Author's note: I would like to thank Dr. MKDemigodZX in suggesting Incan Soldier vs Filipino Moro.
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Mongol: The merciless marauder who combined brute savagery and master horsemanship to conquer half the known world in the 13th century.
(A horde of Mongol horsemen are shown charging across a grassy battlefield, cutting down enemy soldiers with well-placed shots from their bows and slicing down a few stragglers with their swords.)
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Hunnic Horseman: The savage raider who terrorized mainland Europe and the Roman empire.
(A hun spears a man with a hunnic spear.)
WHO IS DEADLIEST?
To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21stcentury 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:
Mongol:
Circa: 1225 A.D.
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Armor: Leather Lamellar, Leather Shield
Hunnic Horseman
Circa: 443 A.D.
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Armor: Leather Lamellar, Wooden Shield
"Here we have a battle between two warriors who are so much alike," Richard "Mack" Machowicz started, "Both of these men were renowned for their expertise in mounted warfare and marksmanship with their bow and arrows. They were merciless in battle and they took no prisoners."
"I'm siding with the hun on this one." Biomedical engineer Geoff Desmoulin says. " They were downright vicious and they ended causing the collapse of the Roman empire, at the time the biggest empire on the planet."
"I'm siding with the Mongol," trauma doctor Armand Dorian countered, "They were the most feared warriors of their day and it was their innovative tactics that enabled them to conquer half the known world.
United under Genghis Khan in 1206, what started out as various tribes would soon morph into a powerful empire, forming the largest continuous empire in world history and the second largest altogether, one stretching from the Pacific Ocean all the way to the borders of Eastern Europe.
"Their only mission was to conquer everything in their path," Mack explained, "Anybody who didn't bow down to the Khan would have been wiped from history."
Famed for their horsemanship and marksmanship, Mongol forces were known to separate enemy formations to break them down and pick them apart at their leisure, leaving only one man to warn their leaders of the oncoming forces.
"It was estimated that there were over forty million casualties as a result of the Mongols' actions as they slaughtered their enemies by the thousands and worked the slaves they took to death. Hell, they were believed to have inadvertently spread the Black Death across Europe and Asia," Mack explained.
The Mongol brings some wicked tools of his bloody trade to the table:
Short Range: Piandao
Mid-Range: Glaive
Long Range: Mongol Composite Bow
Special Weapon: Iron Flanged Mace
But it will not be an easy battle as he will do battle with an equally skilled horse archer who terrorized the European mainland for centuries.
A group of nomadic people who first appeared in Europe around the 4th century, believed to have been driven out of western Asia following a conflict with the Han Dynasty. They would quickly set their sights on Europe in an effort to further expand their empire.
"The Huns were among the most vicious of their day," Mack started, "They would pillage entire villages and kill all who opposed them down to the last man. It didn't matter who you were, you stood in their way, you were dead, end of story."
It was under the reign of Attila the Huns would experience their peak, moving expanding farther into mainland Europe and challenging the might of the then declining Roman Empire, causing so much chaos it would call for the intervention of the Pope. It was the repeated attacks of the Huns that would spark the catalyst for the eventual downfall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D.
"They were the unmatched masters of mounted warfare in their day. They trained from an early age to be deadly with their bows and they honed the vicious, lightning fast marauder attacks that made them legendary savages they came to be portrayed as in history. I truly think he will be able to match the Mongol move for move." Mack concluded.
The marauding Hun brings with him a vicious arsenal intended for leaving a trail of dead in his wake:
Short Range: Scythian Axe
Mid-Range: Hunnic Spear
Long Range: Hunnic Composite Bow
Special Weapon: Hunnic Dagger
Both warriors used lethal close combat weapons that spilled the blood of all their enemies. The Mongol will be first
"The piandao had a curved, single-edged blade with a hilt designed for single-handed use. The degree of its curvature varied from almost straight to nearly three-quarters of a circle. It varied from 30-34 inches in length and usually weighed around three pounds," Dave explained, "It was primarily a slashing weapon with only slightly curved versions that were able to be used for thrusting. It could be used on foot, but its primary value came from horseback."
Mongol expert Munkhtur Luvsamjambaa stood with a piandao in hand.
"Alright Munkhtur, we have set up an armored and unarmored torso for you to demonstrate the sword's killing ability." Geoff explains motioning towards the torsos.
"You got it." The expert says confidently.
"Okay on 3...2...1...hack em up!"
The weapons expert launched himself forward, attacking the carcass with an almost feral ferocity. In the end, he managed to land ten strikes upon his opponent, severing the ribcage and spinal cord.
