate armor it is usually very close to your body and latched on but for samurai armor there is a lot of hanging pieces that zombies would rip apart like the skirt and shoulder pieces
I strongly disagree with samurai armor. Samurai armor is good against cuts and stabs. However, does a zombie cut or stab? No. It claws and bites and according to most myths even a scratch can be lethal. Exposed fingers, inner parts of the arms etc etc. Plate is a bad idea for the very same reason, a lot of exposed areas where you could get scratched (and you really don't need the extra protection you get from plate if you're going to wear a chainmail underneath it like in early plate armors). No. Full covering maille is definitely your best bet, preferably a helmet with full cover for the face (such as those we see on late gaulish or late east roman armor). A sharksuit is a pretty good idea.
Where? With plate armour there were literally no area were you could get scrathed, www.google.com/search?q=full+plate+armour&safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2c_X8u7WAhVMBMAKHRzBBScQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=oPUpO7DPUmhqaM: Where can you scratch on there? the back of the legs have chainmail which you can't scratch.
decent set of motorcycle gear, all you need to defend against is teeth and hands. no need to be proof against stabs cuts etc, lighter, cheaper, more mobility, quieter and more readily available
yeah but you want to be covered completely, zombies have this issues of using their muscles over full strength when attacking, i don't remember which thing did (in their universe)tests on it, but many medias show them to have easily over twice the strength of normal humans, considering a normal human can uusually have up to about 70kilograms of jaw force(iirc) and that teeth are decently sharp even if rotten, that means you need to have quite the strong armor to defend agains bites, though you can also count on specific armor angles to make bbiting harder, full plate armor would indeed be the best choice due to covering you completely, being smooth, and being completely metal, however you can make-do with just mere stuff you could piece up together, ganbison+chainmail for the body, gauntlets with shoulder pads of any kind, some kind of biceps cover, same thing for the legs, clear-glass masks(the style used when using heavy machinery) for protecting the face from body fluids, and... well, i actually am not sure about how to protect the neck area, considering it is one of the most important parts to cover up...
+iota-09 The thing with motorcycle armor is that it's kind of like the case with the Gambeson in that it's still a better find than nothing, or homemade armour made by an amateur instead of a practiced layman. Of course, if you don't have one in your house, that means trying to find a set, which could be a real problem.
He chose samurai armour? Your cycle gear, or even simple, heavy denim, perhaps reinforced with duct tape, would be more reliable. Metatron points out how zombies could "pop" chain mail, but ignores the simple fact that zombies could peel him out of his samurai armour like a boiled shrimp, once they had grabbed him by all those extraneous elements attached to it like handles. =9[.]9=
I'd wear motorcycle leather suit, 4-5 ounce at any motorcycle shop, you can't bite or pull that shit apart. Who is going to be going after those in the apocalypse? I'd then armor the motorcycle suit in certain spots with the huge amount of aluminum road signs you can salvage anywhere on any road, cut and shape easily as well. You can get a thick leather rider suit with level 3 armor for around $500. Samurai armor is just too much time to put on and take off. Samurai armor is also very expensive and not practical. Motorcycle suit is about 1/4 of the cost, and most important, Samurai armor doesn't protect your groin from the bottom.
American Riot Armor. It protects from bludgeon weapons, bites, stabs and gun shots. It even comes with a full face guard. You also get a riot shield. Hell, even a full Motocross suit would be very effective.
+Metatron I think your priorities are misplaced. To survive a zombie apocalypse, one needs to prioritize stealth(many types of armor make noise), map mobility/endurance (how much distance can you cover before you run out of stamina, and how much more water you will lose in sweating), protection from infection (while armor keeps you from being bitten, the blood/bodily fluid splatter would be harder to clean from the gaps), protection against the elements(heat, cold, can you swim in it) and protection from hostile survivors(who would more likely be armed with firearms). If your armor of choice brings more cons than pros, then you might do better without. In a zombie apocalypse, the correct mentality is to maximize the chance of survival and minimize the risks(combat is a huge risk). Do keep that in mind when making your choice. Combat capability is necessary, but not the first priority, and one should be mindful of the drawbacks it comes with. Consider the situation you are in. Can your shelter sustain you(food, water, etc)? Do you need to get out? What is in your way? Have enough to deal with what you must, avoid the rest.
And don't forget. More zombies you kill, safer you are ... and everyone. Also if you can get together a few people able to use melee weapons and fight in a formation ... you can kill enough zombies, that people wouldn't need to kill each other to survive...
Zombie movies and such always understate humanities capabilities of mass murder; there's not a doubt in my mind that if a walking-dead scenario were to happen, most zombies would be killed outright in a couple of years.
DizielT well u are pretty invincible in full plate armor so does it matter whether u are stealthy or not? Just grab a few mates and you distract the horde while your mates murder them
stop thinking in term of video games, armour do not make that much noise, are not heavy so you can run and not be fatigue quickly and any armour as at least a gambeson even mail or full plate as a gambeson below it, so you can easily survives in cold weather with a gambeson, what people underestimate is the possibility of close combat scenario, especially when scavenging
An interesting choice, but if we go along with various fictional works and consider zombies frequently outnumber you, I'm not 100% sure I'd use samurai armor. There are more weak spots than in full plate armor and it looks like zombies could grab parts, making it easier to lose parts of the armor. I might prioritize protection over mobility. We all saw it happen. Countless zombies surround someone, there's no easy way to get away. It is possible to try and run away, but they will try to grab and bite while trying to get away. Samurai armor protects against most bites, but what happens when a lucky zombie bites a weak spot? You're done for. It may not happen the first time and maybe will take quite a while or don't happen to you, but it's impossible to rule out the possibility of it happening. Keep in mind that survival in a zombie apocalypse is far more exhausting than our current, everyday lives. Food and clean water are scarce, you may have to keep going without sleep for a few days due to zombies. Maybe you even get sick and don't have medicine. In short, you're not in prime condition and are more likely to make mistakes. You want as much protection as possible just in case it goes wrong (and it most likely will sooner or later). I'd settle for nothing less than full plate armor, gambeson, a primary weapon for taking out a few zombies, a secondary weapon for crowd control when facing many zombies at once and a ranged weapon. A stealthy approach is also an option. I'd go for light armor in that case, but stealth goes wrong at some point and then you'll want that heavy armor to protect yourself against bites. Regarging money, that's obviously no problem. Here's what I'd do: Money is of no consequence in a zombie apocalypse. I'd take a credit to pay for the armor when the populace still needs to figure out what's going on. No one will want the money back later on, anyway (they're most likely zombies, dead or at least the bank/money doesn't exist any longer). I'd commission full plate armor with the money.
Wouldn't work. If you get surrounded you could get crushed with all the weight on top of you, or the zombies would eventually pull at the armor until they can get to you.
Typically, not all pieces of plate armor would have locking mechanisms. There are too many factors to accurately say; however, I still believe it wouldn't be as effective as you think. Let me start out by saying: 1.) I thought about using full plate armor myself. 2.) Modern versions of full plate armor aren't authentic plate armor. They're knock-off versions. 3.) It depends on which set, style, & type of full plate armor you use. 4.) Most of the time, the 'locking-mechanisms' would be used for nobility / royalty. They were more advanced. Odds are you aren't either. 5.) Plate armor for a lower level member of the nobility or even gentry would & could quite possibly be closes & locked in place with leather strips, see helmet wrappers, cuirasses, etc, you'll see what I mean. Eventually weathering, & extreme wear & tear of the leather would leave it broken, therefore allowing the armor to be ripped off. 6.) It's not the most quiet thing ever, & although flexible, & if you take your time, you could get around, you'd need to train in it, fight in it, & get used to authentic full plate armor. 7.) Unless you're a smithing protige, you'd need to find someone who can make it custom tailored to your physique, someone to help you get into all of it, and you'd have to pay for it. Please note, I'm Alexander Corvinus, this is just my brother's account.
That's somewhat true. Yes, you adjust it & fasten it together via leather straps, pins, levers, etc. However, a full set of plate armor was very expensive. You'd have it custom tailored to fit your body as best as possibly as to give you maximum movement. I mean, that's just common sense, & just to break it down barney style for you, if you've ever watched Game of Thrones, you'd know there's a scene where King Robert Baratheon asks for his armor & Ned Stark makes fun of him saying he's put on weight & can't fit into it. Robert tells his squire to get a 'breast-plate stretcher' even though it doesn't exist. Armor was put together with straps, held in place, sure. But the armorer had to get measurements just like a modern suit tailor would.
I absolutely love your Samurai Armor. I always love seeing it in full with the helmet and mask. It looks so badass. But excellent points as always about how armor was created with purposes in mind for defending against specific types of weapons and attacks.
Assuming zombies still use their ears, full plate armor may not be a great choice. I would just stay away from zombie population centers, much as I do now with non-zombie humans.
What senses do they have that would attract them to me? Smell? At what range? Sight? Hearing? At what range? If we get to touch and taste, I do have a problem...
Wouldn't they just randomly path into you eventually ? I mean you need water and food and shelter. Such things are usually found in places where humans lived and zombies would now be. So you couldn't be too far out from their sense range.
Tbh, riot gear would probably be the best choice. Even though i havnt checked out the prices. They are modern, full body armour aimed at all kinds of melee and throw weapons and have some resistance to fire. The heavier ones can even take most small arms gun fire unless unlucky.
As you said in a previous video, samurai armor is pretty noisy so I don't think it would be the best option in this scenario. Edit - I imagine that a gambeson would be a good choice.
