I'm Chuey Martinez, movie fanatic,
and this is Erich Allman, combat medic,
EMT and DMT with 20 years of experience.
Join us
and our team of weapon experts
as we analyze the demonstrations of the world's most lethal items
from El Rey's Man at Arms: Art of War hosted by Danny Trejo
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History's Deadliest Weapons.
Which weapon is the deadliest?
Let's learn a little history about
The Macuahuitl
The Macuahuitl or The Macuahuitl is the Aztec weapon
The Aztec warrior often would not try to kill his opponent
He would try to maim and hurt him
to be able to take him back to the temples and sacrifice him later
The Aztecs used obsidian which was volcanic glass
which was ultra sharp and it was lots of different pieces
so it wasn't that big of a deal if they broke one piece
they could easily replace them, it would be little teeny individual blades
that could embed in, do a lot of damage
you would want to do a drag cut so you would slice
and rip open that flesh,
it was brutal.
Let's get started on this Macuahuitl, ancient Aztec weapon, brother
made out of obsidian and wood.
Looks like a cricket bat with little blades on it.
that's frickin' rad bro, I want one.
Can you imagine jumping out of your house catching a burglar?
"Get out of my house, I got my Macuahuitl!"
(laughing)
What do you think would be ideal
like a hacking or chopping
or maybe a mixture of both?
I think going in and getting the blunt force and just ripping it.
Yea
You know just that rip motion is just going to tear up the skin apart
leave all the exposed area for infection, its going to be painful.
It's not going to be really deep,
but it's gonna hurt.
What kind of injury could we expect form something like this?
From a medical perspective,
you'd see abrasion and lacerations
to be able to cut through the skin like that,
I wonder how deep?
So if that obsidian slash doesn't kill you,
just go crazy with the bat bro.
Fun fact time
alright
That obsidian on the Macuahuitl
is supposed to be 12 times sharper than surgical steel.
See, now that's impressive!
Yea
I think I'd rather be cut with just one big cut,
done and have to worry about the pain
verses a whole bunch of little ones just tearing up
mmmhmm. Damn Aztecs!
Alright, let's chop it up right now with the Macuahuitl
That dummy is smiling. It kinda freaks me out.
that's pretty brutal.
so that gash next to his armpit, what are we talking about over there?
so if you actually went under obviously the arm there
and the arm didn't block it
your artery, your brachial artery is actually underneath
Ok, the Brachial artery
Yes, sir
Erich, how hard would it be to stitch up a wound like that?
Pretty hard.
When you've got a complete avulsion where its ripped
An avulsion is where you'll have a flap of skin rip open
and that ripping, you will actually lose part of it,
so it's not just a complete flap and
"oh I'll just fold it over"
Final thoughts Erich on the Macuahuitl
That's a cool looking weapon,
I just want one cause its cool
but its not gonna kill you right away
unless you hit in the right spot say the neck and everything else
could you imagine all the infections that would cause
you grind and cut and be all nasty
Stealth killer or Shelf filler, buddy?
Stealth killer.
Stealth Killer. Yes definitely.
Erich, thank you so much of joining us, brother.
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