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We're about to examine

Possibly
the two greatest warriors

Throughout history--

Genghis Khan...
Ah!

Versus Hannibal.
Ugh!

Something that just ght
play out to be a big factor

Is that both
of these warriors

Are physically
and psychologically hardwired

For war.

I think
this is an incredible matchup.

These are two of the greatest
generals ever.

Two of the most brilliant
tacticians

And possibly two
of the greatest strategists

To exist of all time.

This is a legendary matchup.

Hannibal,
the carthaginian general

Whose army of elephants
terrorized rome--

The greatest empire
of its time--

Versus Genghis Khan,

The 13th century
mongolian ruler

Whose legions
built the greatest empire

Of all time.

To find out,

The history of war
and modern science collide

As former navy seal
richard "mack" machowicz

Dives deep into the tactics
of the warriors

Behind the weapons,

Biomedical engineer
geoff desmoulin

Applies 21st century
technology

To unlock new data on arsenals
of the past,

And e.R. Physician armand dorian
dissects the trauma

And reveals the physical
and psychological traits

That shaped these legends
of war.

This groundbreaking data
will be paired

With historical research
and entered

Into an all-new,
digital combat engine.

Two legendary combatants
will be resurrected.

History will be rewritten.

But only one will be crowned...

Welcome to the fight club.

Our experts will unlock
new historical insights

Or Genghis Khan,
the mongolian conqueror of asia.

Whenever you look
at great matchups like this,

For me you gotta start
from scratch

And look at the tale
of the tape.

You have Hannibal
who's 5'7", 155 pounds.

You have genghis
who's 5'8", 170 pounds.

A very crucial "x" factor
for me is diet.

Genghis had a very high
protein diet.

That's great
for short-term energy.

Now you look
at Hannibal's diet.

Great amounts of legumes,
vegetables,

It's very well-balanced,

Much like what a marathon runner
would want.

If this fight were to go
to the 10th round,

Hannibal actually has the fuel
to get there

And genghis
just may gas out.

Doc, I'll tell you,
strategy and tactics

Is gonna play a gigantic role
in this particular battle

Between these two
incredible warriors.

We're gonna be looking at

The legendary double
envelopment from Hannibal

Against Genghis Khan's
famed retreat--

Both fantastic
battlefield tactics.

Completely agreed, mack,

But for me,
it's all about the weapons.

The type of metal
is an "x" factor.

And even though
these two warriors

Were separated by 1,400 years,

They both still
fell within the iron age,

So they had steel
but no gunpowder.

And for the first time
on deadliest warrior,

I'm gonna be able
to take measurements

From
a 9,000 pound live elephant.

I can't wait to do that.

I think it's subtle differences
in these weapons

That's really gonna play out
in the sim.

The new digital combat engine
was created by robert daly,

A former green beret
and designer

Of more than
30 military simulation

And strategy video games,

Including
the deadliest warrior game.

It will take this showdown
to a whole new level.

For the first time ever,

We're looking at not only
the warriors' weapons

And seeing how effectively they
matched up against each other,

But we're taking into account
hundreds of "x" factors.

These are those intangibles
that the warriors have--

Physiques, makeup--

Everything that we can compile
on these warriors' lives,

On their battles,
on their histories.

We then assign values
from 1 to 100

And we include it in the sim.

Wielding Hannibal's weapons
is bryan forrest...

Aah!

A broad sword specialist

And an expert in Hannibal's
combat techniques.

Even though Hannibal is facing
a 1,400-year technological gap,

His armor and weapons
have stood the test of time.

Also representing
the ancient assassin

Is world-renowned Hannibal
historian, dr. Patrick hunt.

Hannibal's empire stretched
almost a thousand miles

Across north africa into
the eastern half of Spain.

In every battle
Hannibal fought,

He was usually
outnumbered two to one.

He could outwit anyone.

Hannibal was so determined
to destroy rome

That in 216 b.C.,
he pulled off

One of the most remarkable
war maneuvers in history--

Amassing 90,000 troops
and 37 war elephants.

He marched his war machine

Over the icy passageways
of the alps

To invade rome.

It was the most
dangerous March possible,

And Hannibal achieved it

Because he had a goal in mind
to take rome down.

1,000 miles
and seven months later,

Rome tastes
Hannibal's butchery

In the start
of a two decade-long siege

Known as the second punic war.

Hannibal was a military genius
and is still studied today

Across every military campus
in the world.

Fighting for Genghis Khan
and his mongolian ancestors

Is khosbayar...