I've always thought chainmail or even just heavy padding would work. Chainmail is used by divers to protect against shark bites, and sharks have sharper teeth and stronger jaws then humans, but even a thick jacket would stop a zombie from biting through. Head protection is where it gets tricky I think, i'd probably go for a riot mask or something that has good protection and visibility
I think you overlooked the fact that samurai armor has a lot of bits to grab on it. your very likely to be pulled back/dragged down while wearing it. ps. I like your regular video style this one felt a bit spastic
Conveneicne is a huge factor in the post apocalyptic wastes. Also iut's not so easy to grbay down a guy in any armor. Alsoremember that a few zombies is not equivelent to someone who knows judo or is still thinking
joshua vaipulu I personally really enjoyed the faster paced content. A load of his other videos take 2 minutes to actually begin. (Not hating on him- just being honest. I enjoy metatron's stuff)
Nothing that can't be modified. Don't assume it will be a lone live person against zombies. There will be groups of survivors, and they won't act like the knuckleheads in the movies (because all those idiots will be dead and eaten). They can defend each other, devise strategies and tactics against their mindless enemies, build a stronghold, and hold out until the zombies rot.
I challenge you to tear 14gauge, 5/16 ID, stainless steel, butted, chainmaille apart. I have a shirt I made myself using this. You have to have crazy grip strength and use odd angles to pop 'a' ring let alone tear it apart. One of the things I like about chainmail in this instance is that it doesn't have to many places to easily grab a hold of. I think that's a huge issue with both european plate and samurai armor. Also with chainmail you can always add bits of chain and then use locks to interlock all the pieces in a way where you are literally locked into it. (totally unneeded in anything medieval but if you had brainless biters covering you it might help keep them from going up under your shirt. =P I've also considered doing a 5in4 pattern where the fifth ring just holds a tri bladed arrowhead lol (makes you dangerous to touch) (just a thought) For weapons I'd go with what I always think I would go with....cause I've got issues. Great Axe; good for stabbing, great at chopping, decent range, close combat capable, pretty damn good and both slicing and bludgeoning. Swiss army knife of two handed weapons in my book. (of course I'd always have one handed weapons too, I just haven't put the thought into it. (I clean toilets for a living, I have a lot of "random think time")
Erlyk Dalkien i Think polearms are pretty useless kg u r surrounded i wouLD choose stg like bow/ crossbow (easy to make ammunition) and a Blade like a siphos, gladius or Sax. armour would ne my Choice a little Bit of mixture gambeson & Riot Gear should work if both is descent
Rotbart, I commented about choosing the same choice of armour without seeing this xD But for a weapon, if it's against classical zombies, you'd want an axe, something that can actually break their skull and damage the brain. It also serves as a survival tool, which means 2x1 on the carry weight department.
Yeah an Axe has also its pros and The Best is probably to find Them almost everywhere and The Penetration Biggest Contra would be The speed (if u mean a Wood chopping Axe Never used a waraxe) and i already Cut trees with my Sax its a descent Tool if u ask me
The most similar thing to a war axe would be a hatchet, they're quite quick and durable. Still, I've got war axes (not a dane axe, mind you) and they're nimble, surprisingly light but pack quite the punch without requiring me to apply too much force, and that's on what I'm relying on this scenario. I won't contest a sax not being a good tool, I've made me once a couple years ago and I love it. I still find the axe a better weapon against zombies, but aye, a sax would be part of my survival kit nonetheless.
I reckon I'd wear a gambison and cover myself in chainmail. I doubt a zombie would be able to bite through chainmail. Mail shirt, mail chausess, mail mittens, mail coif, and a flat top crusader helm with a face plate, and I'd be completely zombie proof and have excellent mobility. Bring along my claymore and I'm a zombie beheading machine.
shlibber They are the effects such as flying and blasting yah thats a "no shit" thing. But they had a proper polyester suit that he wore for the green screen.
For melee combat against zombies I think a Greek style phalanx would work best. A line of guys with shields and spears, thrust over the top at the zombies' heads.
Awesome video. While not as effective as some types of actual armor, kevlar lined motorcycle leathers would pretty much cover most situations. Also the cost and availability is much more manageable. Still it would be fun to use samurai armor if it were at hand.
Why not work with the USA distributor? They work with youtube channels that demonstrate their armor, send discounted products and match dollar per dollar on any fundraising done to buy samurai armor from their armory. Seems like they would support your channel.
after thinking for a bit I realised that the best armour against a zombie would actually have to be Eastern European style armour, the scales are as light and even more flexible than Japanese armour while covering you head to toe, it is also really cheap and the easy to repair.
i think 11 century full mail armor with axe in one hand and mace or warhammer in second hand would be best, full mail armor completely enclose you expect your eyes, that you can hide behind skiing googles or something like that and mace and axe would fit fine to smash zomebies head
I would definitely invest my money on a good quality shark suit, most likely made of chainmail (just google "sharksuits" to get an idea). If it can protect you from a shark's bite, well it should be more than adequate against a zombie. A horde of zombies... well that's another story!
A padded gambeson would be enough. Possibly with light head armour, perhaps a rouded helmet with a visor (to stop infected blood getting into any of my face-holes). Remember that although a zombie may be strong, all it has as weaponry are human teeth, and those teeth won't be able to bite through padding that can resist swords. It's also got another advantage over hard armours as it'd be quiet, and noise is supposed to attract the undead. Rattling chainmail would also attract the horde. On top of this, you have to think about making your escape. Heavyweight armours would limit the distance and speed you can travel, and harder armours might stop you squeezing through that half-open door or gap in the fence that may otherwise aid your escape. Worst of all, samurai armour has a lot of points that can snag on things as you pass by, or worse, be grabbed by the zombies. Of course, you can't stop them grabbing you, but the fewer grab points the better.
the best armor for a zombie apocalypse in my mind is light armor, why i like light over heavy armor in a zombie apocalypse reason 1 why i like light then heavy now i know something like full plate armor like knight would be so much more effective, but the problem with full plate is the weight adds on, I know the armor wraps around you and you can be very agile but over long period of time that weight can wear you down, i wore 25-pound chainmail and a belt for a Viking costume for comic con and i wore it for 6 to 8 hours, at the end i could not lift my arms, this has nothing to do with strength, imaging i gave you a 10-pound dung bell and you had to lift it up, you can do that easy but now hold it up for 6 to 8 hours, your structure as a hold with wear down, lifting something your muscles do but to hold something that your body structure like joys, bones, and poster, being active for a long period of time, this is something you cant build as easy as muscle. I was so tired, image 60 to 100-pound armor like full plate plus all the gear you have to carry,
reason 2 why i think light armor is better is that it does not take 10 mins to put on, most kights with help could get armor on in 8 to 14 mins, by themself I would say 20 mins, if a massive zombie horde comes and you have to leave i don't want to take 20 mins just to put my armor on or start running while carrying 100+ pounds where i may have to jump over something, ya that's a no, i could leave my stuff and try to get it later but that's something that could go bad fast, with the bike armor i have now it takes me 48 seconds to get everything on, and it weighs 17pounds, running with that is nothing compared to more heavy armors reason 3 is a simple one, I don't want to go out trying to sneak around with a heavy armory, trying to hide in full plate is like trying to sneak with a car, it's like trying to hide with a massive mirror, sure you could spray paint it black or something but if you ever had metal grind or bump into other metal, it makes a noise, camper that to leather or foam pattern and its so much quieter reason 4, looking the part, if i manage to get to a safe place where other people are taking refuge, in heavy armor made out of steel or something, im going to stick out, now this kinda goes to the tactical douchebag to the gray man, if i walk around inlets say full plate, im showing off that i have value, someone can get intimated and start something and i don't want to get jumped by a gang, look you can wear all the armor in the world but if someone sneaks up to you and smashes you over the head with a sled hammer and grapple you and holds your arms while someone comes for the killing blow, your screw, the best armor cant save you if you don't see the attack coming while having biker gear or a light armor would be easier to hide and you won't stick out
Brother-Sergeant Mizarus I'm just going to get a leather jacket and thick jeans and simply just cover it with duct tape and boom full bite proof armor cuz just going with simple thought if a zombie is just an undead human than their bite force can't be significantly greater than a human's but maybe slightly stronger dive they don't care about pain
Nico Toro Fun fact: A healthy human adult has enough bite force to crush a soda can. It's just that our mind holds us back because of the pain of biting down so hard. A zombie won't have the limitations of human pain to hold it back. And apparently, if our jaws bite hard enough, we can crush bone. You can only hope that the zombie' jaws are too decayed to be effective anymore...
Yuan Kuizon yeah fair point ,I didn't search the strength of the human bite but I still wonder how quickly the decay of the zombie would affect its biting ability maybe due to decay after a few weeks the zombie may not even be able to bite at all
While World War Z was a shoddy movie, I appreciated the way the main character made armor for himself by wrapping thick magazines around his forearms and duct taping them. Good cheap armor for protection from bites.
