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Last season, 18 of history's deadliest warriors were resurrected from the

battlefield and entered the arena.

The bottom line is, if you're my enemy, I'm going to kill you.

Feel good, huh?

Hit them hard, hit them fast, take what you want and leave.

They were tested for strength, speed, and pure killing power.

I can kill somebody by putting a round into their chest at a thousand meters.

Guns just don't do the job. People do the job.

You can cut my arm off, I will still get to you. We respect everybody.

We can kill them with respect as well.

In the end, only nine survived.

Now those nine victors return to the arena to resolve, once and for all, the

ultimate question.

Who is deadliest?

To find out.

Our world -class fighters are putting history's most lethal weapons to a brand

new series of rigorous tests.

Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when our first season

go toe -to -toe.

No rules, no safety, no mercy.

It's a duel to the death to decide who is the deadliest warrior.

This is the Fight Club.

Oh, it's good to be back.

To determine which of last season's champions is deadliest, we've again

our team of experts.

ER doctor, Armand Dorian.

Computer whiz, Max Geiger. And biomedical engineer, Jeff Damelin.

Okay, guys, in order to determine who is the deadliest warrior of season one, we

have to make a dividing line. I agree. The advent of gunpowder changed the face

of warfare forever, so we should split our warriors from season one into two

groups, before and after gunpowder. You never bring a knife to a gunfight.

In season one.

Each ancient warrior faced another of equal stature.

We tested their weapons, then fed the results into a computer, which ran a

thousand simulated battles and awarded a winner.

Our five ancient warrior champions were... The fearless Native American

The unstoppable Spartan from ancient Greece.

Japan's lightning -fast dealer of death, the Samurai.

China's kung fu killing machine, the Shaolin monk.

And Scottish outlaw, William Wallace.

But which ancient warrior is deadliest?

Let's look at the Shaolin monk for a second.

A lot of training behind that guy, but a lot of passive training and a lot of

fancy training. I wouldn't go as far as saying there wasn't substance to this

style, but as soon as your opponent has armor, then your style has got no game.

Because you could be dancing around all you want, and the converse is, he's got

no armor. So he's doing his technique and exposing himself to be killed.

Armored or not, Shaolin's flesh -ripping twin horse.

scored the most kills of all the weapons of season one.

But his other weapons fell short.

Every other Shaolin weapon was not really built for killing, except for the

.A. purses, which, in the end, I don't think was all that effective.

What do you mean, an unarmored Maori warrior against him? That was like

puppies into a wood chipper.

but I don't know what kind of damage that would do against the shield. You're

not going to be able to pierce a Spartan's shield. You're not going to be

to pierce through his helmet. He's got great technique, great training, but

also passive, so I think he's out.

Shallon Monk's gone.

Okay, what about the Samurai?

Samurai's a contender.

Samurai's got some great armor. He's got some great weapons. A lot of damage. He

took down a Viking.

The Samurai dispatched his Viking opponent with four murderous weapons.

I think what's impressive about the Samurai, it's got the Bushido way of

higher skill, plus that advanced armor, more coverage, allowing for mobility.

And the Samurai bring the best steel -edged weapon. And the Naginata was one

the fastest two -handed weapons that we've seen.

He's got the helmet, the neck coverage, the chest coverage. For me, the

combination of the armor and the weaponry, the Samurai bring.

What about William Wallace?

William Wallace and his giant Claymore sword slice through Shaka Zulu to

victory.

I like William Wallace because I love the Claymore. I love the Tarzan Dirk.

where am I talking?

Close range weapons.

His long range game was completely obliterated with that ball and chain.

my mind, the biggest disappointment of season one, no kill ability and horribly

inaccurate. One kill in the sim. One kill.

And you know what?

Chain mail, not all that great against penetrating injuries. So it's not really

armor. So William Wallace, out. Out.

The Spartan.

I love the Spartan. Why?

Biggest surprise of season one for me. That shield can pretty much fit in front

of your entire body, plus you can use it to kill. I never saw that coming.

With a bone -breaking edge, the Spartan shield sent the ninja straight to his

grave.

He's like a walking tank. He's got almost two armors. That shield is so

it's like another person's body in front of him.

But can someone penetrate past that shield? Can someone get beyond that

But even if they get beyond that shield, he's got the cuirass, he's got the

helmet, he's got greaves on.

And he's got some pretty darn good weapons.

Yeah, I think it's all about the spear, and then even in close with the Xiphos,

like, he is able to just kill.

What about the Apache?

Hey, he brought a lot of stealth, and think about their weapons. They had some

great weapons.

Native American Apache had three weapons with an extremely high rate of killing

power.

Great at all different ranges. A lot of versatility.

Lethal, lethal, lethal.

Lethal at every range. Short range, long range, mid range.

Absolutely, I agree with everything you guys are saying, but this guy has no

armor. Plus, he has no weapon that can penetrate armor.

And if you look at his short range weapons, a knife against a katana? Are

joking? I think he could penetrate chain mail, but he can't penetrate samurai or

spartan armor.

So while the Apache is a great warrior, unfortunately, I think he's out.

That leaves Barton and Samurai.

I am so jacked for this matchup. Both highly skilled, both very armored, and

both come with a great payload of weapons. Both with that never -back

ethos, and then with the cool technique.