[loud bang]

A 13th century
weapons specialist.

Comparing genghis
against Hannibal,

There's no comparison.

Genghis Khan never lost
a single battle in his life.

Rounding out the Genghis Khan
team is dr. Timothy may,

Author of
the mongol art of war.

Genghis Khan
conquers more territory

Than any other conqueror--

Alexander the great,
julius caesar.

This empire is the largest
contiguous empire in history,

Stretching from
the pacific ocean

To the carpathian mountains
and mediterranean sea.

It'll encompass
14 million square miles.

Genghis Khan built his massive
empire on the battlefield,

Uniting warring mongol tribes
under his iron-fisted rule.

His armies rampaged
across the asian continent,

Leaving a path of death
and destruction.

Genghis Khan was a master

Of strategy and tactics
on the battlefield

And also the entire army
was bound together

Through organization
and discipline.

This is what helps unify
the mongol military machine

Into the most dreaded
military force in history.

I love the fact

That we're using historical data
this year in the sim.

But these guys never actually
met on the battlefield,

So that means,
to make this sim complete,

We gotta get out
and test some weapons.

Hannibal
kicks off the showdown

With warfare's first ancient
battle tanks: The war elephant--

4 1/2 tons
of bone-crushing fury.

For the first time
on deadliest warrior,

We have
a live elephant to test.

Perfect.

This is suzy, a 25-year-old
female african elephant.

She's 9 feet tall
and 9,000 pounds.

Very powerful animal.

What did Hannibal
want to do in the battle space

With the elephants?

They would line them up,
put them in front of the army

And just send them
barreling down upon the enemy.

That stomping damage, that
goring damage with the tusks,

That kind of fear factor,

Seeing this wall of elephants
towering above you,

Charging,
was enough to break ranks.

Chaos in the ranks,
that's bad for communication.

Everything
starts to fall apart,

But doc, how does that chaos
affect the body?

Great question.

I mean, that chaos

That you're seeing
demonstrated on the outside

Is hbppening on the inside.

Lack of communication with
your brain to your muscles,

Your heart rate's going up.

You are in a panic state,
sympathetic reaction.

Adrenaline's all over your body
and guess what?

You're not used to dealing
with an elephant,

So you know
what's gonna happen?

You're probably gonna
make the wrong decision.

That surprise factor
is so important

Because if you've
never trained for it,

When it catches you,
you're in a bad situation.

Yeah,
that's a 9,000 pound surprise.

[laughter]

There you go,
perfectly stated.

Toind out if the force
of an elephant stomp can kill,

Suzy will stomp
on a ballistics gel torso,

Representing the density

And viscosity of human flesh
and bone,

Placed on a platform
containing a load cell.

On your mark,
get set, stomp!

[elephant trumpets]

Good, stay.
Down, down, down, down.

Push, push, push.
Good, good, good, stay.

Good, good, good.
Get it, get it, get it.

Good, get it.
Oh!

Wow!
Crazy.

Whoa, check it out,
check it out.

[elephant trumpeting]

Oh!
Blood-thirsty elephant.

That's impressive.
Oh!

Oh!
Told ya!

[crunching]
oh!

Did you hear that?
Crunch.

We've got a load cell
reading of 2,045 pounds.

Call in the medic.

So from a cadaver standpoint
in some of my research,

2,045 pounds meets or exceeds
any injury criteria in the body

And the proof
is in the pudding.

When you start seeing guys
being smashed

And horrible things
happen to skulls

And the bodies bleeding
everywhere, the terror,

The panic that sets in
with those troops,

That's what makes this
a terrifying weapon.

If it was me under there,
please step on my skull.

Don't step on my belly
because I'm gonna suffer

Probably the most excruciating
death anyone's ever suffered.

Genghis Khan has an answer
to those elephants.

It's the recurve bow
and a wide variety of arrows.

Well,
that's the next test.

We're gonna see if a bowman can
take down a war elephant.

Genghis Khan's
signature weapon

And one of the greatest
long-range killers in history,

The mongol recurve bow--

A merciless human
hunting machine.

This is a perfect weapon

That has gone through about
a thousand years of evolution,

And it reaches its perfection
under the mongols.

Small. They would carry it
in a holster.

And it's also quite powerful.

And the strength of the bow
comes from its manufacturing.

It has horn,
sinew, a wood core.

It's not surpassed
for about 600 years

Until you have firearms

That have better accuracy
and rate of fire.

That's impressive.

But can it penetrate
the thick, armor-like skin

Of Hannibal's war elephant?

