French Musketeer: The King's ruthless personal guards and fierce defenders of France's borders.
(A French Musketeer cuts down a rebelling peasant with a well-placed shot from his flintlock musket.)
vs.
Streltsy: The famed arquebusiers of the Russian Empire whose proficiency in firearms made them nearly unbeatable.
(A group of Streltsy invade a boyar village and quickly cut down several of them with their pischals as another hacks into a hapless local with his bardiche.)
WHO IS DEADLIEST?
To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when two warriors go toe to toe.
No rules. No safety. No mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is…THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Here in our elite fight club we have gathered doctors, medical scientists and weapons experts to test out the lethal arsenals wielded by each of our combatants to determine who would win a fight between two warriors who never met in a face to face duel:
French Musketeer
Circa: 1745 A.D.
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Armor: Steel Cuirass
Streltsy
Circa: 1552
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Armor: Fluted Helmet, Plated Mail
"Today on DW: Alternate Matches, we will have two ferocious gunpowder warriors duke it out to see who outshines the other." Richard "Mack" Machowicz
"This is quite an interesting match. Two warriors of the black powder Era will face off in this awesome match up. I can't choose a side for this, so let's see how it goes!" Biomedical Engineer Geoff Desmoulin comments
"Yeah, totally agreeing on that, both are experts with their firearms and have some good armor. The Streltsy however have the combat experience fighting to expand and carry on the will of their leader whereas the French Musketeer were more like body guards but have better armor. Let's get the analysis started shall we?" Trauma Doctor Armand Dorian said
The Musketeer was equipped for battle with the best weapons available:
Short Range: Rapier
Mid Range: Plug Bayonet
Long Range: Flintlock Musket
Special: Main Gauche
In turn the fierce defenders carried an arsenal making them effective at all ranges:
Short Range: Sablia
Mid-Range: Bardiche
Long Range: Pischal
Special: Kindjal
Both warriors used two deadly blades of drastically different designs to cut their enemies down.
The team reviews the testing of both blades in action in their original matches and after a brief debate, come to a conclusion.
"This goes to the sablia. It can slash as well as that with deadly results and it isn't fragile like the rapier." Geoff starts off
"I want to give the edge to the rapier for its partying ability but what good is your blade if it snaps? The rapier cans slash whatsoever. Therefore I give the short range edge to the sablia." Dorian seconded
"I find myself agreeing once more with you guys. Edge sablia." Mack finished
In short range weapons the Streltsy take the edge with their sablia
For mid-range weapons, both warriors utilized different weapons to hack and stab their foes. The French Musketeer plug bayonet and the Streltsy bardiche.
The team now reviews the testing of both weapons in action and come to a rather easy conclusion.
"Yeah, Bardiche, it inflicts higher amounts of trauma compared to the plug bayonet, not to mention the plug bayonet has its problems." Geoff said while Dorian and Mack nod in agreement
In mid-range weapons, the Streltsy take the edge with their bardiche.
For long range weapons both warriors expertly utilized lethal firearms to kill their foes from a distance.
Both firearms are now reviewed through tapes from their original episodes and the decision is as easy as ever for the panelists.
"Flintlock Musket men." Geoff said as the others nodded in agreement
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At last, we will now see which of these warriors has the superior special weapon. Both utilized two deadly daggers as back up weapons when necessary.
The team now reviews the testing of the Main Gauche and Kindjal in action and after a lengthy debate, an edge has been decided.
"I like both daggers. The Main Gauche can parry but the Kindjal is linger with a 5 inch advantage over the Main gauche. Purely on that alone the length of the Kindjal will allow the Streltsy to kill the French Musketeer first." Geoff explains
For special weapons, the Streltsy take the edge with their kindjal.
Coming up, Mack will gauge the X-factors of each warrior and then after that, we finally have our battle to determine who is 'The Deadliest Warrior!'
