Perfect Weapon
From swords and axes to great siege engines, two men put the greatest tools of warfare to the test.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Skull Smashers
04-03-200860mJoin our two hosts, Monty Halls and Stuart Prior to investigate the history, science of blunt weapons, and their ability to smash, hurt and crush. Blunt weapons are some of the old...
- Ep 2
2.Shootout
11-03-200860mJoin Monty Halls and Stuart Prior, as they test the use of a canon against various targets for power and accuracy. With the advent of gunpowder, warfare changed irrevocably. Monty...
- Ep 3
3.Siege Engines
18-03-200860mFollow Stuart Prior and Monty Halls, in exploring the destructive power of Siege Engines in history. Sieges are as old as warfare itself, like Alexander the Great's siege of Tyre,...
- Ep 4
4.Slings And Arrows
25-03-200860mIn this episode of Perfect Weapon, we look at how the weapons are made and are still in use around the world. In their heyday, projectiles like bows dominated the field of war, and...
- Ep 5
5.Battle Blades
01-04-200860mOur hosts choose their bladed weapon & are trained to test them against various targets including a pig carcass, to assess the damage caused in battle. From the Bronze Age, blades...
- Ep 6
6.Dressed To Kill
08-04-200860mOur hosts try on various kinds of armour to explore how easy they are to move in, by running over an obstacle course. Monty and Stuart explore the role of armour in warfare from an...
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