Raised in warrior cultures, just, ah!

They're going to scrap.

It's going to be awesome.

But I'm wrapping it around my head, this fight. I can't really imagine who's

going to win. These two warriors are separated by thousands of miles,

of years, and I can't wait to pit them against each other.

Inside the Kill Box.

Let's get to it.

The battle for the deadliest ancient warrior is on.

It's Spartan versus Samurai.

Returning to represent the Spartans is a man who shares their fighting legacy.

ancient weapons expert and former Green Beret, Barry Jacobson.

When I was in Special Forces, we had a training program called the Spartan

Program, and for a good reason.

Because no one has ever done a better job of distilling warfare down to the

simplest, most effective means of killing a enemy.

Spartans fought their way to immortality in the most famous last stand in

military history.

In Thermopylae Path, 300 Spartans... held their ground against half a million

Persians.

Thermopylae was a rear -guard action. Think of it as a Greek Alamo.

These men knew they were going to die.

But a Spartan will never die without a fight.

In the three days of Thermopylae, the Spartans likely killed 100 ,000 to 200

,000 Persians.

Spartans were the toughest warriors history has ever produced.

But a Spartan never faced an opponent as cool, calculating, and lethal as a

samurai.

Returning to wield the weapons for the samurai,

Tetsuro Shigematsu, Master of Kyodo.

Japanese Zen archery and descendant of a samurai clan.

The only way to enter the samurai was to be born into it, and the only way to

leave was to die.

The term samurai means to serve.

The samurai served the daimyos, and they were the feudal lords in medieval

Japan.

It was the samurai who did the fighting, who protected the nobility.

Going into battle and dying for his master, dying for loyalty, dying for

This was the best possible fate that he could embrace.

Although the samurai was cunning, he fought like a savage animal.

It was expected of the samurai not only to become well -versed in the martial

arts, but also the literary arts. So for the samurai, the brain was just as

important as muscles. But how will the samurai fare against one of the most

powerful and brutal warriors in history?

For a samurai to face off with someone like a Spartan, he would have considered

him an unworthy opponent.

We saw Thermopylae. They fell for the oldest trick in the book, the enemy who

snuck up behind them, which is somewhat surprising, given their predilection for

watching each other's backsides.

I think this is going to be a very close matchup, but in the end, the Spartan

will win out. We're going to make samurai suit blocking.

Spartans stride into battle with four weapons.

The javelin, spear, short sword, and his punishing shield.

The samurai is armed with four equally damning weapons.

The katana, naginata, yumi bow, and kanabo club.

To accurately assess each warrior's most lethal weapon and famed fighting

techniques. Our team will review last season's data and combine that with an

-new battery of brutal tests.

Between these two warriors, I have no favorites. They're so similar, both

raised from a young age warrior culture.

There's going to be one area where a difference does come through. It's the

that both of these warriors are so heavily armored.

The best place to start will be to look at how effective the best weapons are

against each other's armor.

Whose protection will hold out best?

Al Spartan will be the first to have his armor tested by a sinister samurai

blade. The Naginata.

Seven feet of carving power, round with a razor -sharp tip.

When previously tested on an unarmored gel torso, the Naginata cleanly sliced

off the top of its head.

Holy crap, man, you took the skull right off the piece of his brain.

Again, the steel Naginata breached the Spartan bronze.

To make the test more realistic, we've brought in an attack bot to simulate a

charging Spartan soldier.

Okay, Tetsuro, are you ready? Aye.

Deploy tackbot.

Okay, I was going to put my gloves on, but, I mean, it looks like here you're

making a dent, but I don't think he's even breaking a bone. Maybe some

but not much more.

I'm so sorry, but here's a really nice consolation prize we have for you over

here.

The review of the high -speed footage confirms the integrity of the Spartan

armor. So as a slashing weapon against an unarmored gel torso head, cuts clean

through. Against armor, I'm going to say useless.

I'm going to second that.

Useless. I'll say waste of time.

Aw, come on, you could have ratified.

Okay, so how about we swap out this armor for the plate armor of the samurai

have a go with the spear.

The Spartan spear, a weapon so vital it was to be carried at all times.

It's a deadly weapon. It pierces armor. It pierces body parts.

It leaves a deadly puncture wound.

Against an unarmed opponent, the spear proved devastating.

Crack to the ribs, through the lung, through the heart, and you have an exit

wound here.

30 seconds, this guy's dead.

But can the Spartan's bronze spear pierce a samurai's iron plate armor?

It's completely articulated. There's a layer of iron, pigskin, and layer upon

layer of lacquer.

You know, the interesting part for me on this armor is the fact that this is

lacing us here. To me, anything that's going to deform or stretch during the

impact is going to absorb energy.

This, to me, is a very good design.

Also, so many different angles that wherever the blade hits, it's going to

glance off one way or another.

I just want to emphasize, gentlemen, this is no replica.

This is from my own personal collection. This dough is approximately 200 years

old. Without question, it's all real battle.

Barry, you ready?

I am ready.

Deploy attack bot!

That, I was not expecting. You know, one thing we see here, gentlemen, is the

bronze deflected off the plate, broke some of it, then bent the spear point.

If you look at it, the surface is not penetrated, as in this layer is still on

top of it.