A few concerns came to mind while watching. You don't always ask the right questions, and the answers you give aren't completely fleshed out to their next logical conclusion. An example of the latter was how you established that the armor needed to protect the wearer from Zombies, but you barely considered the human aspect that would be rampant in a "Zombie !!Apocalypse!!" as you put it in the title. The armor needs to work against zombies, and lots of them at that. But also against a more human element as fighting amongst groups and against other groups of survivors would be common(At least that's my understanding of how humans would behave in a fantasy situation like a zombie apocalypse). And in regards to the questions you just failed to ask, one example is what danger or threat do the zombies pose? You kinda touched on this when you mentioned that zombies are thought to have increased strength and indirectly by mentioning how they DONT pose a threat(Low intelligence), but what are their main threats? Biting! And perhaps clawing if the zombie virus or rather just plain old infection from rotting flesh breaking your skin manages to kill or incapacitate you. You mentioned the biting sure, but what you really needed to do was establish all the ways the enemies will attempt to hurt you in order to answer the question of how to protect against it. And frankly you failed to do so adequately. Just by asking that question I found three requirements I would ask for in my armor. Something that doesn't give free handholds to myself so that the strength and numbers of zombies don't come into play as often, or rather so that my armor isn't working against me and get me killed because I'm easy to grab. Something strong enough but also flexible enough in the limb areas to prevent scratches and bites while also allowing movement. And something in the more vital area, I.E. the torso, that can in addition to preventing scratches and biting also protect against bullets from my fellow humans. What types of mix and matched armor best meet these requirements I haven't the faintest, so perhaps anyone who's bothered to read... whatever this was can give some suggestions. And take it easy if I missed something please, it's currently 4 am and I haven't been to sleep yet sooo :/
Well, when considering zombies I'd always start by asking a question. Is the main goal avoidance or full confrontation? If you'd prefer avoidance I'd put metal out of the equation. In military circles the 5 S's are taught during concealment training. These are shine, silhouette, sound, shadow and shape. Most principle that can apply to people can also apply to zombies. Metal has a tendency to be sonorous and will clang and rattle and general cause a racket if you're not careful. Also, without a good coat of matte paint, it will reflect stray light and make you noticeable. With this in mind some kind of cloth or polyamide based armour would be preferable. The main issue with zombies is biting. I do not agree that a zombie is stronger than a human, a zombie can only ever be as strong as the human it used to be. A good rule of thumb is if a human can't bite through it, neither can a zombie. Someone mentioned biker leathers and I personally agree with their verdict. They're relatively affordable, readily available and have good protection from abrasion, piercing and ,if they have CE armour inserts, blunt force. One piece bike suits also tend to be quite close fitting so don't offer a lot of grabable tassles or extra material. In terms of the human aspect, things would get more complicated; we have exponentially more tools at our disposal than a zombie. A covert ballistic vest would solve the gunfire problem up to about a 5.56mm round or a rediculous powerful pistol round (.50 AE?). I'm not sure how well a biker suit would stand up to cuts or knife stabs. The thing about bites is that the forces is spread out along the tooth arch, a knife point is focussed pressure. I'd wager it would definitely fair better than average clothes. There's my 2 pence. Hope it helps.
These are all the desirable qualities I can think of for an anti-zombie armor, listed roughly in order of importance: 1 Proof against bites. 2 Maximally protective over any part the zombie would be likely to try to bite. This would include your hands. 3 Allow for very high mobility, you're dexterity is one of your main advantages against a zombie. That, and you'll have to do pretty much everything in the armor, as you can only take it off when you're at your hideout and someone else is standing guard. 4 It should be as light as possible. If you're fighting large groups of zombies, even if you can bottleneck them, you're gonna need to conserve your strength to even be able to take them all on before they wear you out. That, and you'll have to run and maybe climb with this on, possibly for long periods. Not to mention, you're gonna have to wear this thing a lot, and food might be scarce, you're gonna wanna save calories in the long run. 5 Fully enclosed. Even parts that aren't exactly armored needs to be at least covered, to minimize the risk of small cuts and injuries that could get infected by zombie blood splatter. 6 The armor should preferably be silent, you may well need to sneak past zombies at some point, which will be hard if the armor is too clunky. 7 The armor should be as smooth as possible, to reduce the zombie's ability to grab on to it, as well as to make it easier to do daily tasks and climb around in it. 8 Head impact protection. Nothing major here, but something to protect your head with if you're pushed over in a fight would be kind of useful.
You're talking about wearing something probably 24/7 some days while possibly traveling great distances with no car or horse. Anything over 20Kg is going to kill you before the zombies do, especially when you factor in having to carry a weapon and survival necessities. Cloth based armour is going to be significantly better, the human bite is only 300psi, that's the strongest hit you have to protect against.
Firefighter pants/jacket and motorbike armor/helmet/gloves/boots for me. Human teeth, nails, saliva, and blood can't go through firefighter clothing, armor so bites don't leave too many bruises. I don't think Samurai armor would be protective against blood/saliva and scratches seem likely on the back of legs and under/inner arms. If I had to choose classic armor I think I would go with chainmail over oiled canvas for bite/scratch and saliva/blood protection. Dog bite suite? Maybe a little bulky but would stop any Z bite.
Ehh dunno about samurai armor tbh. I can see the zombies easily going around the shoulder plates since they move around too much. And it also depends too much on the assumption that they won't bite at the weak spots. What if it's a new zombie that isn't as braindead and actually goes for them? Or just sheer bad luck? With armor you should minimize the chances of an injury happening, so mail or as others have said, shark bite armor would be the best i think. Full protection. Or maybe even something very heavily padded and reinforced outer layer. Yeah you can't kick a zombie, but what if you try to kick him and it grabs your leg and then noms you on the groin? Samurai armor won't do shit.
I agree, samurai armor as it is doesn't protect as well as a full set of plate would. What I would do is get rid of the shoulder plates and put either a mail sleeve or some sort leather manica there instead to give all around protection to the upper arms. I'd probably do something similar for the upper legs, mail shorts that reach down just past the knees or some sort of leather pants.
xDog .SoldieRx Yeah the mace was my second choice, but I think It would be more exausting in a prolonged fight as there is more weight on the top of the mace
Medevil armor will protect you from zombies but not from bandits. Chainmail wont stop modern bows. They shoot at a higher velocity than midevil bows. Skaligrim tested it and the modern bows went through the riveted mail abd both sodes of the padded jacket. You need plate armor. Another thing about compound bows and modern crossbows is they can penetrate kevlar because kevlar is made for blunt impact lime bullets. Even a modern recurve crossbow with a practice tip will punch through level 3a armor. it may stop a compound bow but you will still have a minor puncture wound. You need ar500 steel plates which are heavy or ceramic plates which will break after a while. Also kevlar will only stop up to .44 magnum. It wont stop a hunting rifle or even a 5.56/.223 which is a varmint round. Its actually the next step up from .22lr. of it cant stop that, it cant stop any rifle that isnt a rifle that uses pistol caliber rounds or .22 lr. Even then the rifles give the bullet more time to accelerate if does use somthing like .357 or .44.
Hey Metatron. I think you're a bit wrong about saying that plate armor does not hinder your movement. I know that you're a trained fellow with lots of armors who practiced wearing and fighting in them, so you may not notice much difference, but for an untrained person, the extra pounds given by armor mean A LOT. I recently joined a HEMA group and they allowed me to run and fight in armor for a bit. I was out of breath in 3 minutes or less. And I wasn't even wearing full-plate or full-mail armor.
Hey Metatron, great video! now I know you have one more video planned for this zombie series. so just curious, I am sure that you already have some idea for the best martial art for zombies, but I am curious about your thoughts on glima, the Viking martial art. From what I understand it is very similar to Jiu-Jitsu but with more emphasis on escaping the conflict and getting back to your weapons which I think would be better suited for such a scenario.
I agree that the reparability of the samurai armor is good to have. However i would mutch prefer a full suit of plate with the mail and gambeson it would be vary helpful in a zombie apocalypse. If you can't get the whole suit i think just the gauntlets and greaves. The thing nobody really talks about is the fact you are covered in steel. So if you happen to loose a weapon your whole body then becomes a weapon. However in reality i think the best way to protect yourself in an apocalypse it to grab random crap, clothes, newspapers, magazines, even some paper and glue sticks, could make for great armor. Just add duck tape. The best rule of thumb is "if i can't bite through it, or push a knifepoint through it it will protect you from that stray zomblet. Good video by the way love the energy my man.
You need something that is *crush resistant*. 3 biggest issues: *1*: Crush factor (human jaw can produce as much as ~250lbs.) *2*: Puncture factor (teeth are not sharp like a blade, but with excessive force can still puncture through a layer of metal. Proper redirection of force with a smooth, tapered surface could help. (If it's slippery it'll be harder to dig into, duh)) *3*: Swarm factor (as mentioned multiple times, the variable of potentially having a large swarm attacking all at once, each with their hands and mouths on different parts of the body.)
i think the best and most versatile would still have to be motorcyclist clothess. strong enough to protect you from bites and scratches with protectors at crucial spots of your body, and as it is designed not only to protect you it has pockets built in to store things that may help you surviving. but most importantly: easy to obtain during an apocalypse, rather cheap and easy to equip or take off again quickly if you need to (for example, if you are dangerously wounded and it takes you several minutes to take your armor off, it could have pretty bad effects on your body stability because of bloodloss)
Thx Metatron, nice vid. i had the same discussion with a friend about 10 years ago. we chose mail with full visor helmet, because you are not protectet enough in the samurai-armour when there are too many zombies and they get you to the ground. Maybe you are not able to protect your bite-weak-spots under a pile of them. What do you think? Greetings from Germany! I enjoy your videos, keep on the good work.
I'd wear a piece of DIY 6-in-1 maille. Much denser than 4-in-1, a bit heavier, a tiny bit less flexible, but way more protective. With 6-in-1, even butted rings work reasonably well against mere knives and even more so against Zombie bites. I always stab-test all larger chunks I finished. Maille is trivial to repair, you can find lots of wire to replace broken rings and be it thick copper wire if you cannot find anything better, and you don't have a heat problem during summer, as the rings let air pass through everywhere. And if you cannot find wire, then patch the hole with a tiny plate. Obviously, I prefer 6-in-1 with hardened riveted rings. And what's best about maille? I can teach other survivors in minutes how to make big patches of maille. With just a bit of spare time and many helping hands, it is not that difficult to make proper maille for your whole group of survivors. Making plate, on the other hand, is way trickier and I did not yet have the time to learn that. I would not pick 4-in-1 maille if I had the option. I would additionally pick a suit of plates for risky trips.