We have to find out

How effective a mongol
recurve bow and arrow is

Against an elephant.

So bottom line,
I have to make elephant skin.

What I've got here is some
1/4-inch-thick leather

That's gonna mimic
the epidermis of the elephant.

The dermis is about
3/4 of an inch on average.

So we're gonna use
some closed cell foam for that.

Then we get into about nine
inches of subcutaneous tissue

Before you actually got to

Any of the large arteries
in the elephant.

And that's where we're talking
about ballistics gel.

So we've got all the layers
of the ten-inch thickness

That we want to test against
the mongol recurve bow.

That'll work good.

Geoff's target
will determine

If the arrow
can penetrate deep enough

To strike any of
the elephant's vital organs.

Khosbayar will attack
the elephant skin

By firing one
armor-piercing arrow

And one wide-tipped assault
arrow from 20 yards away.

High speeds up, go.

Got it.
Nice.

Yeah.

Oh, nice.
That's nice.

Let's go check out
the damage, doc.

What happens
with these armor piercing,

The idea is to pierce,
not to kill in and of itself

Because look at the diameter
of entry--

Low profile's great to penetrate
but not great to kill

Because your target
has to be on point.

This with regards to a human
is a definite kill

If it hits the right zone.

With an elephant,
we need a little bit more.

We need about a foot.

So it's not
getting vital structures.

However,
this is gonna cause pain,

And once you have
one spooked elephant,

It's gonna
spook the other ones

Even if they haven't been hit.

The elephant becomes a danger
on the battlefield

For your own guys, and that's
where the chaos comes.

Genghis Khan's recurve bow
or Hannibal's war elephants--

Which special weapon
gives his warrior an edge?

The aspect
of elephants charging,

Without a doubt,
is gonna cause fear.

It's gonna be something that
everybody's gonna focus on,

So for me, those are all
definitions of a game changer.

It clearly goes to genghis.

The recurve bow
changed the planet.

It's not about
killing the thing.

It's about getting in
the elephant's head.

There's a reason
cavalry lasted

For thousands and thousands
of years as horses,

Not as elephants.

For me, I gotta
stick to the evidence

That I just saw in this test.

While we did get
some penetration

Into the elephant's skin,

There wasn't
a whole lot of damage there.

I'm giving my edge
to the elephant.

Mack?
It's gotta go to genghis.

Doc, your edge?

My edge goes to
the Hannibal war elephant.

Don't worry, mack. Sometimes
we'll all agree and sometimes--

No, dude.
I--I'm--I'm right.

[laughter]

For special weapons,

The edge goes to Hannibal
for his war elephants.

Coming up, it's the battle
of the blades.

And later, mack dissects

The famous battlefield tactics
each used

To carve out their victories.

Hannibal, Genghis Khan--

Only one can be
the deadliest warrior.

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Hannibal, serial slayer

Who brought the mighty
roman empire to its knees

In the 3rd century b.C.

Genghis Khan, undefeated
13th century conqueror

Who slaughtered his way
through 1/4 of the world

With the help of
a notorious steel killer--

The turko-mongol saber,
a curved blade of steel

That massacred enemies
by the millions.

Genghis Khan's saber, which
hasn't seen battle in centuries,

Will be resurrected
in our armory

By weapons designer
and builder dave baker.

Okay,
so the turko-mongol saber,

Forged out of steel,
a 32-inch-long blade.

It'll have about a two-inch
belly to the curve.

So, we wind up
with a sweet spot

Somewhere right in
the front third of the blade.

So to build
a weapon like this,

We try to find as many
curated sources as we can--

Uh, museum pieces,
uh, research pieces,

As opposed to just
pretty pictures in a book.

That way we get
the specifications

For the proper weapon,
as opposed to the myths

That have been made up
about the weapon.

Turko-mongol saber

Is the preferred hand-to-hand
combat weapon of the mongols.

The curve of the blade allows
you to cut through

So the weapon
doesn't get stuck

Like a straight-bladed weapon
would.

This weapon
is perfect for cavalry

And yet
still effective on foot.

I'm impressed by this.
It's a great length.

I can keep a guy at distance
in close-quarter combat

And then play to the strength
of the sword,

Which is its range, and then
set up that shot where I know I,

When I come down
with that big stroke,

It's on something that's gonna
give me a gigantic payoff

Because
it requires a big commitment.

On this test,
we're gonna be assessing

That weapon's speed
or impact velocity

As well as the damage
it can do on a mimic

Of real human tissue
and bone.