So I don't think the body would actually have any dent or hole in there. Let's

see. You know, the ribs look intact as well.

The high -speed camera confirms the Spartan spear did not break through the

samurai armor.

So which warrior's weapon gets the edge?

What I see is two committed warriors with the look of, I'm going to do damage

here. Both do zero damage.

Both warriors are so evenly matched that in mid -range weapons, neither side

gets the edge.

Coming up, the samurai and Spartan unsheathe their swords.

So that's a two -pig blade then. Or two Spartan. Take your pick.

Our biggest showdown ever continues to determine who is the deadliest ancient

warrior. And later, our modern champions take to the battlefield.

Inside the fight club, the quest to

determine the deadliest ancient warrior is boiled down to two fierce fighters.

The aggressive Spartan of ancient Greece, When you fight a Spartan, you're

fighting a freight train.

He was unstoppable in battle. Par none.

Versus the cool, lethal samurai of beautiful Japan.

What makes a warrior so deadly is not just muscles, not just brawn, but

and intelligence.

And compared to the samurai, the Spartan has virtually nothing.

One of the samurai's most accurate weapons of war was the Yumi.

A seven -foot bow that fires with laser -like precision.

Ribcage. Sword arm.

Shield arm.

Arrow to the throat.

Spartan, have you seen what a samurai can do with a yumi?

If we were in real battle, the tip of my yaw would be the last thing you would

see before you would die.

You have two areas of vulnerability.

Clearly, I could hit them both.

Blah, blah, blah, blather on. The Spartans receive thousands of arrows in

minute. It's not like they've never seen arrows before.

They simply pull their shield over their face, and they hunker down, and they

close with the enemy.

Yeah, but those are Persians shooting those arrows, not the samurai with the

yumi.

The Spartans have a distant weapon of their own.

The javelin.

Incoming army, worst nightmare.

It's not like the javelins you see in Olympic games, for instance.

It's almost like a dart. It's only three and a half feet long.

And of course, in the hands of an expert, these things can be really

Whoa.

Right into the diaphragm. This is about the pancreas. How far did it go in

there, Barry? It went all the way up to the wire, which is about...

Two and a half to three inches.

Yeah, the problem with a javelin is it is a different sort of weapon than a

It's meant to be thrown into a large target. That's right. The law of

is you're bound to hit somebody if your enemy is clustered close enough.

A bow is a point weapon. It's a point weapon, and in this case, you've got two

very vulnerable points.

So, javelin versus yumi, then?

I've got to go with the yumi.

Oh, it's clearly a superior -ranged weapon.

With the long -range results in, the edge goes to the samurai yumi.

But the samurai have yet to reveal their signature sword.

The katana, the legendary lethal soul of the samurai.

Last season, the katana was tested on pig flesh.

We teach our up -and -coming doctors how to suture, how to operate using pig

tissue. So using a samurai sword on this pig will actually be a very accurate

representation of what that sword can do to a human body.

This is the real deal.

Go! Yeah!

I'm red.

Two pigs cleaned through.

Oh. You went right through the bone.

Two sets of vertebrae. That's amazing.

So that's a two -pig blade, then.

Or two Spartan. Take your pick.

Yeah, Spartan's a little tougher than pigs, and we tend to wear armor.

When you use a katana, two hands, you have to use it both as your blocking

weapon and as your offensive weapon.

Spartans have a sword in one hand, which can attack, and if killed in the other,

it can either defend or attack.

For close -range kills, the rifle short sword, 20 inches of steel, shaped for

maximum slaughter.

The deadly sharp sword, this can actually hack off a man's limbs with one

slash. The Spartan cuts the throat, he slashes inside the thigh, and he stabs

the gut.

Unlike the katana, the short sword failed to slash through a pig.

The problem is you have a sword that is this long and you have a pig that's this

long. Fortunately, your neck is only this long. Yes, but the width of the

body is clearly similar to that of your opponent.

It's a poor Spartan who blames his zyphos.

Agreed, Tetsuro. If we had to go sword on sword, we're talking two -handed

weapon versus single -handed weapon.

Longer versus shorter.

I'm going to give it to the katana.

Short -range weapons.

The edge goes to the samurai katana.

But the Spartans have yet to unveil their unstoppable shield.

A Spartan's ultimate defensive weapon is also the deadliest.

The shield was the quintessential piece of equipment for the Spartan hoplite.

If you lost your sword or spear in battle, that was one thing. But if you

your shield, that was a disgrace.

Because your shield protects not just you. It protects every other man in the

phalanx. And I don't think the samurai has any defense against it.

Last season.

The shield proved it was more than the perfect defense.

I've tested trauma for automobile accidents, IED explosions, punches to

head, and this is the highest acceleration I've seen in a dummy so

The samurai is not easily fazed. We believe that the shield is a

of weakness.

In Bushido, we have a saying. Go into battle determined to die, and you will

survive. Go into battle...

hoping to live, and surely you shall not.

And the samurai have a weapon for smashing shields.

The kanabo.

It breaks swords, crushes armor, and shatters bones.

When first tested last season, the kanabo had mixed results against the

shield.

Go! Whoa.

Well, based on these numbers, we've got 475 pounds coming down on that shield.

With numbers like this, I'm seeing at least one bone broken in the arm.

