Disclaimer: I do not own Deadliest Warrior
Before I start the episode, I want to say that I will be implementing a new mechanic into the simulations. If a battle is ancient, it will be 5 on 5 UNLESS it's 2 specific people (Ex. Charlemagne and Constantine). If it is simply a type of warrior, it will be 5 on 5.
NARRATOR: The Spanish Tercio. The elite warriors of renaissance Spain, who destroyed Spain's enemies.
( Spanish Tercio battalion attacking enemy battalion. Tercio stabbing enemy with his sword)
The British Dragoons. The heavy calvary unit of Britain in the 18th century, who became the best calvary unit in the world.
( British Dragoons charging down a hill, shooting enemies from horseback, and slashing with sabers)
WHO... IS... DEADLIEST?!
To find out, our world class fighters are testing 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 the death to decide who is... THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Here at the fight club, we've gathered a team of scientists, doctors, and military historians, to test the weapons of two of the greatest early gunpowder warriors in all of history.
SPAINISH TERCIO:
1536 - 1704
Height: 5'4''
Weight: 135 lbs
Armor: Steel Cuirass and helmet
BRITISH DRAGOON:
1661 – 1969
Height: 5'9''
Weight: 150 lbs
Armor: None
DESMOULIN: This battle is between 2 of the most elite early gunpowder warriors ever. Obviously, we are testing the earliest dragoons, so that the match is more even. But 1 is a calvary unit, and 1 is a infantry unit. 1 has armor, and 1 doesn't. 1 has flintlock guns, and one has matchlock. This is gonna be a close one.
NARRATOR: Representing the Spanish Tercio are Victor Gonzalez and Steven Ropera. And representing the British Dragoons are Ronald Sharper and Hunter Brimington.
1st, we will test the 2 warrior's swords.
For the Spanish Tercio, the sword of choice is the Espada Ropera.
ESPADA ROPERA
Blade length: 35.5 inches
Weight: 2.75 lbs
Double - Edged
Spanish Steel Blade
VICTOR: This was a stabbing sword, but was still very effective at slashing. The Tercio did not often use swords, and were reserved for high ranking commanders.
HUNTER: Well, that is too long, and un-maneuverable. This (He holds up a saber) is far superior.
NARRATOR: The dragoon's strike back with...
1796 LIGHT CALVARY SABER
Length: 38 in
Weight: 2.14 lbs
Single - Edged
Steel
NARRATOR: To test these 2 weapons, They will slash once at a pig, and stab once.
Up first is Stephen with the Espada Ropera.
There is no spray-paint on the pig, as the Dragoons wore no armor.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Stephen Slashes at the pig, cutting it in half. He then stabs the pig in the chest.
DR. DORIAN: Your slash cuts through the lungs, aorta, and spinal cord. The slash is a kill. The Stab goes into the heart, killing it instantly.
NARRATOR: Up next is Hunter with the Saber.
The pig has a strip on the lower stomach, and a dot in the neck.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Hunter slashes at the spray-painted part, cutting deep into the pig. He then stabs at the dot.
DR. DORIAN: This slash is lethal. It severs the aorta and digestive tract. This is a kill. The stab is also a kill. It severs the windpipe, curated, and jugular vein.
NARRATOR: Now, the saber will be tested from horseback. Hunter will need to kill a ballistics gel torso dressed in Tercio armor from horseback.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Hunter's horse gallops toward the dummy, and he slashes at the dummy's head, cutting it in half.
DR. DORIAN: This is obviously a kill shot. It cuts the brain in half, killing him instantly.
( Guys go to determine the edge)
DR. DORIAN: I think that the Espada Ropera gets the edge. It does more damage, it's better at stabbing, and it's better for sword-on-sword combat.
DESMOULIN: I disagree. The saber is better equipped. It works better for the dragoon then the Ropera does for the tercio. Edge: Dragoon.
NARRATOR: For close range weapons, the British Dragoon gets the edge with the calvary saber.
EDGE: BRITISH DRAGOON
NARRATOR: Now, we will test the mid-range weapons of these 2 warriors.
For the Tercios, the mid range weapon of choice is the pike.
PIKE
Mid – Range
12 feet
8 lbs
Wood and steel
NARRATOR: And the Dragoon's mid range weapon of choice is the lance
LANCE
Mid – Range
Length: 8 feet
Weight: 6 lbs
Wood, Steel
NARRATOR: To test the pike, Victor will have to attack a ballistics gel torso on horseback.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
The horse starts to go down the ramp, picking up speed. Victor stabs out and hits the dummy right in the chest.
DR. DORIAN: This stab goes into the aorta and spinal cord, killing him instantly.
NARRATOR: Now, Ronald will try to kill a pig from horseback.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Hunter spurred the horse. When he got close to the pig, he stabbed the pig through the chest.
DR. DORIAN: This stab goes right through the heart, killing him instantly.