Geoff marks the kill zones
on the four targets

And attaches
an ilink orientation sensor

To measure
the saber's impact velocity.

3, 2, 1, go.

Oh, right through that mother.
Wow!

Oh!
That's it.

[groans]

Nice. Wow!
[laughs]

Nice job, khosbayar.

At the impact point of that
weapon, 72 miles per hour.

Four targets, four kills.

This, without a doubt,
is the most impressive blow,

Because look at the thickness
of this bone.

This rib,
you've cut exactly in half.

You're gonna hit
the subclavian vein,

You're gonna hit
the top of the lung.

He'll pump a couple times,
squirt the blood out,

Unconscious
in about 15 seconds,

And then
you can watch them die.

So this is a definite kill.

And what I love about
this one, bang on the mark.

My only slight concern with
this is it needs a big load

To deliver that kind of impact
on the target.

If a guy has the capability
with shield

To step in
and close that distance,

You're in trouble already.

The turko-mongolian saber.

I think
it's incredibly effective,

But I just think there's
just too much blade

For close quarter combat.

Hannibal experts,
what do you think?

You guys have
a lot of experience

Killing unarmed peasants,

But against
war-hardened carthaginians,

I'm not sure
how it's gonna match up.

Well, prove it, then.

Going head-to-head
with the turko-mongol saber

Is a sword
that killed more romans

Than any weapon
in ancient history--

The falcata,

A sword that turned Italy
into a roman killing field.

The falcata, it was made
out of spanish steel,

And in the day that was
the finest steel you could get.

Really pure ingredients.

You can see
it's got all its weight

On this forward canted edge,
creating a sweet spot

Just behind
the curve of the blade,

The maximum point
of percussion.

The challenge in making this
is working that blade

Into a nice smooth,
almost knife-like section,

As opposed to a sword
where it's more chisel-like.

The romans were
so terrified of this sword,

They doubled the thickness
of their shields

Because they felt
the effects of this

Coming right
through their shields,

Either vertical chop
or even penetrating.

I want to see this.
There you go.

I'll tell you,
when you're talking about

Hacking through something,

Because it's so short,
you don't need as much room.

You can strike, strike and then
move right into the next shot,

Where you're not really
having to really load up.

Well we've seen
the turko-mongol saber

On our unarmored opponents.

Let's see
what the falcata can do.

Lead the way.

On 3, 2, 1, kill it.
Move!

Nice.
Keep goin'.

[groans]

There you go.

Aah!
Nice!

Great accuracy
and 66 miles per hour.

Just slightly slower, but I
don't think we need to worry

About speed on this one.

The falcata

Matched the turko-mongol saber
kill for kill.

This is very impressive.

Chopping a guy from his shoulder
all the way down to his heart,

You're actually hitting
the aortic knob or the arch.

Once you hit that, the amount
of blood that'll spurt

Is just grotesque,
and it's an instant kill.

But a very crucial
"x" factor for me is fatigue.

And it didn't look like you were
exhausted using this thing.

And that is very important
when it comes to a war.

You didn't see these
really gigantic loads.

It's much faster to operate

Because there's a lot less steel
to maneuver around.

Turko-mongol saber,
72 miles per hour.

Hannibal's falcata,
66 miles per hour.

Not a huge difference there,

But the big difference
for me was

The movement
between each target

Was much smoother
for the falcata.

It looks great chopping,

But what happens when you
get it stuck in a body?

That's exactly what
this handle is designed for,

Is to be able to chop
and pull through.

It won't cut through
lamellar armor.

A second point is,

We're on horseback
and you can't catch us.

The swords now move
to the saddle,

Where both Hannibal
and Genghis Khan

Revolutionized
battlefield tactics

With their cavalry units.

Both warriors
will attack with their swords

At a full gallop
from 25 yards.

The target is elevated
and moving

To simulate
a cavalry opponent.

One ride by, one blow--
which weapon

Will most accurately
deliver a fatal strike?

Genghis Khan's turko-mongol
saber is up first.

Khosbayar, are you ready?
Ready.

3, 2, 1, go!

Hy-aaah!

Nice.
Nice, well done.

Excellent.
Let's take a look.

You've gone
through the epidermis,

You've gone through the dermis,
you cut the kidney.

There is really no way
to stop that bleeding.

This is gonna be
an instant kill.

Beautiful strike.

The thing to me
that stands out is range.

When you're moving
really fast

And you want to be able to
reach out and touch somebody,

It's nice to have a little more
edge to do it with.