A Viking shield was meant to be destructible. Glute plank, side by side,

like this.

And that's where he broke it. He broke it along the plank head. A Spartan

made of overlapping pieces of wood. It's a whole different animal. But can it

defend against the Kanano?

To answer that question, the team will put both weapons to a new test.

For the first time ever, ancient Japan's heaviest hitter will come down on the

strongest defense of ancient Sparta.

The Viking shield was a single piece of wood with leather on top. Okay, what

we've got here is actually stacks of wood, like a pyramid, underneath this

bronze. And there's a layer of leather in between the wood and the bronze

itself, acting as a cushion. But if any weapon can blow through it, it is the

cannibal.

Time to see if the cannibal can crack the Spartan shield.

Okay, Tetsuro, are you ready?

It's still there, isn't it?

It's still there.

Look at the dimpling.

There is nothing busted here. This shield is in perfect position.

But I'll tell you this.

425 pounds we recorded coming down on this shield. Is it a killing blow? No

But you know what? It's going to disrupt his game plan.

Kanemo versus Spartan Shield.

Spartan Shield wins.

Spartan Shield did exactly what it's supposed to do.

And what is it supposed to do?

Absorb a hit.

In Special Weapons, the edge goes to the Spartan shield.

But to properly assess those warriors, you have to find a way to measure the

map.

Each fighter brings an X -Factor into this battle.

And for Spartan, his X -Factor is that he was bred to be a super soldier.

When a Spartan youth was born, he was inspected by the elders.

If there were any imperfections at all, The baby was cast from a cliff to die on

the rocks below.

Only the strongest and fittest were allowed to become Spartans.

Spartans trained the way they fought.

Brutally.

And with full contact.

Spartans trained by smashing into each other. They trained by fighting one -on

-one.

Meeting force head -on.

As these were accepted, a member expected to die in battle and in

well.

The X -Factor for the samurai is Bushido.

The way of the warrior.

The way of the warrior is essentially a code for the samurai to live by.

There are many commandments within the Bushido, but the three that are most

important are duty to one's master, loyalty to death, and honor.

He does not crave glory for himself.

He does not want to be immortalized. He does not want his name in history books.

All he wants is honor, and honor means honor for his clan and for his family.

Unlike his partner, the samurai's honor could not depend on his size or

strength.

Some of our greatest samurai were old men.

Some were handicapped, some were blind, some were very young, almost children.

We prize intelligence, timing, strength, reflex.

And all these things are not the sole purview of the big football brute.

Anyone who says the Spartans are brutes should remember the war is brutal

business. I think the Samurai is going to be shocked to see just how brutal the

Spartan can really be.

What will happen when the Spartan does battle with the Samurai?

This is not even a fair contest. You have the Samurai Steel versus the

Bronze. The Samurai has no idea what's coming at him.

Coming up, Spartan.

Samurai, only one can be the deadliest ancient warrior.

Let the battle begin.

Our experts have completed their test in the quest to determine their deadliest

ancient warrior.

Is it Spartan?

Or Samurai?

At long range.

We pitted the samurai Yumi Bo against the Spartan Javelin.

The Yumi Bo was so accurate, it was dead on, you know, right into someone's

eyes. I gotta go to Yumi Bo.

Edge. Samurai.

At mid -range, we tested two casing weapons.

The samurai Naginata versus the Spartan Spear.

Because neither the Naginata nor the Spartan spear were particularly

against armor. It's a draw between these two weapons.

Neither side gets the edge.

Short -range weapons. We tested two razor -sharp blades.

The Spartan short sword versus the samurai's famed katana.

The katana, one strike, two pigs. Short sword, barely made it through one.

Edge samurai.

Finally, our experts had two choices in special weapons.

The samurai kanaba and the Spartan shield.

And nothing gets around a Spartan and his shield.

Edge Spartan.

It's a battle of opposites.

East versus west.

Tunning versus flame.

Heel versus bronze.

We've gathered all the data from our battery of tests, and there's only one

thing left to do, and it's run the simulation a thousand times in order to

determine who is our deadliest ancient warrior.

Ah!

Thank you.

After a thousand battles, our Spartans emerged victorious with 527 kills to the

Samurai's 473. This is one of the closest matches we've ever seen. But in

end, the Spartan is the deadliest ancient warrior.

I'm not surprised at all that the Spartan won.

That shield is impenetrable.

I'm a little shocked because I thought the Samurai's technology would be

But the fact that we had steel versus bronze didn't make that big a difference

for the samurai.

The bigger man usually wins.

When the final countdown comes, the Spartan stands tall.

The Spartan is the deadliest ancient warrior.

But our tournament of deadliest warrior champions is only just beginning.

Because when it comes down to killing, history's greatest game changer was the

invention of gunpowder.

Welcome to the ultimate duel to the death. To determine who is the deadliest

modern warrior.

Last seat. Eight modern warriors were resurrected from the battlefield.

But only four survived.

The Golden Age Pirate.

The New York Mafia.

The Russian Spetsnaz.

And the Irish Republican Army.

Which of our champion is deadliest?

The pirate's most lethal weapon was a blunderbuss.

A primitive shotgun that rendered the knight's armor useless.

Let's talk about the pirates.

These guys terrorized the entire world. And they're employing tactics that are

still successful today, i .e. the Somali pirates.