He then moves to the armored torso and swings at the Hun's leather armor, cutting it but no penetration, he then stabs it getting 3 inches of the blade in.
"Plain as day, you managed to sever your enemy's spinal cord and ribcage, the former being an instant kill and the latter causing debilitating injuries that will slow your enemy down and enable you to get that all too precious killing blow," Dr. Dorian explained.
He then makes his way over to the armored torso."Your first two slashes didn't really do much but slice through the lamellar but it didn't cut him although with your stab achieved 3 inches of penetration cutting into him, just a cut is all but it will hurt."
"Your striking speed was clocked in at 67 miles per hour, coming at your enemy like a bolt of lightning," Geoff said offering his readings from his radar gun.
"I like the blade, but it does struggle against armor with slashing, our weapon will definitely get through yours." Hun expert Sean Pennington said.
The Hunnic horseman responds to the piandao's challenge with the Scythian axe.
"The Scythian Axe was a handheld battle axe that measured in at only 2 and a half feet long and weighed 2 and a half pounds," Dave explained, "It was small, but it was very easy to control and maneuver in addition to being very fast. It had a curved iron head with two edges, one for hacking through your enemy and the other for impaling skulls and helmets."
Sean stood ready with a Scythian axe ready. He will attack an unarmored and armored torso.
Geoff gives the signal and Sean wings his axe into the torso's skull, the blade gets stuck and after a brief struggle, managed to free his weapons while the skull pops open and brain matter flies out.
With his first target dealt with, Sean moves to the armored torso and swings his axe into the lamellar and penetrates it, he struggles to pull it out and when he does, he swings again spilling stage blood.
"Impressive, your first target's skull doesn't even exist anymore, if you see brain matter, you basically die." Dr. Dorian says.
He examines the second torso.
"For the armored target, your first strike penetrated enough to get into his kidney, this will be an eventual kill and no way to stop the bleeding. The second one got into the intestines and sepsis will set in and kill."
Both sides have shown their deadly short range weapons. Which gets the edge?
"This is a close comparison, both managed to get past each other's armor. I think I might have to call this even." Geoff says.
"I'll say the edge goes to the piandao, sure both go through each other's armor but the piandao has more blade and more blade equals more options. Edge piandao." Armand counters.
"I'm with you on that doc, you couldn't be more truthful, but also since this will be horseback, the piandao is better for it. Edge piandao." Mack concluded.
In short range weapons, the Mongol takes the edge with his piandao.
Coming up, both sides reveal their nasty mid ranged weapons when a nasty dismounting polearm goes against a lethal spear.
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The time has come for both warriors to break out their mid-range arsenal. Up first will be the Hunnic Horseman with his Hunnic Spear.
"The Hunnic spear's design was similar to the Roman hasta with its broad steel head. It was intended for cavalry combat and could be thrown when necessary. It was six feet long and weighed 3 pounds," Dave explained.
Sean rode up on his horse with a Hunnic spear in hand and approached the panelists.
"Alright Sean, we've set up a course for you to test the spear out with," Geoff said motioning to the two ballistic gel targets, "First we want you to show off your spear's thrusting capabilities and then we want to see how accurate it can be when you throw it."
"Very well," Sean said getting his horse into position.
"When you are ready, on 3…2…1, charge!"
Sean willed his horse forth and it picked up speed as he charged towards the first ballistic gel torso, driving the spear in with a wet thrust, leaving enough room for him to pull it out before making his way to the next target. Continuing towards the other target without missing a beat, he lobbed the spear into the air and it struck the second torso in the chest before he brought his steed to a halt.
"Your strike to the first torso hit the bottom of the heart," Dr. Dorian said tracing along the wound, "and it left behind a v-shaped incision, the tip of your spear being the deepest point of penetration and adding more trauma, thus leading to an instant kill."
He then made his way over to the second target where the spear remained embedded, "And for this guy," he said tugging the spear free with both hands and tearing even more of the stand-in flesh away, "I notice right here how much of a nightmare this is to get out of a target, all this trauma alone will cause further blood loss. As for the strike itself, you broke through the ribs and tore the lung apart, blood loss and trauma equaling a kill."
"But what if you end up missing?" Munkhtur said." You've disarmed yourself if you miss."
The Mongol responds with his own lethal weapon.
"The glaive was a polearm weapon common throughout Europe and Asia," Dave explained, "It consists of a long blade atop a wooden shaft measuring between six and eight feet in length. Much like a halberd, it was effective at slashing and stabbing, as well as possessing a hook that could be used for pulling riders from horseback."