I completely agree.

You've got greater reach
on that weapon,

Curving away
from your target.

So you're going to break
that wrist.

You actually want that break
in the wrist

So you can pull it through.

It doesn't get stuck.

You keep on moving,
take down more targets.

Perfect call.

It's now
the Hannibal expert's turn

To strike from horseback
with the falcata.

High speeds up.
Go!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on,
come on, come on, come on.

Hy-aaah!

Nice.
There you go.

Through the soft tissue,

You have
a fractured spinus process.

But it doesn't
go through the spine?

But it doesn't go through
the spine,

So the spinal cord is intact.

This by itself hurts
but doesn't kill.

It looks like
the chopping action

Is not as good
off of horseback.

And don't forget
the mongol saber

Is what killed
millions of people.

It's why so many armies
adopted the saber today.

But I'm sure none of those
opponents had the falcata.

There's probably
a good reason why.

What do you think,
mack?

I'll tell you, it all
comes down the range, I think.

That extra ten inches
really makes a difference.

While on foot,
the falcata owned these tests,

On horseback,

The turko-mongol saber
did much, much better.

And you gotta remember,
both of these warriors

Spent much more time
on horseback than on foot.

Edge,
turko-mongol saber.

For close range weapons,

The edge goes to Genghis Khan
for the turko-mongol saber.

Coming up, mack puts us
in the heat of battle.

The biggest kill zone
rome has ever seen.

And it's
swords versus armor.

Hannibal,
roman empire destroyer.

Genghis Khan,
13th century world conqueror.

In a battle between these
two leaders, who would win?

Now we're taking the battle
to the next level--

Blades versus body armor.

Hannibal stakes his life

On a kit of armor
forged of bronze and brass.

The musculata chest plate,
shield and helmet--

A protective metal barrier
of intimidating strength.

But will it hold up

Against Genghis Khan's
turko-mongol saber?

On this particular shield,
I've got the load cell

Right in behind the boss,
just to the right,

So I want you
to step in like this

And hit it
right about there if you can.

Got it.

As far as
the musculata's concerned,

We've got it directly
behind the chest here,

So anything coming in on
the chest is gonna be perfect.

Okay,
as far as this head shot,

The sensors are sitting
right about here,

So I want you to come down
in a hacking motion.

Boom, lay it
right on the helmet there.

Awesome.

High speed's up.

Load cell activated.

On 3, 2, 1. Hit it.

[banging]

Nice. Nice shot.

All right,
let's see what you got.

Let's break this down
by the numbers.

Starting with the shield,
I got 220 pounds.

And the cutoff for me

To start breaking bones of
the man holding the shield

Is about 250.

You've actually
pierced through the musculata,

But you didn't
pierce through enough

To actually
touch the man behind it.

The head shot.

I got 435 psi from
the pressure pad underneath.

The cutoff for
a linear skull fracture

Is around 80 to 100 psi, so
you're quadrupling that number.

And lo and behold,

We've got a depressed
skull fracture underneath.

Once you have
a depressed skull fracture,

You get that
talk and die patient.

The person who gets
an epidural hematoma inside,

It's a ticking time bomb
that swells up.

You feel like you're okay
and then you pass out and die.

For me,
it's all about the ability

To wage war
on the battlefield.

First strike,
he's still in the game.

Second strike,
he's still waging war.

Third strike,
now we've got something.

You've got chaos.
He may be down.

Hell, he may be even dead.
That's what you want.

If that's the first strike,
you get to knock that guy down

And just move on
to the next guy.

That's what wins you wars.

That was
a definite kill shot.

Let's move on
to lamellar armor.

Genghis Khan
is a fortress of steel...

Aah!

In his lamellar chest plate,
shield, and helmet.

The double-plated lamellar
is so effective,

It inspired
modern-day body armor.

But can it stop
Hannibal's falcata?

Load cells up,
pressure mats in place,

High speed's ready.

On 3, 2, 1, go!

Aah!
Huhhhh! Hyah!

Nice.

As far as the shield was
concerned, about 212 pounds.

So again,
below that critical,

Critical 250 pounds
that we're looking for.

Yeah,
and when you talk anatomy,

The way this shield is held
is with their forearm,

So even less likely they're--

You're not gonna get any wrist
injury, no elbow injury.

And even if
you do get a fracture,

The mongols actually had
dedicated bone setters

Which would actually
help them continue to fight.

I am so impressed
with this lamellar armor.

I'm seeing a little hole
in one of these plates,

But it's in an area
that's actually doubled up,

So it did not
make it through.