That says a lot for the pirates.

But let's break it down to the test results we saw in season one.

Flintlock pistol couldn't hit a broadside of a barn.

Blunderbuss, great if it went off, but very prone to misfires.

Sure, they're using gunpowder, but up against the IRA's AR -15, forget it. I

mean, let's be honest. This is all about guns, guns, guns.

And I like the idea of beginning at the beginning, but pirates' weapons are just

a little too primitive to stand up.

So pirate out.

Pirate out.

So let's talk about the IRA.

I think they were very good guerrilla warfare fighters, and they used very

effectively the weapons they could get a hold of.

The IRA made mincemeat of the Taliban with the AR -15 assault rifle and the

bomb.

Yeah, that nail bomb was very creative and it was very lethal. I mean, the type

of injuries you'd get from all those nails is just unimaginable.

But the weakness in my mind, they're only using the weapons that they had

available to them as opposed to the right tool for the job.

I wouldn't jump so quick to that because they basically fought against an

organized military for a very long time.

He is the unexpected in this fight. But then, when you're getting your weapons

off the black market, they're not always reliable.

Yeah, but a cornered rattlesnake is the most dangerous rattlesnake.

What about our prohibition -era mafia?

In a shootout against Tokyo's criminal kingpins, the Yakuza, the mafia's tommy

gun had the greatest death toll of any firearm.

.45 caliber, took a lot of guys down. A lot of guys down, not very accurate, but

do you really need to be accurate when you're putting multiple bullets in a

person? But their other weapons were a little bit more improvised.

A bat can cause a lot of trauma, and we saw that, but it's useless when there's

bullets flying at you.

I agree.

Well, let's talk about the most trained warrior we saw in Season 1.

The Spetsnaz.

The Russian Spetsnaz proved their lethality with the Saiga shotgun and the

-74 carbine.

In my mind, Spetsnaz is an automatic contender. I have to agree with you. The

Spetsnaz, without a doubt, were the best trained warrior in season one.

Yeah, I learned from those guys firsthand.

Well, secondhand, I think.

Okay, you win.

No, honestly, I looked into the eyes of those guys and I thought, cold -blooded

killer right there.

You don't feel that? So for our modern warriors from season one, it comes down

to mafia, IRA, Spetsnaz. I would suggest IRA, Spetsnaz. Yeah, the mafia in my

mind, gangsters, not professionals.

Yeah, I mean, the mafia for the most part preyed on other criminals, other

gangsters. The IRA were able to resist the British government for such a long

period of time. The American government never declared war against the mob.

The mafia is eliminated.

How do you think the IRA would fare against the Spetsnaz? You know, the only

real recorded difficulty the Spetsnaz ever had was in dealing with the

Mujahideen, which makes me think that the Spetsnaz might also have trouble

another guerrilla fighter.

The IRA are almost a mirror image of Mujahideen in terms of how passionately

they believe in their cause.

And guerrilla for guerrilla, the IRA was able to defeat the Taliban in our tests

and in our simulation.

I can't wait to get to these tents.

So it's decided.

Northern Ireland's unstoppable urban guerrillas versus the spearhead of the

Russian army.

Coming up, the duel to determine their deadliest modern warrior.

Inside the Fight Club, our tournament of champions continues with a quest for

the deadliest modern warrior.

It's a match made in combat hell.

The Spetsnaz versus the Irish Republican Army.

Returning to represent the Spetsnaz.

Former combat operative, Saulius Sunny Fusikas.

He was forged in the Russian Army's most highly trained force.

I would be hard -pressed to find a warrior culture in history that would

up against the Spetsnaz.

The Spetsnaz are part of the Russian Army's special forces.

Even today, their missions remain shrouded in secrecy.

The Green Berets are afraid of us. The Taliban, the folks in Chechnya, they

terrified.

The Spetsnaz were the strongest soldiers on the battlefield, and their training

turned them into cold -blooded killers.

Spetsnaz operators are highly trained and smart killing machines.

Yes, you should be afraid.

We're pitting the Russians against an even more secretive group.

The Irish Republican Army.

Turning to wage war for the IRA.

Scotty Collins.

Expert on their guerrilla -style weapons and nephew of famed Irish revolutionary

leader Michael Collins.

There is no match for a man that wants to die for freedom.

It's something that's drummed into you till the day you die.

For almost a century, Ireland has been divided into the predominantly Catholic

South and the mostly Protestant North, which remains part of Great Britain.

The IRA emerged to establish Irish independence through bombings and armed

attacks against their British occupiers.

The IRA are fine for their land.

And they'll go to any measures to get her.

So how would an IRA rebel fighting for his country's freedom fare against a

highly trained Spetsnaz soldier?

If the IRA can hold off one of the two superpowers on this planet, then you can

certainly hold off a bunch of guys from Russia.

You cannot go and disrespect your enemy.

That's how stupid men die. The big red machine is coming.

In Season 1, we tested six Petsnaz weapons.

The Saker shotgun, the ballistic knife, the AK -74 carbine, the Makarov pistol,

the Dragunov rifle, and the RGD -5 grenade.

For the IRA, we tested the LPO -50 flamethrower, the nail bomb, and the

surprisingly accurate flingshot. But only one gun, the AR -15 assault rifle.