Beskar'gam, basically take a variation on Jango Fett's armour from Star Wars. It is useful for countering ranged weapons in case you come across a rather aggressive survivor and even the bodysuit is stab-proof, making it extremely difficult for zombies to get through. The helmet also gives 360 degree vision which is good for spotting any approaching zombies. The base design allows for lots of customisation too, so any weakness that you find can be made stronger with little difficulty.
I love how there was a yellow spot in the timeline of the video indicating that an advertisment was coming, but the only advertisment that came was Metatron eating his Mars bar (which happened right at the yellow spot).
Riot armor, or at least motorcycle armor. Will also make use of various other plastic or leather protective gear, repurpose some pieces (such as knee, elbow, and shin protectors) to protect other parts of the limb, provided they are sufficiently sized. This can be done for less than $1000.
I really think that modern materials would be a far better option. There are many clothing options that are readily available to the masses that would protect well against zombies. The first option that comes to my mind is soft shell material. It is light in weight, but It would be quite difficult to bit or scratch through. It also has the benefit of being weather resistant, so you would have protection from the elements that mail or even plate would not provide. Another benefit of using modern materials, like soft shell, is that they are easy to take off and put back on. You can carry a soft shell jacket when it is too warm to wear it, then throw it on and zip it up quickly when you need its protective qualities. That just isn't an option with mail, samurai armor, etc. Other fabrics that will stop human teeth include leather, thick denim, heavy canvas, and many other readily accessible options. My last point is noise. Mail, plate, etc., are quite noisy, whereas denim, leather, soft shell, etc., are inherently far quieter. Long story short, I think you are over thinking this topic and overlooking some inexpensive and commonly available options that would handle zombies just as well, if not better than, actual armor.
Best armor in a zombie apocalypse : Sturmgeschütz III
I didn't choose the StuG life, the StuG life chose me.
Only if it's a model that has a machine-gun.
You do not choose the KV-2 life, KV-2 chooses you
in modern day, i think zombies are the least of your worries, other survivors would be far more dangerous, thats why id go Kevlar.
EOD suit protects against bombs. bullets, shrapnel, stabs and bites. Just hit the gym a few years before apocalypse.
You know how slow that would make you? And the heat inside it while fighting?
Slow but practically indestructible. You could just grab a katana and slaughter all zombies. Other survivors would need anti armour weaponry to hurt you, so no need to run.
Good luck ever getting sleep. People would follow you and find a way to steal your shit. You won't be getting away very fast, or driving vehicles.
@@libertarianatheist6274 EOD suits are not bulletproof not even close
An Amy Schumer costume. Even zombies have taste.
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Amy Schumer, so easy, even a Zombie won't do her.
Joshua Stewart what does that make me then
Slarti Fast blind and deaf?
Joshua Stewart desperat and horny?
Metatron... Are you hight on Pasta again? XD
Police riot gear.
giorgitch nah
giorgitch, no, that doesn't work, look at left for dead 2's the parish campaign, police riot gear didn't do crap with zombies.
I’d wear gambeson underneath pieces of riot armour along with a shield and gladius blade
@@dragonbornexpress5650 well then again, there's a lot of things that would get you infected without having been in contact with the infected
@@CreeperJackInTheBox, true, but direct contact is probably the most likely.
Could try a sharksuit. They're basically chainmail but incorporate modern materials such as titanium. Titanium chainmail probably isn't cheap though...
I think something to consider that really wasn't in this video is how easy the armor is to tear off. Mobs of zombies attacking a downed opponent almost always tear and bite at the same time.
A sharksuit? I dunno about that.. images.halloweencostumes.com/products/12612/1-1/child-shark-costume.jpg
I was thinking this sort of chain mail also. The rings are small, they aren't very heavy. It's specifically designed to prevent bites.
Shark bite suit, viable, light, rust proof, and somewhat affordable if you put the money towards it.
Evirthewarrior I was thinking the same thing!
Evirthewarrior I mean for real if a shark can't bite through it then I don't think a zombie can
Evirthewarrior agreed
Evirthewarrior you can swim in it too
+syaondri where would you stash your pommels for combat
The human bite force is around 110-180lbs depending on gender, age, and deformaties... Bone will also not decay for years so dont plan on zombies having weaker bites...
however muscle will decay so I guess the bite strength will go down over the years
SharkByte its only a matter of a few months before their muscles and tendon completely decay
but why walkers are dangerous in the 1st season like in the 7th season of TWD lmao?
People decay fast, it wouldn't even be months. Plus they'd freeze solid in the winter most places and rot really fast in hot environments. Cracked did a whole article on this. A real zombie apocalypse would burn out fast.
Tony x Because it's a bad show and they need to keep it alive with no regards for logic because it makes money.
Well if it's the zombie apocalypse then I will just got to the local museum and rob the place for the medieval armor.
Do you have the proper Armorskill to wear that? XD I know Metatron does :P
Tamer Blur if you go to the museum, why choose medieval armor if there is a full suit of t-45 military power armor next to the vertibird that crashed into the roof?
Sadly the world is lacking in fusion cores, so it wouldn't last all that long.
I'd say the best armor would be hard to get off; so maybe duct taped sleeves (five layers will make it hard to bite through) and an AR-500 vest against those pesky gun wielding survivors.
Or just go full out with a bomb-disposal suit; you'd be pretty immobile though.
Gambeson anyone? :D just add hard shapes,plates, and make an improvised armor like the ORKS OF WARHAMMER!
Why use that battery powered T-45, i f you can get a good T-51b with a reactor which can work for 200 years?
Nope. The best "cheapo" medieval option is riveted hauberk + mail chausses and mittens + helmet of your choice.
Samurai armor will not work at all. As long as you are standing, it is ok. But zombies are smart enough to swarm you.
Yeah, they are dumb, yeah, they are going to bite the plates, but think about this: they will overwhelm you, knock you down at some point and then have fun with you for hours. Which means that one sucker will accidentally bite you under your plate in your hand, leg, you name it - and you are screwed.
A hauberk on the other hand does not have such a problem - it protects you from all directions, you might modify it a little bit like to add some straps in order to make it harder to take it off from you for a zombie, but that's it. You need no plates since zombies don't have pole-arms, archers or shock cavalry. You definitely needn't any armor differentiation because if zombie bites you successfully, you are dead even if that was you finger. And here is where proper hauberk set shines
I would still go with light gambeson and full mail.
Why? Zombies would try to attack (bite) *anything* they can; including fingers, toes... Tip of your nose, ears... *Anything*.
So, the fingers you have open there? Nom nom.
If a zombie somehow manages to get a grip of your arm, they can easily wrench it "open" so they can start nommin the "inside" of your arm.
True, a properly made mail (and gambeson) might be more expensive than the samurai armor (at least to Finland, the cost of a proper suit was something like 3500 euros, plus *heavy* taxes, so likely closer to 5000 euros), but I´d not bet on it.
So, in short, I would go with full mail, mittens, "shoes", coif... The works.
Gambeson gets hot mate and I mean really hot. That's an inconvenience. Also gambeson in the end is cloth and cloth doesn't do well in terms of tearing, impact (from "super zombie strength" or something like that), and you get more bang for your buck with hardened plate.
Now if you were fighting zombies in the cold then gambeson FTW. For most of the time you're better off with plate.
I was referring to light gambeson, so only a few layers; not to protect (that's what the mail is for), but rather soften the impacts which will inevitably come when fighting multiple opponents, even if they don't have much rational thinking.
Maybe gambeson wouldn't be a must under the mail, I dunno.
If not, then no way I'd wear anything extra. The best defence against a zombie horde would be to be somewhere else. 😂
zombies wouldn't be able to fight you in the cold, though. They'd most likely freeze.
Leather motorcycle gloves, or the sort of armored work gloves that look more appropriate for a Mad Max rip-off than working with machinery.
Heavy, stiff, leather (the sort used for linemen's belts) would make good anti-bite armor, especially coupled with motorcyclist leather.
Tapio perälä one crucial fault with mail though, it's really fucking hard to sneak in it, and I bet there will be a lot of times where stealth is essential.
and with full body gamberson and mail, you are going to get tired fast, that's easy 20 kg extra on your body.
modern motorcycle gear is the way to go, you can't rip through that, and it's lightweight, got extra protection certain spots like spine, elbows and knees, which will be mighty good for tumbles and falls, which will happen if you fight hand to hand with zombies.
If it can withstand flying over tarmac at 120 kmh with you in it, a zombie will not rip it apart.
Samurai armor "very affordable"
:,) oh I wish, Metatron, oh how I wish...
I am just a pleb
Best armour for a zombie apocalipse is a Main Battle Tank armour.
any tank in which u can lock hatches would do just fine
I was thinking the same thing
VisualDima What main battle tank would you choose?
Tanks are gas hogs and the main gun is of limited utility. A Bradley is probably fine.
Yes covered by 500+ mm of armour, sealed from the outside in full NBC. Them pesky zombies are just simply going to spam their rockets at it.
Here's a good idea I've thought of, all relatively cheap, & doesn't necessarily make you a target for bandits to steal your stuff like it would if you had military gear, perchance. I'd tend to stick with neutral colors. Bear in mind that darker shades of blue more-so blend in with darkness than black. I'd say stick with brown & blue, you'll look like a 'good guy'.
Lets say the environment is temperate, I'd suggest:
Underwear: black moisture wicking boxer briefs & respectively black (long sleeve preferred but not required) moisture wicking undershirt.