( Guys go to determine the edge)
DR. DORIAN: I think the lance gets the edge. It's more versatile and mobile, plus you have more force behind the blow.
DESMOULIN: I think the pike gets the edge. You have a bigger chance of hitting your target, plus in formation, it's devastating.
GIEGER: I'm going with doc on this one. Edge: Lance
NARRATOR: For mid-range, the British Dragoons get the edge with their lance.
EDGE: BRITISH DRAGOON
NARRATOR: Now we will test the long range capabilities of the 2 warriors.
The British Dragoons strike with the Elliot Pattern Carbine.
ELLIOT PATTERN CARBINE
Length: 33 inches
Weight: 5 lbs
Caliber: .69
883 FPS
HUNTER: The Dragoons used carbines because, since your on horseback, you need a short gun. It's powerful, and gets the job done.
NARRATOR: The Tercios' gun of choice is...
ARQUEBUS
Length: 44 inches
Weight: 9 lbs
Caliber: .69 - .80
Muzzle Velocity: 1,351 FPS
NARRATOR: To test the Elliot Pattern rifle, Ronald will need to shoot a ballistics gel torso while riding on horseback.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Ronald spurs the horse. Holding the gun with 1 hand, he aims and fires at the torso, hitting it in the face.
DR. DORAIN: this definitely a kill. The bullet basically imploded his face, and went through the brain, an instant kill.
NARRATOR: Now to test the 2 guns, the 2 teams will have to shot 5 targets, 2 of which are moving, and 1 is in Tercio armor. The team with the most kills and shortest time wins.
Up first is Ronald and Hunter with the Elliot Pattern Rifle.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Ronald and Hunter start to load their rifles. Hunter finally finishes after 33 seconds, and fires at one of the targets, hitting it in the chest. Ronald then also finishes loading, and fires at the 2nd target, hitting it in the head. After about 40 more seconds, the 2 fire in unison, Hunter hits, but Ronald misses his target. The 2 finally finish reloading, and fire in unison again, this time both hitting their targets.
DR. DORIAN: The 1st shot goes right into the aorta, killing the 1st target. The 2nd target you shot in the head, he's dead too. The 1st moving target you hight in the right chest. This isn't an instant kill, but will die if he doesn't get help, he will die. The 2nd moving target you hit in the gut. This is a slow, painful death. The last target in armor, your bullet went right through the cuirass, hitting the heart.
NARRATOR: Up next is Victor and Steven with the Arquebus.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
The 2 spaniards start reloading their rifles. After about 25 seconds, the 2 finish and fire, each hitting a target. They then begin to reload, but Victor finishes 1st, and fires at the moving target, hitting it. Then Steven finishes, and fires, hitting the 2nd moving target. Finally, Victor finishes reloading the last shot, and fires into the last dummy.
DR. DORIAN: You can see the difference between the power of the 2 guns. This 1st shot tears a big hole in this guy's chest, killing him. The 2 moving targets you hit both in the heart, killing both. This one here is a stomach shot, and kills. The last shot to the head basically blows the head off, killing him.
DESMOULIN: Alright, hears the stats. Hunter and Ronald, you shot 6 shots, 5 hits, and 4 kills, with a total time of 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Victor and Steven, you shot 5 shots, 5 kills, and with a total time of 1 minute, 47 seconds. The carbine's average reload time was 36.8 seconds. The Aquebus's average reload time was 27.3 seconds.
( Guys go the determine the edge)
DR. DORIAN: I give my edge to the Aquebus. It's more powerful, more accurate, and as a quicker reload.
DESMOULIN: I agree. Edge, Aquebus.
NARRATOR: For long range, the Tercio's Aquebus gets the edge.
EDGE: SPANISH TERCIO
NARRATOR: Now for the final test, the 2 warriors will test their special weapons.
For the Dragoons, the special weapon of choice is...
FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Long Range
20 inches
2.5 lbs
.69
And the Tercios strike back with the crossbow.
CROSSBOW
Long Range
Bow Span: 3 feet
9 lbs
Wood Frame, steel bow
NARRATOR: To test these 2 weapons, they will have to hit 3 targets, 1 of which is a ballistics gel torso.
Up 1st is the Tercio wit the Crossbow.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Victor pulls back the crossbow string, and fires a bolt into the 1st target. After about 30 seconds, he aims and hit the ballistics gel torso in the forehead. The last shot hit the last target in the neck.
DR. DORIAN: This 1st shot goes into the aorta, killing him. The 2nd shot goes into the brain. This is also a kill. The last shot hits the curated, killing him instantly.
NARRATOR: Now Ronald will do the same course with the flintlock pistol, except 1 of the targets has tercio armor, and a PSI sensor.
Desmoulin shows Ronald were to aim, so the PSI monitor can pick it up.
DESMOULIN: 3, 2, 1, GO!
Ronald loads the pistol, and fires at the 1st target. He reloads, and fires at the gel torso's neck. The last shot at the armored dummy does not penetrate the armor, but leaves a cone-shaped dent.