To even the matchup, we're going to test two more IRA firearms.

The HKG -3 sniper rifle and the Webley revolver.

To kick off the competition, our experts lock and load.

The Spetsnaz primary firearm is the AK -74.

When tested previously, the AK dispatched multiple targets with

proficiency.

Check that one out. That's instant kill shot.

So, AKs are AKs. Probably the best gun of the 20th century. But at the same

time, the AR -15 is a slouch.

The IRA's AR -15 assault rifle.

Semi -automatic and fully fatal.

In our previous test, the AR -15 took out multiple targets with pinpoint

precision.

You know, large diameter balls, whatever.

But the small diameter balls, I'm really impressed.

We've tested both these weapons before.

AK, very reliable.

AR -15, more accurate.

Regardless of the accuracy, if the gun doesn't work due to conditions

surrounding it, accuracy is mute point.

So which distance gun is deadlier?

The AR -15 is the more accurate weapon. The AK -74 is the more reliable weapon.

We'll call it a draw.

Need long -range weapons?

Neither side takes the edge.

The Spetsnaz and IRA have even longer -range weapons.

Sniper system.

For the Spetsnaz, the Dragunov semi -automatic, capable of killing at three

-quarters of a mile.

For the IRA, the Heckler & Koch G3.

This is one we haven't seen before.

Great assault rifle.

Doubles up for the sniper.

I was going to say, it has an assault rifle look to it, but that size of that

scope, definitely use it for sniping. And it's good looking, too, isn't it?

Okay, Sonny.

Dragunov, she's not as good looking, because looks do not win a war. It is

dedicated sniper rifle. You're looking 800 meters. With exceptional sniper, you

will reach past a kilometer.

To accurately compare each warrior's sniper rifle, both weapons will be put

the same test.

We've got three targets roughly 85 yards away.

We're going to perch you up on some scaffolding, simulating an ideal sniper

position. When I see the first shot go, I'm going to start this timer, and when

you think you've taken out all three targets, you yell clear. Understood?

Clear. Got it.

Sonny, are you ready?

For you.

Okay, let's get the robots moving!

Timer's going. He's been compromised.

Got me. Got me.

Clear.

29 .22 seconds, Sonny. Let's go check out your targets, man.

I can see blood from here.

Your first shot hit probably one of the biggest vessels, the pulmonary artery

and also the pulmonary vein. So this guy, done.

Again, you're hitting center chest.

where you're getting most of the vessels, you're going to bleed out and

quick. What's important here with the belly is you're actually hitting the

liver, not an instant kill. However, if somebody doesn't scrape him up and get

him to the hospital, he's dead.

Okay, guys, so 29 .22 seconds, three confirmed kills, six shots. You up to

challenge, Scotty? That's what we're here for, isn't it? Let's rock and roll.

Let's make it happen.

On your mark, Scotty, robots up!

36 .6 seconds.

Okay, guys, this one actually hits a portion of the left ventricle, and this

an instant kill.

This is a direct shot to the left chest. It's a little bit higher, a little bit

slower of a death, but this is a kill in and of itself with those two shots.

Let's go to the third one.

Ah, but I think it's some bad news.

Obviously, just a scratch here. Two for three is not bad if you're playing

sports, but in the game of warfare, that's not good enough.

Bethnaz did the job, did the mission.

Three kills.

Edge Spetsnaz. Edge Spetsnaz.

In these long -ringed weapons, the edge goes to the Spetsnaz Dragunov.

Coming up, the IRA fire back.

In this ultimate contest between killers, only one will survive.

Who will be the deadliest modern warrior?

Russian Spetsnaz.

Both as the Irish Republican Army.

It's a duel to the death to determine who will be left standing.

Surrender should not be an option for special forces soldiers.

You are not to be taken alive.

That was the training.

The IRAs stand for their country. They stand strong until the end. And if the

end means dying for your country, well, they knew that when they were getting in

in the first place.

The IRA taught themselves to use whatever weapons they could get their

Like one of the fiercest devices ever fired in combat.

The LPO -50 flamethrower. A handheld cannon launching a river of fire. When

tested last season, the LPO -50 proved it could easily burn a man alive.

Light them up, baby!

Woo! Light it up! Woo!

800 degrees and climbing now. That's about 1 ,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

But the Spetsnaz carry their own medium -range weapon.

The Sega shotgun.

A rapid -fire weapon designed for urban assault operations.

Last season, the Sega eliminated four enemy combatants.

Go!

With blinding speed.

You know, in trauma, I'd rather treat a gunshot than somebody who had

significant third -degree burns.

You almost never can save them, and it's an excruciating death. But if you're

burning like that, your comrades are going to probably have to take their

to help you out. So that, in a five -on -five, may actually tie up a few more

people. From my training and experience, if the man is burning, at that point,

he is no longer a living man. My first job is to finish the fight.

Which weapon gets the edge?

Sega shotgun, it's a shotgun, you know what it's going to do. That said, the

flamethrower really is one of those weapons that are scary, it can burn a

alive, and it can take out an entire squad of dudes in one sweep.

Because of that, I'm giving my edge to the flamethrower.

At medium range, the edge goes to the IRA's flamethrower.

Yet the IRA delivered the most devastation with a body -shredding

their own design.

The nail park.