Clothing apparel: Black moisture wicking calf socks, Earth brown above the ankle hiking boots or brown electrician boots, beige kevlar reinforced straight fit cargo pants (provides more pockets, & the kevlar provides skid, and puncture / bite resistance), navy blue safari-style multi-pocket button up, collared shirt (long sleeves can be rolled), & a brown leather belt.
Exterior apparel: OPTIONAL: brown leather riding chaps (without frills), this is going to help with protection against zombies, & other things. It'll keep your pants in better condition & will provide protection against rain for a bit. MANDATORY: Good fitting Earth brown leather biker jacket, preferably with a collar to protect the neck when flipped up, beige knuckle gloves, beige baseball cap.
Keep your hair buzzed, shaved, or cut short, facial hair shaven or cut short, anything that can be grabbed normally could be grabbed by a zombie.
Weapons & tools: I'd honestly say use a wooden frame SKS (7.62x39mm) with folding bayonet, sling, & mid-range telescoping sight. This isn't going to be used so much for zombies, at least I wouldn't. I'd use it for human threats mainly; however, zombies can be killed with it too. Bayonet turns it into a makeshift pole-arm / spear. (takes magazine adapters or stripper clips) I'd also suggest a Glock 19 as it's relatively easy to shoot, & 9x19mm is relatively easy to find & plentiful. I'd suggest getting a flashlight attachment for the Glock 19, & taping a flashlight to the SKS. Avoid the picatinny rail system as it only says I've a tactical weapon, & people want what you have. I'd also suggest a .22 pistol that can be used in a last-case-scenario, or general use against zombies. You can carry about 500 rounds in a tiny box that can sit in your pack or a pocket. For melee weapons you have the option of using the bayonet or I'd also suggest either a crowbar or a hammer / hatchet combo. Having a good trench blade knife will be good too. You'll also need a Swiss army knife or multitool, not as a weapon per-sey, but as a tool & a last resort kind of thing.
I'd suggest a lightweight dual sport motorcycle & a modular helmet with clear visor & slide down shades, I'd also suggest having a bright neon orange bandana that can be used for signaling, etc.
This is a really good load-out in my opinion, obviously it isn't completely done because we didn't discuss anything about a pack, etc. However I'd suggest this, & I have many more ideas, even a tactical one.
I actually disagree with the choice. Yes, the zombies won't INTENTIONALLY go for the gaps but if you're swarmed they'll get you eventually. You can easily manufacture completely tear- and bite-proof overalls out of modern materials - e.g. kevlar but not as in bullet-proof armor but like in stab-proof vests that you mentioned - just for the whole body. If you need some impact protection you could get padding underneath. It would be extremely light and provide good air circulation since it would be like a fabric-like chain mail.
Lim-Dul You'd need to be deaf and/or a complete idiot to be swarmed in the first place. They are loud, they smell, they are slow. It doesn't get any easier than this.
Pumuckl not all zombies are slow. recently infected zombies with healthy bones and muscles might have the ability to run.
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I was talking about the most common type of zombie, obviously. There are also stories of uv-zombies that are super fast and agile and die through sun light like vampires but the typical zombie is slow. Given that they died and came back with no sign of metabolism, it is pretty irrelevant how intact their muscles are because they have nothing that would make them move. There's garbage around them and they don't get food, they can't do anything.
A full motorbike suit would probably be good. They sometimes have kevlar thread too. Motorbike helmet gives decent vision but protects everything. They might even have slits for more air circulation. They’re padded, so a zombie hitting you on the head won’t ring too badly. A good suit has special elbow and knee protection. Gloves, boots, they’re pretty sturdy and might contain hard parts too for extra protection yet can still give you enough dexterity to do everything you need to do. A motorbike suit is easy to put on or take off. And a good suit closes off gaps really well.
ha ! i, as a german dont need armor for zombie protection. HAAAAAAAANS!!!!
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I would argue that with plate armor it is usually very close to your body and latched on but for samurai armor there is a lot of hanging pieces that zombies would rip apart like the skirt and shoulder pieces
still fucking expensive
the best defense is a good shotgun
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gambeson and chainmail would pretty much do the job
I live in canada so gambeson is probably my best option
weapon of choice?
xDog .SoldieRx wait are you asking me or Goddess Miranda.Cosgrove?
Probably a Dane Axe.
If you give me a MARS bar, you can answer as well XD
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I strongly disagree with samurai armor.
Samurai armor is good against cuts and stabs. However, does a zombie cut or stab? No. It claws and bites and according to most myths even a scratch can be lethal. Exposed fingers, inner parts of the arms etc etc. Plate is a bad idea for the very same reason, a lot of exposed areas where you could get scratched (and you really don't need the extra protection you get from plate if you're going to wear a chainmail underneath it like in early plate armors).
No. Full covering maille is definitely your best bet, preferably a helmet with full cover for the face (such as those we see on late gaulish or late east roman armor). A sharksuit is a pretty good idea.
Where? With plate armour there were literally no area were you could get scrathed, www.google.com/search?q=full+plate+armour&safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2c_X8u7WAhVMBMAKHRzBBScQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=oPUpO7DPUmhqaM:
Where can you scratch on there? the back of the legs have chainmail which you can't scratch.
EOD suit is your best bet, covers entire body and is pretty much indestructible by anti infantry weapons
Libertarian Atheist eod suits dont protect against most small arms.
@@a.t6066 why did you need to say athiest?
decent set of motorcycle gear, all you need to defend against is teeth and hands. no need to be proof against stabs cuts etc, lighter, cheaper, more mobility, quieter and more readily available
And would set you back... what, $200 on average?
yeah but you want to be covered completely, zombies have this issues of using their muscles over full strength when attacking, i don't remember which thing did (in their universe)tests on it, but many medias show them to have easily over twice the strength of normal humans, considering a normal human can uusually have up to about 70kilograms of jaw force(iirc) and that teeth are decently sharp even if rotten, that means you need to have quite the strong armor to defend agains bites, though you can also count on specific armor angles to make bbiting harder,
full plate armor would indeed be the best choice due to covering you completely, being smooth, and being completely metal, however you can make-do with just mere stuff you could piece up together, ganbison+chainmail for the body, gauntlets with shoulder pads of any kind, some kind of biceps cover, same thing for the legs, clear-glass masks(the style used when using heavy machinery) for protecting the face from body fluids, and... well, i actually am not sure about how to protect the neck area, considering it is one of the most important parts to cover up...
+iota-09 The thing with motorcycle armor is that it's kind of like the case with the Gambeson in that it's still a better find than nothing, or homemade armour made by an amateur instead of a practiced layman. Of course, if you don't have one in your house, that means trying to find a set, which could be a real problem.
He chose samurai armour? Your cycle gear, or even simple, heavy denim, perhaps reinforced with duct tape, would be more reliable. Metatron points out how zombies could "pop" chain mail, but ignores the simple fact that zombies could peel him out of his samurai armour like a boiled shrimp, once they had grabbed him by all those extraneous elements attached to it like handles. =9[.]9=
I'd wear motorcycle leather suit, 4-5 ounce at any motorcycle shop, you can't bite or pull that shit apart. Who is going to be going after those in the apocalypse? I'd then armor the motorcycle suit in certain spots with the huge amount of aluminum road signs you can salvage anywhere on any road, cut and shape easily as well. You can get a thick leather rider suit with level 3 armor for around $500.
Samurai armor is just too much time to put on and take off. Samurai armor is also very expensive and not practical. Motorcycle suit is about 1/4 of the cost, and most important, Samurai armor doesn't protect your groin from the bottom.
American Riot Armor. It protects from bludgeon weapons, bites, stabs and gun shots. It even comes with a full face guard. You also get a riot shield. Hell, even a full Motocross suit would be very effective.
Wait you are saying that i can make an armour with a fuck ton of kevlar?
+Metatron I think your priorities are misplaced. To survive a zombie apocalypse, one needs to prioritize stealth(many types of armor make noise), map mobility/endurance (how much distance can you cover before you run out of stamina, and how much more water you will lose in sweating), protection from infection (while armor keeps you from being bitten, the blood/bodily fluid splatter would be harder to clean from the gaps), protection against the elements(heat, cold, can you swim in it) and protection from hostile survivors(who would more likely be armed with firearms). If your armor of choice brings more cons than pros, then you might do better without.
In a zombie apocalypse, the correct mentality is to maximize the chance of survival and minimize the risks(combat is a huge risk). Do keep that in mind when making your choice.
Combat capability is necessary, but not the first priority, and one should be mindful of the drawbacks it comes with. Consider the situation you are in. Can your shelter sustain you(food, water, etc)? Do you need to get out? What is in your way? Have enough to deal with what you must, avoid the rest.
Raf was probably talking about armor that helps you in combat, not in avoiding it.
And don't forget. More zombies you kill, safer you are ... and everyone. Also if you can get together a few people able to use melee weapons and fight in a formation ... you can kill enough zombies, that people wouldn't need to kill each other to survive...
Zombie movies and such always understate humanities capabilities of mass murder; there's not a doubt in my mind that if a walking-dead scenario were to happen, most zombies would be killed outright in a couple of years.
DizielT well u are pretty invincible in full plate armor so does it matter whether u are stealthy or not? Just grab a few mates and you distract the horde while your mates murder them
stop thinking in term of video games, armour do not make that much noise, are not heavy so you can run and not be fatigue quickly and any armour as at least a gambeson even mail or full plate as a gambeson below it, so you can easily survives in cold weather with a gambeson, what people underestimate is the possibility of close combat scenario, especially when scavenging
An interesting choice, but if we go along with various fictional works and consider zombies frequently outnumber you, I'm not 100% sure I'd use samurai armor. There are more weak spots than in full plate armor and it looks like zombies could grab parts, making it easier to lose parts of the armor. I might prioritize protection over mobility.