"This was the preferred polearm of Mongols." Munkhtur explained showing off his newly-crafted glaive, "You could easily kill a horse with this thing, taking away your enemy's advantage."
"We've set up a special test for this weapon to show off its primary specialty," Geoff said motioning towards a nearby zip line, where a beef carcass shaped like a horse had been set up, "When you are ready, show us what this bad boy can do."
Munkhtur nodded and got into position with his glaive at the ready.
"Release the horse!" Geoff ordered.
With Mack pulling a crank, the beef figure was let loose and when it got within range, Munkhtur stabbed the glaive into it at its neck, tearing through the entire body as it passed.
"Wow, went through the thing like a hot knife through butter." Geoff says.
The team then sets up a fake horse with a hun on it clad in armor.
Mack presses the button and the horse moves towards Munkhtur, with his hook end, he stabs it into the dummy and pulls it off the horse and with that, he raises his glaive high and stabs it through the armor into the heart.
"Impressive, the hook got into his stomach and with your stab, you got his heart and this hun would be screaming looking at this thing sticking out of his body." Dorian says.
Both mid-range weapons have proven their worth in battle, but where do our experts stand?
"I have to go with the hunnic spear." Geoff started."It hits a whole lot harder and since this is a cavalry battle, it is the preferred weapon. Edge Hunnic spear."
"I disagree and will have to go with the glaive." Dorian spoke up. "It functions like a halberd and if the mongol is on foot, he'll rely on it to dismount the hun. Edge glaive."
The tie breaker fell down to Mack.
"While doc presents a valid argument, I still have to go with the hunnic spear since it hits with more force and can function like a projectile. Edge hunnic spear."
In mid ranged weapons, the Hun takes it with his spear.
Coming up, the team reviews the testing of both warrior's bows, then later we have a weapon of mass destruction go against a deadly dagger.
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Since we had already tested the Mongol recurve bow, the team reviews the Hunnic bow testing from Attila the Hun vs Alexander the Great and the Mongol bow test from Comanche vs Mongol and with that, come to a conclusion.
"This is a tough call, both are powerful bows and seem to have the same power and accuracy, both can fire their bows with amazing skill. Edge even." Geoff started off.
"True, both are unmatched in mounted archery. Edge even." Dorian said
"Agreed, it comes down to how they both use their bows. Even across the board." Mack concludes.
In long range weapons, our warriors are even.
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Now we move on to special weapons, the Hun will be first with his trusted sidearm.
"The Hunnic dagger was a single-edged dagger with a triangular iron blade, a slightly curved back and a recurved edge. Altogether it was a foot long and weighed a little under a pound," Dave explained.
"Alright Sean, here ia your test," Geoff said motioning towards a fresh pig carcass, "Whenever you are ready you can get into position."
Sean nodded and readied his dagger.
"Sean, are you ready?" Geoff called out.
"Yeah!" Sean shouted back.
"On 3…2…1, finish him!"
Sean lunged towards the pig carcass and stabbed its sides repeatedly before striking it in the throat and then stabbing into its abdomen, slicing it wide open then finishing with a stab to the face.
"Damn, you sure put some rage into that one," Mack commented as the blood cascaded down the pig carcass.
"Once again I am seeing stab wounds that are going to collapse a lung, lacerate your enemy's throat, disembowel and spill their internal organs and you threw it an extra shot that's going to go straight through your victim's eye and pierce his brain.
Since MetalHarbinger tested the mace against Attila in his battle against Genghis Khan, the team reviews MetalHarbinger's chapter and come to a conclusion.
"For me, the edge goes to the mace." Geoff says." It has greater length than the dagger and inflicts trauma unlike any I have ever seen!"
" Agreed, the dagger has the speed on its side but it is short compared to the mace, the hun will have his brains smashed before he can stab the mongol, edge mace." Dorian agreed.
"Same, edge mace." Mack finishes.
In special weapons, the mongol takes the edge with the Iron Flanged Mace.
Coming up, Mack will gauge the x factors and then we will have our battle of history's finest cavalry!
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And now Mack will gauge the x-factors
"For training, both were raised in a society that valued horsemanship. But we gave it to the Mongol due to his more intense training. He gets a 97 to the Hun's 88."
"Ferocity is next the Mongol receives a 95 to the Hun's 87 due to all their traveling and the things they were forced to do in order to ensure their survival during these long travels, which would have made them damn scrappy."
"Next we have endurance and again, we give it to the Mongol with a 94 because of him being from a much harsher environment. The hun as a 90."
"Up next is physicality and again the Mongol takes it, he lived a very nomadic lifestyle. He has a 90 to the Hun's 87."