Moving on to the helmet,
we did not pass

That critical 81 psi
that you need

To meet the threshold
of a linear skull fracture.

I'll tell you
one thing that I saw

Which was different
from your unarmored test.

It looked like you were

A little bit more labored
with each failure.

A very crucial "x" factor
for me is fatigue,

And if you keep
trying to do something

And you're unsuccessful,

Therein lies the stamina aspect,
therein lies the diet aspect,

All of which we could give
robert to put in the sim.

Personally,
when I watch this,

If you're out there
and you're thinking

About what's happening to you,
you're in trouble already.

Yeah.
But if I'm out there,

Completely committed
to taking you apart

Because my confidence
in my armor is so great,

I don't have to think about
what's gonna happen to me.

All I have to think about
is what I'm gonna do to you.

When you look at the falcata,
it wasn't able to penetrate

Through the defense
of the lamellar armor.

Hannibal's armor had
a significantly higher rate

Of injury to the skull,
with the helmet.

There's a high likelihood
of a bleed in the brain.

It's a ticking time bomb.
You're gonna dje.

So I have to give the edge
to the lamellar armor.

For armor, the edge
goes to Genghis Khan.

In deciding which of these two
warriors is deadliest,

Mack will assess the "x" factor
of battlefield tactics.

We've seen
these warriors' weapons,

But what makes
these warriors great

Is their battlefield
brilliance.

They've been studied
by generals throughout time.

Their genius has even influenced
the small unit tactics

I studied in seal team.

What was one of Hannibal's
greatest tactical maneuvers?

Hannibal's most important
battle was cannae in 216,

Where Hannibal led the romans

Into a trap
called the double envelopment.

This is the best trap
in history.

Let's use my touchtable
to go to Italy.

So we're going to rome.

All right, so when we're
looking at Hannibal,

He's now made
the effort to cross

All the way across the alps
and into southern Italy.

It is there in southern Italy
at the town of cannae,

Where Hannibal's army
is met on the battlefield

By a roman legion
of 70,000 troops.

This is where haibal begins to
lure the romans into his trap.

Hannibal presents a thin line
of an arched front

Towards those romans.

The romans take the bait
and attack.

He's got them to commit.

Now he's fighting the romans
in the front.

What he does is he gives up
just a little bit of ground

And starts changing his
formation shape, right?

It's a u-shape,
drawing the romans

Closer and closer
down that corridor,

And it creates
a three-sided box.

Boom, there you go.
He set the trap perfectly.

Now the romans are being
attacked on their flanks.

The romans can't move
to the left,

They can't move to the right,
and they can't move forward.

And now, Hannibal brings his
cavalry in to close the box.

No one can get out of there.
It's now a killing field.

The biggest kill zone
rome has ever seen.

70,000 romans die
that day on the battlefield.

This is the most incredible
defeat in roman history.

And thus,
the double envelopment,

As a brilliant
tactical maneuver, is born.

Coming up, we find out

Which war lance packs
the more lethal impaling power.

Oh!

And later,
Hannibal and Genghis Khan

Finally square off
in a duel to the death.

Two of history's
deadliest generals

Fought their battles
1,400 years apart.

But if
they actually faced off,

Which legendary warrior
would defeat the other--

Hannibal or Genghis Khan?

In this clash
of iron age titans,

Mack breaks down the battlefield
tactics used by Genghis Khan

To conqu
1/4 of the world.

What is one of genghis's
favorite tactical maneuvers?

Well, Genghis Khan was all
about the feigned retreat.

What is
a great example of this?

The battle of kalka river.

It takes place in russia,
southern ukraine.

All right.
Let's go there.

The battle
starts in may 1223,

When a unit of only
2,000 mongol cavalrymen

Launch a hit and run
arrow attack

On 30,000 rus
and kipchak troops.

A much smaller force--
yes.

Is now about to
engage a gigantic force.

You got it.
Why?

They want to get the kipchaks
and rus to chase them.

So as soon as they commit,
the mongolians take off.

They take off

And the mongols are always
staying just close enough

So you think you have them.

They will keep harassing them,
get them as angry as possible

So they keep coming
after the mongolians.

They're trying to
take them someplace.

They're taking them
on an operation

That basically
goes nine days long.

Look at the distance.
It's crazy.

They're so set on destroying
this bunch of mongols,

They have no idea that
they're walking into a trap.

They have no idea

There's another
18,000 mongolians hiding.

Then the mongolians
spring their ambush,

Unleashing a deadly assault.