We all saw it happen. Countless zombies surround someone, there's no easy way to get away. It is possible to try and run away, but they will try to grab and bite while trying to get away. Samurai armor protects against most bites, but what happens when a lucky zombie bites a weak spot? You're done for. It may not happen the first time and maybe will take quite a while or don't happen to you, but it's impossible to rule out the possibility of it happening.
Keep in mind that survival in a zombie apocalypse is far more exhausting than our current, everyday lives. Food and clean water are scarce, you may have to keep going without sleep for a few days due to zombies. Maybe you even get sick and don't have medicine. In short, you're not in prime condition and are more likely to make mistakes.
You want as much protection as possible just in case it goes wrong (and it most likely will sooner or later). I'd settle for nothing less than full plate armor, gambeson, a primary weapon for taking out a few zombies, a secondary weapon for crowd control when facing many zombies at once and a ranged weapon.
A stealthy approach is also an option. I'd go for light armor in that case, but stealth goes wrong at some point and then you'll want that heavy armor to protect yourself against bites.
Regarging money, that's obviously no problem.
Here's what I'd do: Money is of no consequence in a zombie apocalypse. I'd take a credit to pay for the armor when the populace still needs to figure out what's going on. No one will want the money back later on, anyway (they're most likely zombies, dead or at least the bank/money doesn't exist any longer). I'd commission full plate armor with the money.
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I'd go full plate, and just stand laughing manically to their feeble attempts of touching me
inb4 I die of heat stroke
Wouldn't work. If you get surrounded you could get crushed with all the weight on top of you, or the zombies would eventually pull at the armor until they can get to you.
just install a cooler and recharge it with sunlight
Typically, not all pieces of plate armor would have locking mechanisms. There are too many factors to accurately say; however, I still believe it wouldn't be as effective as you think. Let me start out by saying:
1.) I thought about using full plate armor myself.
2.) Modern versions of full plate armor aren't authentic plate armor. They're knock-off versions.
3.) It depends on which set, style, & type of full plate armor you use.
4.) Most of the time, the 'locking-mechanisms' would be used for nobility / royalty. They were more advanced. Odds are you aren't either.
5.) Plate armor for a lower level member of the nobility or even gentry would & could quite possibly be closes & locked in place with leather strips, see helmet wrappers, cuirasses, etc, you'll see what I mean. Eventually weathering, & extreme wear & tear of the leather would leave it broken, therefore allowing the armor to be ripped off.
6.) It's not the most quiet thing ever, & although flexible, & if you take your time, you could get around, you'd need to train in it, fight in it, & get used to authentic full plate armor.
7.) Unless you're a smithing protige, you'd need to find someone who can make it custom tailored to your physique, someone to help you get into all of it, and you'd have to pay for it.
Please note, I'm Alexander Corvinus, this is just my brother's account.
An armor is not custom trailored, you adjust it with leather straps
That's somewhat true. Yes, you adjust it & fasten it together via leather straps, pins, levers, etc. However, a full set of plate armor was very expensive. You'd have it custom tailored to fit your body as best as possibly as to give you maximum movement. I mean, that's just common sense, & just to break it down barney style for you, if you've ever watched Game of Thrones, you'd know there's a scene where King Robert Baratheon asks for his armor & Ned Stark makes fun of him saying he's put on weight & can't fit into it. Robert tells his squire to get a 'breast-plate stretcher' even though it doesn't exist. Armor was put together with straps, held in place, sure. But the armorer had to get measurements just like a modern suit tailor would.
I absolutely love your Samurai Armor. I always love seeing it in full with the helmet and mask. It looks so badass. But excellent points as always about how armor was created with purposes in mind for defending against specific types of weapons and attacks.
Assuming zombies still use their ears, full plate armor may not be a great choice. I would just stay away from zombie population centers, much as I do now with non-zombie humans.
What senses do they have that would attract them to me? Smell? At what range? Sight? Hearing? At what range? If we get to touch and taste, I do have a problem...
Wouldn't they just randomly path into you eventually ? I mean you need water and food and shelter. Such things are usually found in places where humans lived and zombies would now be. So you couldn't be too far out from their sense range.
Tbh, riot gear would probably be the best choice. Even though i havnt checked out the prices. They are modern, full body armour aimed at all kinds of melee and throw weapons and have some resistance to fire. The heavier ones can even take most small arms gun fire unless unlucky.
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I think motorcycle armor would be great and fairly easy to get ahold of
As you said in a previous video, samurai armor is pretty noisy so I don't think it would be the best option in this scenario.
Edit - I imagine that a gambeson would be a good choice.
I've always thought chainmail or even just heavy padding would work. Chainmail is used by divers to protect against shark bites, and sharks have sharper teeth and stronger jaws then humans, but even a thick jacket would stop a zombie from biting through. Head protection is where it gets tricky I think, i'd probably go for a riot mask or something that has good protection and visibility
I think you overlooked the fact that samurai armor has a lot of bits to grab on it. your very likely to be pulled back/dragged down while wearing it.
ps. I like your regular video style this one felt a bit spastic
Conveneicne is a huge factor in the post apocalyptic wastes. Also iut's not so easy to grbay down a guy in any armor. Alsoremember that a few zombies is not equivelent to someone who knows judo or is still thinking
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I personally really enjoyed the faster paced content. A load of his other videos take 2 minutes to actually begin. (Not hating on him- just being honest. I enjoy metatron's stuff)
Zombies still grab.
They grab and pull and bite. Gotta look out for dem hands.
Nothing that can't be modified.
Don't assume it will be a lone live person against zombies. There will be groups of survivors, and they won't act like the knuckleheads in the movies (because all those idiots will be dead and eaten). They can defend each other, devise strategies and tactics against their mindless enemies, build a stronghold, and hold out until the zombies rot.
11:20 that red rope at the back of the armor just screams: 'PULL ME AND I'LL FALL'
I challenge you to tear 14gauge, 5/16 ID, stainless steel, butted, chainmaille apart. I have a shirt I made myself using this. You have to have crazy grip strength and use odd angles to pop 'a' ring let alone tear it apart.
One of the things I like about chainmail in this instance is that it doesn't have to many places to easily grab a hold of. I think that's a huge issue with both european plate and samurai armor.
Also with chainmail you can always add bits of chain and then use locks to interlock all the pieces in a way where you are literally locked into it. (totally unneeded in anything medieval but if you had brainless biters covering you it might help keep them from going up under your shirt. =P I've also considered doing a 5in4 pattern where the fifth ring just holds a tri bladed arrowhead lol (makes you dangerous to touch) (just a thought)
For weapons I'd go with what I always think I would go with....cause I've got issues. Great Axe; good for stabbing, great at chopping, decent range, close combat capable, pretty damn good and both slicing and bludgeoning. Swiss army knife of two handed weapons in my book. (of course I'd always have one handed weapons too, I just haven't put the thought into it. (I clean toilets for a living, I have a lot of "random think time")
A zombie/s would be tearing at you ignoring pain, etc. So a zombie would be able to use more strength when attacking you.
Erlyk Dalkien i Think polearms are pretty useless kg u r surrounded i wouLD choose stg like bow/ crossbow (easy to make ammunition) and a Blade like a siphos, gladius or Sax.
armour would ne my Choice a little Bit of mixture gambeson & Riot Gear should work if both is descent
Rotbart, I commented about choosing the same choice of armour without seeing this xD
But for a weapon, if it's against classical zombies, you'd want an axe, something that can actually break their skull and damage the brain. It also serves as a survival tool, which means 2x1 on the carry weight department.
Yeah an Axe has also its pros and The Best is probably to find Them almost everywhere and The Penetration Biggest Contra would be The speed (if u mean a Wood chopping Axe Never used a waraxe) and i already Cut trees with my Sax its a descent Tool if u ask me
The most similar thing to a war axe would be a hatchet, they're quite quick and durable. Still, I've got war axes (not a dane axe, mind you) and they're nimble, surprisingly light but pack quite the punch without requiring me to apply too much force, and that's on what I'm relying on this scenario.
I won't contest a sax not being a good tool, I've made me once a couple years ago and I love it. I still find the axe a better weapon against zombies, but aye, a sax would be part of my survival kit nonetheless.
I reckon I'd wear a gambison and cover myself in chainmail. I doubt a zombie would be able to bite through chainmail. Mail shirt, mail chausess, mail mittens, mail coif, and a flat top crusader helm with a face plate, and I'd be completely zombie proof and have excellent mobility. Bring along my claymore and I'm a zombie beheading machine.
The Iron Man armor
so are zombies :/
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shlibber Iron Man isn't fictional... Haven't you seen the movies?
shlibber They are the effects such as flying and blasting yah thats a "no shit" thing. But they had a proper polyester suit that he wore for the green screen.
For melee combat against zombies I think a Greek style phalanx would work best. A line of guys with shields and spears, thrust over the top at the zombies' heads.
Zombies.. Unexpected and awesome
Glad you liked it :)
I'm working on making armor for the zombie apocalypse.
Give him a tanto
GIVE HIM A TANTO DANG IT!
You look kind of like Darth Vader when you wear samurai armor
where would you advise me to buy a samurai armor?
Awesome video. While not as effective as some types of actual armor, kevlar lined motorcycle leathers would pretty much cover most situations. Also the cost and availability is much more manageable. Still it would be fun to use samurai armor if it were at hand.
Whoa that energy! Love it. Keep it up, bud!
Thanks!
