From Matchlocks to Wheel-Locks in Early America — 1500 to 1740
From Matchlocks to Wheel-Locks in Early America — 1500 to 1740
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I wish theres a game like this
German dude at the end of the 16th Century: Ah, yes. I get credit for the volley line.
Oda Nobunaga in mid-16th Century Nihon: Am I joke to you?
Oda Nobunaga (the First Great Unifier of Japan), who wholeheartedly adopted the use of firearms (after the introduction of Portuguese arquebuses, in the 1540’s), famously used the volley line at the Battle of Nagashino, in 1575. (He had already developed the tactic earlier.) There, Oda employed three lines of 1000 arquebusiers, with 1000 firing their tanegashima (locally made (Japanese) guns), then falling back to reload, as the next two subsequent ranks fired. Also of note, the Takeda clan, the Oda and Tokugawa clans’ opponents, believed the Oda tanegashima to be useless, due to wet weather soaking the powder and fuses. However, the Oda clan had boxes over the pan, which prevented the powder from getting wet. Needless to say, the Takeda clan lost… horribly.
The Japanese were especially adept at early firearms, in those days before the end of the Sengoku Jidai (period). The number of tanegashima produced was greater than all of the arquebuses of Europe combined. Some Japanese continued to produce tanegashima until the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) Jidai (the end of Shogunate Japan, 1865), as the gun replaced the yumi/yajiri (bow and arrow), or long pikes/swords, as the primary weapon of ashigaru (foot soldiers) and Samurai. (Yeah, the kitana was NOT the primary weapon of the Samurai, nor was it really ever.) Contrary to what fiction has one believe, the last days of the Samurai were dominated not by the Uchigitana (Kitana), but by the gun. The true events behind "The Last Samurai", during the Boshin War, near the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, had the Samurai fighting with their swords, only because they had run out of munitions, and decided on a suicidal charge.
Just a little credit where it’s due. Oda Nobunaga was an absolute beast, and an interesting study, as is the whole of late Sengoku Jidai Nihon.
The pox, and other illnesses like it were not weapons, the damage that they did would have occurred regardless of the actions or intentions of the Europeans.
Excellent video. But if my memory serves me right, while talking about the "arquebus ", the weapon shown from around 1:34 is a type of snap-matchlock called the " tanegashima" which was made in feudal Japan. You can even see that the serpentine(the curved metal bar that is designed to hold the slow match) rests on a horizontal V-spring ready to "snap" the burning match on to the priming powder in the pan. The Portuguese introduced firearms into Japan during their expeditions in the early 1600s. The Japanese quickly adopted the new firearms and modified the design to suit their gunners. Expert metalworkers were abundant in Japan at the time and they managed to produce these in substantial numbers.
The "arquebus" employed a far simpler lock(if it can even be called that) and was used in Iberia in the late 15th to early 16th century.
It was distinct because it didn’t have any spring and the serpentine and the bar(which continued to the underside of the buttstock and pulling which lowered the serpentine) was a continuous piece that acted as a lever which was pivoted on a pin on the outside of the stock.
Am I the only one suffering from the Mandela effect? I thought guns were made in the 1600s
The idea that spain weaponized diseases is F A R beyond the scope of this documentary. Entirely different conversation. Plagues were ripping through native populations before Europeans even arrived. Could have been from the south pacific. Very problematic
I’d like to learn more about late 15th and early 16th century European guns, does any one know where I should look for sources?
Then from wheellocks to(early flint designs)flintlocks and then from flintlocks to caplocks and then from caplocks to metallic cartridges
the most amazing 11 minutes of my day (so far). Good job!
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This was great! On to Flintlocks next!
The Spanish Tercios introduced the invention of the Arquebus mixing it with traditional spikemen. El gran Capitán ( Mr.Cordova) revolutionized battles with this new technology first in Europe and then in America for 150 years domintating the battlefield.
The wheel lock made a huge comeback in 1932… In the form of the Zippo and Ronson Original Windproof cigarette/cigar lighters.
at the moment I am building a wheellock cavalry pistol. Your video is a nice footage to that. Thanks a lot
Loved the video. Beautiful pieces displayed especially the wheellocks. An area that barely gets representation
the background music is mars
I wish Total War added more matchlock musket wars
My friend own an Aquabis.
A popular boys in school were flirting with all girls
Rest of unpopular boys: i gonna end this boys career,pickup musket..presences..fire
There’s all sorts of wrong things here.
At least the guns and armor are more realistic than the accents.
Love Joshua Graham’s narration
Idk why the wheel locks never took off
I noticed you used a tanegashima as an example
Too much about the people, not enough about the firearms.
For instance the doglock was just mentioned in passing. And it was mentioned that the snaplock wasn’t considered a true flintlock, but no real details were given as to why.
That "German" Accent fucked my brain real hard
😂 3:05 😂sus😂
2:25 why was that Spanish soldier wearing a British sword?
Faster rate of fire than a crossbow? What kind? If we’re talking about heavy crossbows that’s mainly for sieging and castle defense, then sure. If perhaps we’re talking about the french mounted crossbowmen (cranequinier) that uses a cranequin to span their crossbows, then sure. But if we’re talking about field crossbowmen that uses a spanning belt or a goat’s foot lever to span the crossbow, then that’s a big no. These field deployed crossbowmen were more common than mounted the mounted ones or the one intended for siege/castle defense.