@IanCross-xj2gj I remembered reading about Roundway Down several years ago. The unfortunate charge by the Lobsters!

Thank you. Do take a look at the Playlist for Military History or the Playlist for the Battle of Powick or Worcester.

It's a period Paul loves too.

Thank you.

We're with you with that one.

There's no definite date I'm afraid. By the 17th Century the Lobster pot seems standard. However some Scottish units are shown wearing earlier styles such as Burgonets.

"Would they protect the soldiers from the clay balls ⚽ made of stone, 🪨 thrown from a sling used by the Aztec jaguar 🐆 and eagle 🦅 warriors, of the Aztec empire of Mexico?" 🇲🇽

@@joeerickson516 They clearly did in 1521

Thank you. Yes. Mounted troops is a generic word for Cavalry and those who rode into battle on horses.

"The Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecs, Mixtecs, and Zapotecs of Mexico 🇲🇽 don't have the knowledge of horseback 🏇 🐴 riding, metallurgy, and gunpowder?"

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Richard Harris used it for this, in the film, Cromwell. However, it seems to have been just to protect the arm, not moving much. After all the reins were held in this arm, when weapons were used in the right hand.

The Cavalry are often listed as having a pair of Pistols and a sword. The sword was the main weapon by the time of the English Civil Wars. Some also carried a Carbine. Paul has made a video on the Carbine. He is yet to make one on the Cavalry Sword and Pistols. A future video for sure.

@@discoverhistory7818 Thank you for your attention and answers. I will look out for further content.

It would be unusual not to carry 3 triple barreled 70 caliber smoothboar pistol followed by a lance and a saber.

I'm probably wrong.

​"The primitive stone 🪨 age weapons of the Aztecs are no match for armored pikemen on horseback 🏇

The one we have is quite old now. We would recommend an Armourer based near Edgehill. We shall look up his name. He's made most of Paul's Tudor and Stuart era armour.

@@discoverhistory7818 I thank you. If you let me know

@@GiorgioS-hx1xg Adam Blockley is the armourer.

@@discoverhistory7818 thank you so much

@GiorgioSandiano-hx1xg no problem. He's my go-to for post Medieval Armour. I only use another for armourer for Medieval because he's an old friend who specialises in Medieval.

Some old armourers from the early 1990s. My most recent armour and a person who I would highly recommend is Adam Blockley. I shall locate his details for you.

facebook.com/armour1642

@@discoverhistory7818 Thank you so much for the prompt answer and help with finding an answer to my question! You have just now got a new subscriber

@@christianblake3997 thank you.

@@discoverhistory7818 Hi, many thanks for all your help. I’m going to contact Adam to see if he can make me a lobster pot three bar helmet like the one you displayed in your video! After watching several of his videos I am now absolutely transfixed with this period of history and I’m learning so much about the armour process, that in itself is completely fascinating 🧐 I can’t thank you enough as I naïvely bought a Cromwellian parliamentary cavalry helmet on eBay which on arrival I instantly regretted, this is what happens when you don’t do your proper research.

Thank you.

Unfortunately they didn't unless the musket was fired at a distance.

Funny enough they could have wore 2 more layers of these things riveted together with hardened leather inbetween and a extra gambeson and jerkin underneath. I mean the horse was doing all the work in carrying the weight and they would never need to be on foot for more than 11 minuets. I wouldn't want to be the one trying to afford that though.

8:41 .... I think I just changed my mind about the first half of that.

@@discoverhistory7818 approximately 100 meters for armour rated as pistol proof at 7 meters. So a fit pike man could sprint from safe and into melee with in the 20 seconds it'd take a musketeer to reload. A Cavalry man could do it in less

We refer to the war, starting with the first clash of arms. However, as you say, the war officially began with the raising of the standard at Nottingham. We mention this in another video.