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Testing Historical Weapons: From The Middle Ages To Industrial Warfare

In this episode, we go hands-on at the Royal Armouries in Leeds to witness the violent transition from medieval weaponry to the age of industrial warfare. We test the legendary "Brown Bess" musket used at Waterloo, the precision Lee-Enfield rifle of the Great War, and the devastating Vickers Machine Gun. Through ballistic gel testing, we reveal the horrific reality of 18th and 19th-century wounds—explaining why infection and amputation were the grim certainties of the historical battlefield. Witness the technological "leap forward" that replaced years of archer training with two weeks of musket drill, forever changing the face of human conflict.

From The Sharp End Series 01 Episode 02

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