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"Time to review the x-factors." Mack said
Coming up, Mack will gauge the X-factors of each warrior and then after that, we finally have our battle to determine who is 'The Deadliest Warrior!'
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"Time to review the x-factors." Mack said
"For training, after doing more research on the Streltsy, I had to rate them a 94 to the Musketeer's 93 because they are an actual military force."
"Physicality will go to the Streltsy with a 90 and the French will have an 86."
"Killer instinct has to go to the Streltsy. They killed anyone. They have a 94 to the Musketeer's 92."
"Intimidation is a no brainer. Streltsy gets a 90 to the Musketeer's 77."
"Lastly, we have loyalty. Easy one, the French have it with a 95 to the Streltsy with an 81."
Our scientists and weapons experts are done testing the results and the time has come to decide who will be the victor. To ensure the battle won't be decided by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated one thousand times in a duel to the death.
Who will prevail in a battle between two famed black powder warriors?
"In the end there can only be one. Let's find out," Mack said.
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We are brought to a small town in France. It is a quiet and sunny day and we see 5 French Musketeers congregating at a small bar. They share jolly stories about the many duels they've had won whilst drinking some wine. A musketeer is seen flirting with the server.
French Musketeer: 5
Near the town gate 5 foreign men enter the town with weapons in hand casually walking through it. These men are 5 Streltsy who have been sent by Ivan the Terrible to determine the town's defensive capabilities and launch an invasion of France to follow this victory they hope to achieve.
Streltsy: 5
The Russian's continue their walk through the town and they spot the 5 French Musketeers laughing and having a great time. The Streltsy captain orders his men to ready their pischals and aim them.
The lead Musketeer notices the commotion going on and looks over behind his shoulder and spot the chainmail clad Russians aiming at them. Knowing what's going on he shouts "Prenez couverture!" Just as the Russians unleash a rain of lead balls flying over in their direction. Miraculously all the Musketeers managed to avoid taking lead to the face while one lead ball finds its way into the skull of the woman a Musketeer was flirting with earlier.
The loud blasts cause all the town inhabitants to scramble in fear.
The Russians get their second shots all ready to go and take aim once again. The French all take their muskets and the lead Musketeer shouts to his men "" Prêt ? Vite, apportez vos mousquets sur le mur et juste feu !. "
With that they all peeked over the wall and at the same time both sides unleash another hail of gun fire that sees one Musketeer taking a round through his entire face in a gush of pink mist and one Streltsy taking a lead ball to his shoulder knocking him down.
French Musketeer: 4 - Streltsy: 5
With no time to ready more shots the lead Streltsy and lead Musketeer shout to their men to ready their close range weapons and charge each other. Both sides yell as they charge one another and meet in a clash of steel. The lead Streltsy duels with a Musketeer with his sablia. He goes for an overhead swing and the Musketeer successfully parties it with his rapier and goes in for the kill but his luck is out when the Russian quickly bashes his rapier out of his hands and soon finds himself decapitated by the sablia.
French Musketeer: 3 - Streltsy: 5
Without even checking on their wounded comrade. The Streltsy who took the shoulder shot eventually passes out and died from blood loss. The lead ball managing to sever the brachial artery.
French Musketeer: 3 - Streltsy: 4
The lead Musketeer order his men to retreat. The Streltsy chase after them and they eventually chase the French through a series of alleys and empty town streets.
The lead Streltsy order each of them to split off with him and the second in command going into a small bread shop while the other two proceed down the alley which leads to the town's square. The two Streltsy eventually make it to the middle of the square when suddenly a shot is heard and one Streltsy falls over dead with his brains splattered over the ground.
French Musketeer: 3 - Streltsy: 3
The other Streltsy ducks for cover behind the fountain and another shot rings out and grazed his helmet just as he ducked down. The Musketeers who fired at him slowly make their way out onto the fountain area to check to see if the Streltsy they shot has been killed.