DR. DORIAN: This 1st shot in the heart is an instant kill. The 2nd shot is into the neck, severing the spinal cord, and instant kill. This last shot, the armor stopped the bullet. The force it generated was not even enough to break a bone.
DESMOULIN: Ronald, you killed 2 out of 3 of the targets, and had an average reload time of 31 seconds. Victor, you killed 3 out of 3 of the targets and had a reload time of 26 seconds.
( Guys go to determine the edge)
I think the edge goes to the crossbow. It was faster, and killed more targets. Edge: Crossbow.
NARRATOR: For special weapons, the edge goes to the Tercios with the crossbow.
EDGE: SPANISH TERCIOS
NARRATOR: Now with the testing complete, we will enter the data into the battle, developed by Slitherine Studios, to simulate a battle to the death between these 2 warriors. To make sure the victory isn't snagged by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated 1,000 times. Who will win the battle of the early gunpowder warriors? The Spanish Tercio, or the British Dragoon.
For close range, the Dragoon's Calvary Saber hacked the Tercio's Espada Ropera.
For long range, the Tercio's aquebus shot down the Dragoon's carbine.
For mid range, the Dragoon's lance out did the Tercio's pike.
For special weapons, the Tercio's crossbow destroyed the Dragoon's pistol.
It's time to find out which warrior is truly the deadliest.
Max hits the button, and the simulation begins.
The battle takes place in a field with a hill, with a few trees ( Similar to the George Washington vs. Napoleon Bonaparte battle. A the bottom of the hill is the Spainish Tercio camp. The Tercio hear sounds, and look to the top of the hill, were 5 dragoons have appeared on horseback.
TERCIO: 5 DRAGOONS: 5
The 2 squads stare each other down, then the dragoon leader signals, and his 2 lance men charge down the hill. Reacting quickly, the tercio leader tells his 2 aquebus men to shot the lancers. They fire. One shot hits the dragoon in the chest, killing him.
TERCIO: 5 DRAGOONS: 4
The other shot aquebuser that missed desperately tries to reload his aquebus, but he is too late, as the lancer runs him through with the lance.
TERCIO: 4 DRAGOONS: 4
The other 3 dragoons then charge down the hill.
The leader tercio and one of his comrades grabs pikes and prepare to kill the lancer dragoon. The lancer then takes out his pistol, and shoots the tercio with the pike, but the bullet does not penetrate the armor. But the lancer still gets stabbed by the tercio commander in the chest, dying.
TERCIO: 4 DRAGOONS: 3
The tercio commander then ducks into his tent.
Meanwhile, the dragoon squadron has just reached the bottom of the hill. The commander raises his carbine and shoots a tercio with a crossbow in the chest.
TERCIO: 3 DRAGOONS: 3
One of the other tercios comes out of a tent and shoots one of the dragoons in chest with a crossbow.
TERCIO: 3 DRAGOONS: 2
The tercio made a mistake revealing himself, as the 2nd in command dragoon rides up to him and shoots him in the face with his pistol.
TERCIO: 2 DRAGOONS: 2
The 2nd in command tercio, recovered from the pistol shot to the chest, picks up a pike and charges at the 2nd in command dragoon. But he is not fast enough, as the dragoon commander rides by and decapitates him with his saber.
TERCIO: 1 DRAGOONS: 2
The 2 dragoons look around, puzzled, as they cannot find the tercio commander. Suddenly, the commander pops out of his tent, aquebus in hand, and fires at the dragoon 2nd in command, hitting him in the chest.
TERCIO: 1 DRAGOONS: 1
The tercio commander then grabs a pike as the dragoon charges at him. But he does not get it up in time, and only succeeds in knocking the dragoon off of his horse. The 2 then draw their swords, and stare each other down. The dragoon makes the 1st move, slashing at the tercio. He then perrys. The 2 keep slashing and blocking for a few more strikes. Then the tercio does a 2 handed downward blow. The dragoon goes to block but because the blow was so powerful, it knocked the sword out of his hand. Then, before the dragoon commander can react, the tercio slashes, cutting the dragoon in half. The tercio commander looks at the dragoon, and then raises his sword in the air and shouts "A vive de largo el rey!"( Long live the king!)
TERCIO: 1 DRAGOONS: 0
WINNER: Spanish Tercio
SPANISH TERCIO: 576
ARQUEBUS: 187
PIKE: 153
ESPADA ROPERA: 147
CROSSBOW: 89
BRITISH DRAGOON: 424
CARBINE: 145
FLINTLOCK PISTOL: 134
LANCE: 91
1796 LIGHT CALVARY SABER: 54
NARRATOR: In this battle, the Spanish Tercio came out on top, with only 1 sub 100 weapon.
DR. DORIAN: I think the key factor was the tercio's armor. Only 1 of the dragoon's weapons could pierce it, and being that the enemy isn't gonna stand around and let you reload, the weapon was not as useful as it should have been.
THE END.
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