Simple, straightforward, savage.

When previously tested, the nail bomb delivered devastating death.

Lily's nails in the body, man.

It's a surgeon's nightmare.

You have so many injuries, you don't know where to start.

But the Spetsnaz have their own explosive device for finishing off their

The RGD -5 grenade.

It throws flesh -tearing shards up to 50 yards away.

In our previous test, the RGD -5 shrapnel inflicted fatal injuries.

Forty feet out, we have a piece lodged right in this guy's head. So at 40 feet,

this is a kill. That's a good data.

So which warrior's explosive has the bigger bag?

A bomb is only as good as the shrapnel it produces.

And the nail bomb produces deadly shrapnel. I've got to give the edge to

nail bomb.

In explosive, the edge goes to the IRA for the nail bomb.

But to properly assess both soldiers, you have to consider something that

be measured in a lab.

An X -Factor.

And for the Spetsnaz, their X -Factor is brutality in battle.

Life is definitely not comfortable.

It's not designed to be.

It's not meant to be easy. They push you to the edge where it's really teetering

on that very, very thin blade, really snapping.

Soldiers were beaten in order to toughen them and make them immune to the

horrors of war.

But there was a method to the madness.

Before you can learn how to hurt people, you have to know what hurt is.

We teach people to become more comfortable within it.

And once your comfort level within that chaotic environment increases, you

obviously can ramp up the chaos.

In season one, Jeff saw how effective the Russian training could be.

So, for example, if you start punching me.

You don't feel that?

Well, sure, I do feel I know how to absorb it.

But can Jeff?

A karate black belt, apply the Spetsnaz techniques, and take one of Sonny's

powerful punches.

I'm going to tell you before I punch you, and just be ready.

You ready, Joe? I'm ready.

Okay.

Okay, that's pretty good.

See, so it's not that bad, right? Not so bad.

But were you 100 %?

No, we were probably at about 30 or 40%. 30 or 40.

The reality of violence is you have to immerse yourself in it, you have to

experience, feel it, and talking about it does not prepare you for it.

The X Factor for the IRA is their passion for Ireland independence.

You can't beat something that's in your blood.

These people are strong -willed, strong -minded, mentally trained people from

the day they're born.

These persons are working for their paycheck.

The Irish people, they're working for the country.

Nothing's more dangerous than a cornered commando.

But the Spetsnaz have an instrument of death for just that situation.

The ballistic knife.

I'd kill a dagger and project our blade in one.

When previously tested, the ballistic knife made its point with deadly

precision.

Jesus. Oh, yeah.

58 feet per second. Instant kill shot.

The IRA claim they have an equally effective weapon to deliver death at a

distance.

The slingshot. The IRA's proof that child's plague can be deadly.

In our previous test, slingshot struck with incredible accuracy.

Dead in the eye. Look at that shot.

Blinding blow, but no lethality here.

I've taken care of many people who've died from knife wounds. I haven't taken

care of anybody who's died from a slingshot. Fast and accurate, non

giving it to the ballistics knife.

In special weapon, the edge goes to the Spetsnaz ballistics knife.

Coming up, both sides go head -to -head with two iconic killer sidearms,

Spetsnaz or IRA, who will be their deadliest modern warrior.

Inside the Fight Club, our search for the deadliest modern warrior is heading

towards a squad -on -squad showdown.

The question, if the Irish Republican Army went up against the Soviet

who would win?

The battle may come down to an in -your -face firefight.

The Spetsnaz' swift sidearm, the Makarov, easily concealed, leads the

But the IRA carries a powerful revolver.

The Webley 455.

The standard service pistol of the British Empire for over 80 years.

The Microp's a good gun, but when it's put up against the Webley, the Webley

will win every time.

Nice.

To see if Scotty is right, the team sets up a synthetic skull and ballistics

gel.

So what we've set up here is to test the stopping power of each one of your

pistols. What we've got here, it's got the skull and the ballistics gel, which

mimics the density and the viscosity of the human body.

The high -speed camera will help analyze the bullet impact.

Sonny, you're up first.

High speed is armed.

Three, two, one, go!

Yeah!

Woo! That is so cool.

Okay, you chose to put it through the nose instead of between the eyes. Why'd

you do that, Sonny?

If it's a direct line, it's straight heading for the C1, C2 vertebrae, where

modern medicine cannot do much. Yeah, I mean, that's a great point. We actually

do many medical procedures through the nose. This is one nosebleed that I can't

save.

Next, Scotty steps up with a Webley.

Okay, Scotty, you ready?

I'm ready.

Three, two, one, go!

Yeah!

Oh, sick!

Right through the right eyeball.

While the nose is a little bit better of a place to shoot somebody, eye's not so

bad either.

Okay, so this is the Webley test first.

Oh, there we go.

Okay, let me take a measurement off that.

What Jeff is measuring is called the temporary cavity.

The larger it is, the more stopping power the gun has.

Okay, so we're looking at three inches of temporary cavity.

Next up.

The Makarov.

Oh, there we go, there we go. Entering the ballistics gel, two and a quarter

inches of temporary cavity.

The numbers tell the story.

So weapon on weapon, Webley wins over Makarov. Why?

Larger temporary cavity, more transfer of energy, more killing power.

But which gun is more effective at killing in a real combat scenario?