Suddenly the other Streltsy jumps up and with his bardiche, he takes a swing at the surprised Musketeers and severes one of the French men's head off and it goes flying across the square.
French Musketeer: 2 - Streltsy: 3
He furiously swings at the other Musketeer. The Frenchman ducks under the second swing and pulls out his plug bayonet to duel against the Russian soldier. He brings his bayonet up to meet with wooded shaft of the bardiche and the bayonet and flintlock get knocked from his grip.
The Streltsy feeling overconfident goes for an overhead swing only to
have the Frenchman quickly reach for his musket and brings the plug bayonet up and stabs the Russian straight in his neck going through the spinal cord and kills him instantly as blood pours from his neck.
French Musketeer: 2 - Streltsy: 2
Meanwhile, the other two remaining Streltsy had happened to find the other Musketeer and have been chasing him through some alleyway and he turns around the corner and he quickly throws himself into a door and closes it. The Streltsy make their way around the corner and see nothing. Suspecting their prey to be hiding behind the closest door. They quickly charge in only to be met by the Frenchman who quickly lashes out and repeatedly stabs the second in command Streltsy repeatedly in the face turning it to mush.
French Musketeer: 2 - Streltsy: 1
The last Streltsy quickly draws his kindjal and runs over to the Musketeer who is still stabbing his comrade and proceeds to stab him through the back of his head repeatedly himself.
French Musketeer: 1 - Streltsy: 1
With his french enemy killed. He withdraws the kindjal and knowing there has to be another French Musketeer, he smiles evilly and walks through the alleyways. He eventually makes it to the square and sees the last Musketeer waiting for him. The Streltsy smiles and draws his sablia.
The Musketeer draws his rapier in response and rhe two slowly walk towards each other determined to win this.
The Musketeer makes the first move with a thrust only to have the sablia brought down and pins the blade to the ground. The Streltsy kicks the Musketeer in his cuirass and knocks him over. Taking the opportunity, the Streltsy goes for a finishing blow only to have the rapier quickly stabbed through his calf. The Streltsy hollers in pain and drops his sabliaand grabs hold of his wound grimacing.
Taking this chance, the Musketeer goes for a finishing blow with his rapier but the Streltsy leaps as best as he can out the way and happens across his fallen comrade's bardiche. He scoops it up and quickly brings it in a powerful 180° spin and before the Musketeers could even get the rapier through the Russian's neck, he finds himself legless in a split second and crashed to the ground with two stumps for legs.
He curses and holds his rapier protectively in front of him. Sneering maniacally, the Streltsy wasted no time in bringing his bardiche high and with that, splits the Musketeer's head in half in a fantastic gory display.
French Musketeer: 0 - Streltsy: 1
He stands victorious and walks away. He snaps to a stop and quickly turns around and walks over to the corpse, he laughs and proceeds to dismember the corpse with his bardiche.
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Winner: Streltsy
Streltsy: 543
Sablia: 157
Bardiche: 54
Pischal: 195
Kindjal: 137
French Musketeer: 457
Rapier: 140
Plug Bayonet: 30
Flintlock Musket: 230
Main Gauche: 57
In a battle between Europe's best black powder warriors. The Streltsy seize a solid victory. Their superior close ranged weapons and mid-range weapons paired with their superior training and their comparable marksmanship allow them to roll over the French Musketeer. The French Musketeer however made it extremely difficult to win with their Flintlock Musket scoring 230 kills alone.
"All in all, I guess it isn't too surprising. You can have the better armor and better rifle, but when you have inferior close range weapons and an enemy who is just as good a marksman as you, you can try to fight him up close but you will just get cut down if your close range weapons are inferior to your opponents. Good job Streltsy. You earned this victory." Geoff commented
(The scene shows the Streltsy still hacking away at the corpse. The camera slowly pans up as the Streltsy continues to hack away and the sounds of steel meeting flesh echoes across the town.)