Why not work with the USA distributor? They work with youtube channels that demonstrate their armor, send discounted products and match dollar per dollar on any fundraising done to buy samurai armor from their armory. Seems like they would support your channel.
after thinking for a bit I realised that the best armour against a zombie would actually have to be Eastern European style armour, the scales are as light and even more flexible than Japanese armour while covering you head to toe, it is also really cheap and the easy to repair.
a proper gameberson and mail armor for me.... with an assault rifle
Tuan Le I'll get a proper suit of full plate armor with a shotgun, and various guns
Just a pommel for me thanks
and a sword as a back up.
i think 11 century full mail armor with axe in one hand and mace or warhammer in second hand would be best, full mail armor completely enclose you expect your eyes, that you can hide behind skiing googles or something like that and mace and axe would fit fine to smash zomebies head
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I would definitely invest my money on a good quality shark suit, most likely made of chainmail (just google "sharksuits" to get an idea). If it can protect you from a shark's bite, well it should be more than adequate against a zombie. A horde of zombies... well that's another story!
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Spiked armor from Dark Souls 3?
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A padded gambeson would be enough. Possibly with light head armour, perhaps a rouded helmet with a visor (to stop infected blood getting into any of my face-holes). Remember that although a zombie may be strong, all it has as weaponry are human teeth, and those teeth won't be able to bite through padding that can resist swords. It's also got another advantage over hard armours as it'd be quiet, and noise is supposed to attract the undead. Rattling chainmail would also attract the horde.
On top of this, you have to think about making your escape. Heavyweight armours would limit the distance and speed you can travel, and harder armours might stop you squeezing through that half-open door or gap in the fence that may otherwise aid your escape. Worst of all, samurai armour has a lot of points that can snag on things as you pass by, or worse, be grabbed by the zombies. Of course, you can't stop them grabbing you, but the fewer grab points the better.
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the best armor for a zombie apocalypse in my mind is light armor, why i like light over heavy armor in a zombie apocalypse
reason 1 why i like light then heavy
now i know something like full plate armor like knight would be so much more effective, but the problem with full plate is the weight adds on, I know the armor wraps around you and you can be very agile but over long period of time that weight can wear you down, i wore 25-pound chainmail and a belt for a Viking costume for comic con and i wore it for 6 to 8 hours, at the end i could not lift my arms, this has nothing to do with strength, imaging i gave you a 10-pound dung bell and you had to lift it up, you can do that easy but now hold it up for 6 to 8 hours, your structure as a hold with wear down, lifting something your muscles do but to hold something that your body structure like joys, bones, and poster, being active for a long period of time, this is something you cant build as easy as muscle. I was so tired, image 60 to 100-pound armor like full plate plus all the gear you have to carry,
reason 2 why i think light armor is better is that it does not take 10 mins to put on, most kights with help could get armor on in 8 to 14 mins, by themself I would say 20 mins,
if a massive zombie horde comes and you have to leave i don't want to take 20 mins just to put my armor on or start running while carrying 100+ pounds where i may have to jump over something, ya that's a no, i could leave my stuff and try to get it later but that's something that could go bad fast, with the bike armor i have now it takes me 48 seconds to get everything on, and it weighs 17pounds, running with that is nothing compared to more heavy armors
reason 3 is a simple one, I don't want to go out trying to sneak around with a heavy armory, trying to hide in full plate is like trying to sneak with a car, it's like trying to hide with a massive mirror, sure you could spray paint it black or something but if you ever had metal grind or bump into other metal, it makes a noise, camper that to leather or foam pattern and its so much quieter
reason 4, looking the part, if i manage to get to a safe place where other people are taking refuge, in heavy armor made out of steel or something, im going to stick out, now this kinda goes to the tactical douchebag to the gray man, if i walk around inlets say full plate, im showing off that i have value, someone can get intimated and start something and i don't want to get jumped by a gang, look you can wear all the armor in the world but if someone sneaks up to you and smashes you over the head with a sled hammer and grapple you and holds your arms while someone comes for the killing blow, your screw, the best armor cant save you if you don't see the attack coming while having biker gear or a light armor would be easier to hide and you won't stick out
You can even swim with samurai armor
And yes that was a actual stuff
joaquin Velazquez you can also swimm with a knights armour
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1:14 already perfectly fitted for the zombie apocalypse.
But wouldn't a gambeson be bite proof and light?
Brother-Sergeant Mizarus it depends if zombie teeth are sharp you are pretty much fucked
Brother-Sergeant Mizarus I'm just going to get a leather jacket and thick jeans and simply just cover it with duct tape and boom full bite proof armor cuz just going with simple thought if a zombie is just an undead human than their bite force can't be significantly greater than a human's but maybe slightly stronger dive they don't care about pain
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Fun fact: A healthy human adult has enough bite force to crush a soda can. It's just that our mind holds us back because of the pain of biting down so hard.
A zombie won't have the limitations of human pain to hold it back. And apparently, if our jaws bite hard enough, we can crush bone.
You can only hope that the zombie' jaws are too decayed to be effective anymore...
Yuan Kuizon yeah fair point ,I didn't search the strength of the human bite but I still wonder how quickly the decay of the zombie would affect its biting ability maybe due to decay after a few weeks the zombie may not even be able to bite at all
"let's get straight to the point, let's get straight to the point* chugs water* let's first consider the possibilities..." -the Metatron speaking.
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While World War Z was a shoddy movie, I appreciated the way the main character made armor for himself by wrapping thick magazines around his forearms and duct taping them. Good cheap armor for protection from bites.
toughened leather should be biteproof /:)
Why not both?
stay on top of building to avoid contact
parkour plus armour
Love the new energized video format! Keep up the good work man!
A few concerns came to mind while watching. You don't always ask the right questions, and the answers you give aren't completely fleshed out to their next logical conclusion. An example of the latter was how you established that the armor needed to protect the wearer from Zombies, but you barely considered the human aspect that would be rampant in a "Zombie !!Apocalypse!!" as you put it in the title. The armor needs to work against zombies, and lots of them at that. But also against a more human element as fighting amongst groups and against other groups of survivors would be common(At least that's my understanding of how humans would behave in a fantasy situation like a zombie apocalypse). And in regards to the questions you just failed to ask, one example is what danger or threat do the zombies pose? You kinda touched on this when you mentioned that zombies are thought to have increased strength and indirectly by mentioning how they DONT pose a threat(Low intelligence), but what are their main threats? Biting! And perhaps clawing if the zombie virus or rather just plain old infection from rotting flesh breaking your skin manages to kill or incapacitate you. You mentioned the biting sure, but what you really needed to do was establish all the ways the enemies will attempt to hurt you in order to answer the question of how to protect against it. And frankly you failed to do so adequately. Just by asking that question I found three requirements I would ask for in my armor. Something that doesn't give free handholds to myself so that the strength and numbers of zombies don't come into play as often, or rather so that my armor isn't working against me and get me killed because I'm easy to grab. Something strong enough but also flexible enough in the limb areas to prevent scratches and bites while also allowing movement. And something in the more vital area, I.E. the torso, that can in addition to preventing scratches and biting also protect against bullets from my fellow humans. What types of mix and matched armor best meet these requirements I haven't the faintest, so perhaps anyone who's bothered to read... whatever this was can give some suggestions. And take it easy if I missed something please, it's currently 4 am and I haven't been to sleep yet sooo :/
Well, when considering zombies I'd always start by asking a question. Is the main goal avoidance or full confrontation? If you'd prefer avoidance I'd put metal out of the equation. In military circles the 5 S's are taught during concealment training. These are shine, silhouette, sound, shadow and shape. Most principle that can apply to people can also apply to zombies. Metal has a tendency to be sonorous and will clang and rattle and general cause a racket if you're not careful. Also, without a good coat of matte paint, it will reflect stray light and make you noticeable. With this in mind some kind of cloth or polyamide based armour would be preferable. The main issue with zombies is biting. I do not agree that a zombie is stronger than a human, a zombie can only ever be as strong as the human it used to be. A good rule of thumb is if a human can't bite through it, neither can a zombie. Someone mentioned biker leathers and I personally agree with their verdict. They're relatively affordable, readily available and have good protection from abrasion, piercing and ,if they have CE armour inserts, blunt force. One piece bike suits also tend to be quite close fitting so don't offer a lot of grabable tassles or extra material. In terms of the human aspect, things would get more complicated; we have exponentially more tools at our disposal than a zombie. A covert ballistic vest would solve the gunfire problem up to about a 5.56mm round or a rediculous powerful pistol round (.50 AE?). I'm not sure how well a biker suit would stand up to cuts or knife stabs. The thing about bites is that the forces is spread out along the tooth arch, a knife point is focussed pressure. I'd wager it would definitely fair better than average clothes. There's my 2 pence. Hope it helps.
These are all the desirable qualities I can think of for an anti-zombie armor, listed roughly in order of importance:
1 Proof against bites.
2 Maximally protective over any part the zombie would be likely to try to bite. This would include your hands.
3 Allow for very high mobility, you're dexterity is one of your main advantages against a zombie. That, and you'll have to do pretty much everything in the armor, as you can only take it off when you're at your hideout and someone else is standing guard.
4 It should be as light as possible. If you're fighting large groups of zombies, even if you can bottleneck them, you're gonna need to conserve your strength to even be able to take them all on before they wear you out. That, and you'll have to run and maybe climb with this on, possibly for long periods. Not to mention, you're gonna have to wear this thing a lot, and food might be scarce, you're gonna wanna save calories in the long run.
5 Fully enclosed. Even parts that aren't exactly armored needs to be at least covered, to minimize the risk of small cuts and injuries that could get infected by zombie blood splatter.
6 The armor should preferably be silent, you may well need to sneak past zombies at some point, which will be hard if the armor is too clunky.