First thing, you're going to be under the clock.

As you bust through these doors, you're going to have to decide whether this is

friendly or foe. Another thing we're going to throw into this test is your

opponent's going to have a chance to make it more difficult for you to make a

decision about the target by using smoke grenade.

Are you ready, Scotty? I'm ready.

Three, two, one.

What was the time, Max?

26 seconds.

26 seconds? It's not bad. We've got to check the targets.

Missed. Well, you know, the problem I had with this one was the smoke was

there, and I could barely see the target. All right, let's assume you got

it. All right. Take a look at the next target.

Right in the face. Nice. That's a nice one. Does anything need to be said, or

should we just move to the next room? We can move to the next one, I think. Now,

that is as good as it gets.

It's the same guy every time.

They're three brothers.

Two shots.

Both upper chest.

Four out of five targets.

80%. I would have liked to have seen five out of five, but it's not bad.

B minus, literally.

Yeah, but having said that, he missed the first target, which would not let

move forward. So he might have been dead.

That's true, but the smoke couldn't see him, and he couldn't see me. Fair point.

A lot of things we can draw off to comparison for Sonny.

Okay, Sonny, you ready?

Always. Clear, Scotty?

Three, two, one, go!

How'd it go?

They hold it.

What was the time?

31 .97 seconds.

Oh, yeah. There's four shots. Basically, three of them straight through the

heart. One's incapacitating his left arm. Three shots, direct hit.

This guy's dead.

Looks like the civilian is safe.

She's alive.

She was a good -looking female.

Four shots, but this time, all four are directly hitting the heart. Did you have

to reload?

I didn't have to, but I did.

All right, we've got one, two, three shots. Two, again, straight through the

heart. Oh, there's a fourth one here that's a miss, but we got another one.

Actually, it looks like you're almost putting it through the barrel of his

The accuracy here is unreal. Two direct shots straight through the heart. Here,

you got another one. I mean, another kill.

So let's break this down, then. According to kills, Spetsnaz wins.

According to time, I already beat them slightly, but hey.

You got to go by number of kills, don't you? Yeah, you'd rather have all the

enemy dead instead of leaving one there available to kill you. Okay, so the

result of this test, Spetsnaz wins.

Go! After running two tests, which sidearm gets the edge in short -range

weapons?

I think the Webley has better stopping power and better reliability because it

is a revolver. But that does limit it to the six rounds that can be chambered in

that gun.

The Makarov was able to place more bullets in more targets.

The edge is clear. In short -range weapons, the edge goes to the Spetsnaz

Makarov.

Coming up, Spetsnaz, the IRA.

The battle for the deadliest modern warrior begins.

After an exhaustive series of tests, it's time to determine

the deadliest modern warrior.

Will it be the Soviet Spetsnaz?

Or the Irish Republican Army?

Our expert tested six Spetsnaz weapons.

The Sager shotgun.

The ballistic knife.

The AK -74 carbine. The Makarov pistol.

The Dragunov rifle.

And the RGD -5 grenade.

The IRA we tested.

The LPO -50 flamethrower. The nail bomb.

The slingshot.

The AR -15 assault rifle.

The HKG -3 sniper rifle and the Webley revolver.

In long -range weapons, we pitted the Russian's AK -74 carbine against

the IRA's AR -15.

The AK is more reliable, but the AR -15 is a little bit more accurate.

This long -range test was even.

Next, we tested two sniper rifles.

The Russian Dragunov.

Against the IRA's HKG -3.

The Dragunov was able to deliver six shots and three kills in less time than

HKG -3 was able to do.

H. Spetsnaz.

In medium range, the IRA's LPO -50 flamethrower blasted the Russian Sega

shotgun. The flamethrower actually has a psychological advantage to the Sega

shotgun. But when you have this big ball of fire coming at you, You panic.

And that's why I got to give to the 24.

Edge IRA.

The short range. We tested two stealthy sidearms.

The Wedley revolver.

And the Makarov pistol.

The Makarov.

More rounds in the magazine.

And you can reload.

And we saw more kills. Five for five.

Edge Spetsnaz.

Our experts had two choices in explosives.

The Russian RGD -5 versus the IRA nail bomb.

The nail bomb, it's an incredibly lethal weapon. I think it's much more fearsome

than the RGD -5.

Edge IRA.

Our experts had two final choices in special weapons.

The Russian ballistic knife versus the IRA slingshot.

The slingshot? Sure. It's fast.

It's accurate. There we go. No lethality. A nice kill.

Edge Spetsnaz.

Max loads the results into the computer program developed by Slytherin Studios.

It's a battle pitting one superpower's toughest military operatives versus a

rebel force armed with the most wicked weapons on the world's black market.

There's only one thing left to do. That's run the simulation and determine

is the deadliest modern warrior.

It's a game. It's a game.

Out of a thousand battles, Bethnaz emerged victorious.

In their hands, even a weapon as humble as the AK -74 can become a perfect

killing machine.

The IRA lost because despite their use of unconventional tactics, They're no

match for the elite Mother Russia.

Spetsnaz won, no surprise.

Not only were their weapons superior, so were the men wielding them.

I don't know how the Spetsnaz won today.

But it happened.

I know who we are.

I know what we're capable of.

And we'll just leave it at that.