Both flanks are attacking,
everything's coming at them.

They're trapped
in that position.

And the kipchaks
go screaming out of there

As fast as they can.

This is causing the thing
you love so much--chaos.

Chaos.
Oh, chaos is so good.

The rus who have been trapped
in here get slaughtered.

It is because of strategy and
tactics like the famed retreat

That genghis
goes on to conquer

The largest contiguous
land mass in history.

Exactly.

That's why I think genghis
khan's the deadliest warrior.

We've seen the double
envelopment from Hannibal--

Incredibly audacious,
incredibly bold, but when you

Compare it to Genghis Khan and
the feint and retreat tactic,

When you start to look
at the discipline

Of getting into a guy's head
for nine days straight,

Breaking their spirit

And then delivering
the coup de gras ambush,

The edge
goes to Genghis Khan.

For the "x" factor,
battlefield tactics--

Edge, Genghis Khan.

One of the key components

Of both these
warriors' battle plans

Was to hit fast and hard
and at medium range.

Aah!

Genghis Khan used
the jida lance...

A killer from foot
as well as horseback.

This weapon
is about 12 foot long,

Made out of wooden shaft,

With an eight-inch steel
on top.

It was used in battle either
overhanded or underhanded

While charging infantry
and cavalry.

And this weapon takes
a good deal of traing

To use it appropriately
on horseback

'cause you're
going full speed--

You have to steer the horse and
also aim this at your target.

[groans]

Hannibal counters
with the soliferrum...

Five feet
of iron destruction.

With the soliferrum,
what you have

Is basically
a giant solid metal missile.

It'll do
a lot of damage to flesh.

If it doesn't kill going in,
it's gonna kill coming out.

Once I deliver
my initial blow,

I have at least two more
of these in my arsenal.

Let's go test it.

Because our warriors fought
mostly cavalry-based armies,

Their target will be
elevated and moving.

Genghis Khan's jida lance
is up first.

On 3, 2, 1,
let her rip.

[shouts]

Nice, nice, nice.
Oh, yes!

Nicely done.

Okay, this is why I love
these penetrating injuries,

Because it's all about
the location of placement.

Watch it, guys.
Thank you.

If you see this, I mean,

That's a significant
amount of blade.

That went all the way through
and came out the back,

But look where it's placed.

It's what's called
the anterior axillary line.

This is where
I would put a chest tube in.

If somebody
had a collapsed lung,

This is the safest place
for me, as a doctor,

To poke into that chest.

He needed to be over about an
inch to two inches more center.

This is not an instant kill.

This guy can at least
deliver one, two,

Maybe even three more blows
against another opponent.

This is clearly
a lethal weapon.

Even if this particular
individual is not dead,

He's on his butt.

He has to try and stand up
and pull that out

And hopefully
not get trampled or killed

While he's on the ground.

I'm curious to see

How the next weapon stacks up
against this one.

The biggest challenge I see
with the soliferrum

Is that you're gonna
toss it.

This guy's moving.
Your soliferrum is moving.

The horse is moving.

There's a lot of
complications with this.

I'm curious to see
how it all works out.

Mack, you nailed it exactly.
It's all about accuracy.

With regards to penetrating
injury, let's see how you do.

Let's get the dummy moving.
3, 2, 1, charge.

Come on.

Nice.
Nice shot.

Nicely done.

Nice shot.

Okay, this is
a beautifully placed strike

In the left upper quadrant
of the belly,

Just under the rib cage,

Right where we've got that
nice organ that loves to bleed.

That's the spleen.

We get a lot of trauma
to the spleen.

It's not an instant kill.

He's gonna be screaming,
writhing around

And trying to get this out.

He will continue to fight.

He may actually not even die
from this injury.

I have to ask the question,
what if you miss?

Yeah,
you have extra weapons,

But I don't think
you can reload and throw

Before you have eight inches
of steel in you.

When you're throwing these

Into a group
of a thousand archers,

If you don't hit a man,
you're gonna hit a horse.

You're gonna break up
the ranks as well.

It's gonna create chaos.

I appreciate the debate
back and forth,

But the thing that impressed me
is they both hit the target.

Now it's just a question of
who's got the better skill

And delivering that to a lethal
shot, get that instant kill.

I agree, mack.

I think the tipping factor
in my mind

Is that you actually do have
multiple soliferrums.

And if you're hitting with them,
those are multiple kills.

It's one thing for me
to pull this out.

It's a whole other ball
of wax

For him
to pull it out of himself.

