Ancient Mycenaean armour tested by Marines for extended combat

Looks like fun research!

My only question is why they made the replica armor 5 lbs heavier than the original?

dangerous experiment

the up hand thrust/cut is seriously impaired by the shoulder. The armor can be used, but not so well designed.

As a history nut, im surprised ive never seen this armor, its hella cool

Well I must ask which Marines obviously the US Marines have learnt their lessons from all sorts of failed piece of shit Exoskeletons sold to them as promising iron man armors 😂

This armor looks like it could be in dark souls

that armor was ahead of its time. probably not matched again until the selucids and later the sassanids

Nice armor

Whats the purpose of standing on a treadmill in a cart? That does not look like an exercise of any kind

does it mean Achillies was OP simply because of the armor ? 😋

It would have been instructive to see how the warrior could withstand attacks rather than sparring with an unarmoured opponent carrying only a shield.

Sizewise Myceneans were as tall as Greeks today, because of their nutrition, so the suit fits well to the Marine.
Furthermore, the armour probably belongs to a lord due to findings in the grave, who would fight on top of a chariot. The Myceneans used close order infantry with spear-shield, and chariots to break through enemy formations. The Hitite kings, sent written complains to the Mycenean Kings for the chariot attacks-raids in Asia Minor.before 1200 BC.

experimental archeology is good, but will the full video be shown?

I don't see the guy in armor taking any hits. That might slow him down a little bit.

I want this armor in kenshi

Cool

Happy to see this armour in action, after all this years i saw it in Peter Connollys book as teenager.

I first saw a pic of this armor in John Warry's "Warfare in the Classical World" when I was a kid. Great to finally see it being tested, if only in very the most preliminary way. 🙌

What's surprising to me is that people thought this was only ceremonial. To me, at first glance it looks unmistakably effective. Especially the one with the neck guard. I for sure would not f with someone wearing that

Readying for a rematch with the Trojans.

They look like Cataphracts but only for infantry. Could be spotted from afar with all that metal.

Just like the Vikings in 1066 when they saw thousands of Anglo Saxons in chain mail shining brightly in the horizon as they approach them with a fast match that caught them by surprise

And to think that, if the Trojan War was really a real event, the Achaeans, at least the majority, used this type of armor.

What they "forgot" to mention here is that they had oxygen tanks and the test subjects were given oxygen to be able to go on for longer. Looks like a shady experiment to say the least.