"Lastly we have killer instinct and while the Hun was the scrappier fighter, he wasn't no where as near as the born killer the Mongol was. The Mongol has a 96 to the Hun's 92."
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 fierce mounted warriors?
"In the end there can be only one. Let's find out," Mack said.
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The battle begins in the Ukraine. The Mongol empire and the Hunnic empire are currently at war with one another. A lone Hunnic horseman is seen on his horse patrolling the area looking for any Mongols. He suddenly halts his horse when he heard another horse galloping.
He looks to his left and sees someone else in leather armor. He looks carefully and sees that this isn't a fellow Hun. Rather a Mongol. The raider loads an arrow into his composite bow and takes aim. He waits for the Mongol to come closer and let's the arrow fly. It is blocked by the Mongolian' shield and he rides right past the Hun, he then loads an arrow onto his recurve bow and turns back to fire at the Hun.
The Hun was busy loading his own bow when he felt the mongol arrow hit his arm. Angered, he yanks it out and tosses it to the ground, he gmorders his horse to move and gallops after the Mongolian raider. He is on his tails when he loads another arrow and fires, the arrow barely missed the mongol and the mongol once again turns back and fires his bow which hits the hun in his armor and can feel the arrow cut into his skin.
His anger only builds and very annoyed now, he takes his hunnic spear and chucks it at the Mongol's horse. The spear embedds itself into horse's back end and tumbles over with the Mongol falling off. The Mongol, angered by the loss of his companion yells in his native language at the Hun. The Mongol retrieves his glaive and waits for the Hun to come close.
The Hun had created some distance so he can safely string an arrow and rides towards his enemy in hopes of getting a shot off at the Mongol's face. As the Hun approaches, the Mongolian raises his glaive's hook and managed to get it into the hun, the mongol gives a mighty yank and the hun falls off his own horse.
The Mongol attempts to stab the hun but the savage raider rolls aside and draws his Scythian axe. The mongol thrusts his glaive at the hun who dodges to the side and swings his axe into the mongol's arm.
The Mongol yells in pain and and drops his glaive. The hun then breaks it with his foot. The Mongol draws his piandao and both yell at each other in their native languages.
The hun would strike first with an overheard swing to which the mongol parries and grabs the axe and both then struggle to push the other down. Both are going nowhere with this struggle and the hun kicks the mongol in the balls and falls onto his knees dropping his piandao and holding his nuts. The hun raised his axe and swings it downward, but the mongol, despite all the pain down there managed to get up and get his piandao and tackle his enemy to the ground. Both now are struggling again as the mongol tried to stab the hun in the face with the piandao to which the barely grabs the mongol's wrists. The hun struggles to prevent it from getting into his eye.
With his free arm, the Hun quickly draws his dagger and stabs mongol in the side and he falls off the hun. The hun stands up to once again finish the mongol with his dagger raised high above his head, but the Mongol returns the favor with a hard punch to the Hun's privates and he himself falls over in worse pain his opponent was.
The Hun falls onto the ground in such pain and groans loudly. His groans forever silenced as his head explodes and brain matter spills everywhere.
The Mongol had taken that time to retrieve his mace from his fallen horse.
With his enemy dead, the Mongol raised his mace over his head and yells in victory.
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Winner: Mongol
Mongol: 504
Piandao: 130
Glaive: 102
Mongol Recurve Bow: 100
Iron Flanged Mace: 172
Hunnic Horseman: 496
Scythian Axe: 111
Hunnic Spear: 129
Hunnic Composite Bow: 100
Hunnic Dagger: 156
In a very tense and our closest battle so far between two of history's greatest mounted archers. The Mongol barely, just barely emerged victorious. His piandao and mace scoring most kills in his arsenal, both were literally dead even in the long range category, scoring 100 kills with their bows.
"This is our closest battle yet, both warriors were literally equals in terms of mounted archery, but the Mongol dominated all the x factors and he was more disciplined in mounted combat. The Hun was literally neck and neck with him the entire way through, but the Mongol managed to pull it off today. This is a testament of why they created the largest empire in history." Geoff explained.
(The Mongol is seen riding back to camp, the Hun's horse is now bound to a new master. He is riding back to Genghis Khan with word to invade the Hunnic empire. He has claimed the Hun's head..well what remained of the Hun's head and bow as trophies.)
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Next time on Deadliest Warrior, two of America's most hated enemies of the 20th century go to war.
N.V.A.: Communist North Vietnam's ferocious soldiers who united Vietnam into a Communist nation.
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Wehrmacht: Nazi Germany's evil soldiers who launched World War 2.
Who..is..Deadliest?