The thing that matters to me
on the battlefield is,

The soliferrum has
more than one shot.

You can take three,
maybe four into battle.

Edge, soliferrum.

For medium-ranged weapons,

The edge goes to Hannibal
for the soliferrum.

Coming up,
the final battle--

Hannibal, the brilliant,
north african general

Who brought the mighty roman
empire to its knees,

Versus Genghis Khan,
the 13th century mongolian ruler

Who conquered
1/4 of the planet

And built one of
the greatest empires ever.

Who will be
the deadliest warrior?

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Hannibal,
the carthaginian general

Who bested rome's legions
for two decades,

Versus Genghis Khan,
the mongolian warlord

Who amassed the largest empire
of the ancient world.

In a head-to-head battle,
who is deadliest?

Our team of specialists have
tested, recorded,

And analyzed weapons

These two great warriors
brought to this showdown.

In close-range weapons,

The falcata was out-dueled
by the turko-mongol saber.

Edge, Genghis Khan.

In medium-range weapons,

The jida lance was
skewered by the soliferrum.

Edge, Hannibal.

In the battle of armor,
the musculata

Was dealt a crushing defeat
by steel lamellar.

Edge, Genghis Khan.

For special weapons,
ancient artillery

Could not bring down
waare's first battle tank.

Edge, Hannibal.

All the weapons' test data

Has been turned over
to robert daly

And plugged into
the digital combat engine.

His team of engineers

Has also completed
their historical research

And assigned values
to more than 100 "x" factors.

We evaluate these intangibles
and give them quantities.

We look at
what their motivations are,

What their diet is,
what their technology is.

We get all of our historians
together

And look at
all the historical data

That talks about their battles,
their fighting styles,

Their techniques, the weapons
that they're using.

Hannibal and genghis,

Probably two of the greatest
tacticians ever.

So I think both guys,
tactically brilliant.

There's gotta be
a difference strategically

Between the two men.

Strategically, there is
a difference in the two.

Hannibal did not
accomplish his mission,

Which was to destroy rome.

You look at Genghis Khan,

The only way that
they stop him is he dies.

I mean, this is
a pretty impressive thing.

Genghis did have
a significant advantage here

Where we rated him an 89

Versus Hannibal's 76
in battlefield strategy.

So, robert,
what about physicality?

Genghis
has a high protein diet,

Where Hannibal has
a high carbohydrate diet,

Which has gotta factor in
for the long-term battle.

Absolutely, the edge
does go to Hannibal.

He's gonna last in combat
a little bit longer.

Hannibal an 81,
versus genghis is a 76.

And let's not forget
about metallurgy, okay?

Hannibal was bringing that brass
helmet, bronze chest plate.

Those two things are
technologically inferior weapons

Towards the lamellar armor and
the helmet that genghis wore.

You look at the armor values,
and we're seeing a big weight

Towards genghis's side
with an 85,

Versus Hannibal's 74
in the armor metallurgy.

The "x" factors are falling
pretty close on this one

And the test results
are pretty close.

Only one way to find out
how this is gonna play out.

Let's head to the sim.

With all of the hard data
from the tests

And all of the numeric values

From the more than 100
"x" factors

Plugged into the combat
simulation engine,

We are ready to launch
a five-on-five final battle--

Genghis Khan
and four mongolian soldiers

Versus Hannibal and
four carthaginian soldiers.

[horses neigng,
elephants trumpeting]

[warrior shouting]

[shouting]

[shouting]

[warriors shouting]

[triumphant shouts]

Genghis ended up winning.
It was close, though.

The total numbers
are 2,739 versus 2,261.

In the head-to-head
weapons comparison,

Genghis Khan's
turko-mongol saber

Outperformed the falcata

And his recurve bow
crushed the war elephant.

But Hannibal's soliferrum
dominated the jida lance.

Where the real edge
comes down is in the armor.

And the metal
for those helmets

Was very different
and very distinct.

Hannibal's helmet
is breaking

About seven times more often
than genghis's helmet.

This is a big difjerence.

If your metallurgy
of your armor isn't as good

And your armor
isn't protecting you,

You're dying
on the battlefield.

And Hannibal was dying
more often than Genghis Khan.

Genghis won.

Doesn't really surprise me,

Although if there's
one guy in history

That was gonna give genghis
a run for his money,

It was gonna be Hannibal.

You can't negate a guy
who was able to lead

And conquer
1/4 of the world.

This guy had all the tools

To become one of the
greatest warriors of all time.

[triumphant shout]

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