7 The armor should be as smooth as possible, to reduce the zombie's ability to grab on to it, as well as to make it easier to do daily tasks and climb around in it.
8 Head impact protection. Nothing major here, but something to protect your head with if you're pushed over in a fight would be kind of useful.
Why not modern riot armor? It's easier to find than samurai armor, and more effective as well.
You're talking about wearing something probably 24/7 some days while possibly traveling great distances with no car or horse. Anything over 20Kg is going to kill you before the zombies do, especially when you factor in having to carry a weapon and survival necessities.
Cloth based armour is going to be significantly better, the human bite is only 300psi, that's the strongest hit you have to protect against.
Firefighter pants/jacket and motorbike armor/helmet/gloves/boots for me.
Human teeth, nails, saliva, and blood can't go through firefighter clothing, armor so bites don't leave too many bruises.
I don't think Samurai armor would be protective against blood/saliva and scratches seem likely on the back of legs and under/inner arms.
If I had to choose classic armor I think I would go with chainmail over oiled canvas for bite/scratch and saliva/blood protection.
Dog bite suite? Maybe a little bulky but would stop any Z bite.
rofl that surprising BREAK...thats stopping power :D Great and charming, keep it up! ++ Somebody PLEEEEEAAASE get this man a tanto!
Ehh dunno about samurai armor tbh. I can see the zombies easily going around the shoulder plates since they move around too much. And it also depends too much on the assumption that they won't bite at the weak spots.
What if it's a new zombie that isn't as braindead and actually goes for them? Or just sheer bad luck?
With armor you should minimize the chances of an injury happening, so mail or as others have said, shark bite armor would be the best i think. Full protection. Or maybe even something very heavily padded and reinforced outer layer.
Yeah you can't kick a zombie, but what if you try to kick him and it grabs your leg and then noms you on the groin? Samurai armor won't do shit.
I agree, samurai armor as it is doesn't protect as well as a full set of plate would. What I would do is get rid of the shoulder plates and put either a mail sleeve or some sort leather manica there instead to give all around protection to the upper arms. I'd probably do something similar for the upper legs, mail shorts that reach down just past the knees or some sort of leather pants.
Gear and weapons for zombie type-
A. Slow walkers.
B. Fast walkers
C. Vampire walkers/daylight's end.
D. Zombies/Mutations Left for dead.
I'd bet on a chainmail over a ganbeson, armed with war pick.
I will take that .... with a flanged mace ^_^
no no no, those dont have pommels
You can modify them to have one.
xDog .SoldieRx Yeah the mace was my second choice, but I think It would be more exausting in a prolonged fight as there is more weight on the top of the mace
Medevil armor will protect you from zombies but not from bandits. Chainmail wont stop modern bows. They shoot at a higher velocity than midevil bows. Skaligrim tested it and the modern bows went through the riveted mail abd both sodes of the padded jacket. You need plate armor. Another thing about compound bows and modern crossbows is they can penetrate kevlar because kevlar is made for blunt impact lime bullets. Even a modern recurve crossbow with a practice tip will punch through level 3a armor. it may stop a compound bow but you will still have a minor puncture wound.
You need ar500 steel plates which are heavy or ceramic plates which will break after a while. Also kevlar will only stop up to .44 magnum. It wont stop a hunting rifle or even a 5.56/.223 which is a varmint round. Its actually the next step up from .22lr. of it cant stop that, it cant stop any rifle that isnt a rifle that uses pistol caliber rounds or .22 lr. Even then the rifles give the bullet more time to accelerate if does use somthing like .357 or .44.
Hey Metatron. I think you're a bit wrong about saying that plate armor does not hinder your movement. I know that you're a trained fellow with lots of armors who practiced wearing and fighting in them, so you may not notice much difference, but for an untrained person, the extra pounds given by armor mean A LOT. I recently joined a HEMA group and they allowed me to run and fight in armor for a bit. I was out of breath in 3 minutes or less. And I wasn't even wearing full-plate or full-mail armor.
Observer29830 That's with any armor whatsoever. It takes conditioning.
Hey Metatron,
great video! now I know you have one more video planned for this zombie series. so just curious, I am sure that you already have some idea for the best martial art for zombies, but I am curious about your thoughts on glima, the Viking martial art. From what I understand it is very similar to Jiu-Jitsu but with more emphasis on escaping the conflict and getting back to your weapons which I think would be better suited for such a scenario.
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I would bite him om nom nom
I agree that the reparability of the samurai armor is good to have. However i would mutch prefer a full suit of plate with the mail and gambeson it would be vary helpful in a zombie apocalypse. If you can't get the whole suit i think just the gauntlets and greaves. The thing nobody really talks about is the fact you are covered in steel. So if you happen to loose a weapon your whole body then becomes a weapon. However in reality i think the best way to protect yourself in an apocalypse it to grab random crap, clothes, newspapers, magazines, even some paper and glue sticks, could make for great armor. Just add duck tape. The best rule of thumb is "if i can't bite through it, or push a knifepoint through it it will protect you from that stray zomblet. Good video by the way love the energy my man.
I would use sticks. They are accesable, light, multifunctional, replaceable, biteresistant and easy to work with. Sticks always win.
You need something that is *crush resistant*. 3 biggest issues:
*1*: Crush factor (human jaw can produce as much as ~250lbs.)
*2*: Puncture factor (teeth are not sharp like a blade, but with excessive force can still puncture through a layer of metal. Proper redirection of force with a smooth, tapered surface could help. (If it's slippery it'll be harder to dig into, duh))
*3*: Swarm factor (as mentioned multiple times, the variable of potentially having a large swarm attacking all at once, each with their hands and mouths on different parts of the body.)
calm down friend. also wouldn't a motorcycle suit be more effective than armor? no zombie is going to bite through leather.
What about high-impact plastics? Either in repurposed sports gear, or crafted into proper armor? Possibly reinforcing gaps with rip-stop fabric?
by far your best video, great work!
The Walking Dead Italy: Instead of Michonne with a Katana it's Metatron with his Samurai Armour! XD
This is becoming one of my favorite channels.
i think the best and most versatile would still have to be motorcyclist clothess. strong enough to protect you from bites and scratches with protectors at crucial spots of your body, and as it is designed not only to protect you it has pockets built in to store things that may help you surviving. but most importantly: easy to obtain during an apocalypse, rather cheap and easy to equip or take off again quickly if you need to (for example, if you are dangerously wounded and it takes you several minutes to take your armor off, it could have pretty bad effects on your body stability because of bloodloss)
Thx Metatron, nice vid. i had the same discussion with a friend about 10 years ago. we chose mail with full visor helmet, because you are not protectet enough in the samurai-armour when there are too many zombies and they get you to the ground. Maybe you are not able to protect your bite-weak-spots under a pile of them. What do you think?
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Not sure if you're drunk or super high on caffeine, super energetic but I love it!
I'd wear a piece of DIY 6-in-1 maille. Much denser than 4-in-1, a bit heavier, a tiny bit less flexible, but way more protective. With 6-in-1, even butted rings work reasonably well against mere knives and even more so against Zombie bites. I always stab-test all larger chunks I finished. Maille is trivial to repair, you can find lots of wire to replace broken rings and be it thick copper wire if you cannot find anything better, and you don't have a heat problem during summer, as the rings let air pass through everywhere. And if you cannot find wire, then patch the hole with a tiny plate. Obviously, I prefer 6-in-1 with hardened riveted rings. And what's best about maille? I can teach other survivors in minutes how to make big patches of maille. With just a bit of spare time and many helping hands, it is not that difficult to make proper maille for your whole group of survivors. Making plate, on the other hand, is way trickier and I did not yet have the time to learn that.
I would not pick 4-in-1 maille if I had the option. I would additionally pick a suit of plates for risky trips.
Beskar'gam, basically take a variation on Jango Fett's armour from Star Wars. It is useful for countering ranged weapons in case you come across a rather aggressive survivor and even the bodysuit is stab-proof, making it extremely difficult for zombies to get through. The helmet also gives 360 degree vision which is good for spotting any approaching zombies. The base design allows for lots of customisation too, so any weakness that you find can be made stronger with little difficulty.
I really like the editing in this :) good job man
I love how there was a yellow spot in the timeline of the video indicating that an advertisment was coming, but the only advertisment that came was Metatron eating his Mars bar (which happened right at the yellow spot).
how about the modern mail divers can wear against sharks? basically a full jumpsuit made of fine light mail.
Very true. And that would be made better than medieval Mail as well. Although the weight might be a problem
Riot armor, or at least motorcycle armor. Will also make use of various other plastic or leather protective gear, repurpose some pieces (such as knee, elbow, and shin protectors) to protect other parts of the limb, provided they are sufficiently sized.
This can be done for less than $1000.
I really think that modern materials would be a far better option. There are many clothing options that are readily available to the masses that would protect well against zombies.
The first option that comes to my mind is soft shell material. It is light in weight, but It would be quite difficult to bit or scratch through. It also has the benefit of being weather resistant, so you would have protection from the elements that mail or even plate would not provide.
Another benefit of using modern materials, like soft shell, is that they are easy to take off and put back on. You can carry a soft shell jacket when it is too warm to wear it, then throw it on and zip it up quickly when you need its protective qualities. That just isn't an option with mail, samurai armor, etc.
Other fabrics that will stop human teeth include leather, thick denim, heavy canvas, and many other readily accessible options.
My last point is noise. Mail, plate, etc., are quite noisy, whereas denim, leather, soft shell, etc., are inherently far quieter.
Long story short, I think you are over thinking this topic and overlooking some inexpensive and commonly available options that would handle zombies just as well, if not better than, actual armor.
Plz put images when you talk about the types of armors. I can't imagine them all.