Perfect Weapon is a British docu-reality television series created by Dr. Stuart Prior and produced by Oxford Scientific Films for National Geographic in which two weapons experts test a variety of ancient weapons and attempt to master them in combat against one another.
The series originally premiered in the UK on the National Geographic Channel on 4 March, 2008. There are eight hour-long episodes in the series.
Perfect Weapon premiered in South Africa on DStv's National Geographic Channel on Monday 12 May 2008, at 21h00.
Repeats
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Synopsis
Two grown men take an array of awesome and terrifying weapons and pit them against each other in the cause of historic investigation.
British presenters Monty Halls and Stuart Prior investigate how the weapons are made, their efficiency and accuracy, and ease of usage.
Ex-Marine Monty is accustomed to modern weapons but how will he fair handling the ferocious chain flail or the mighty long bow?
And archaeologist and medieval weapons expert Stuart has a vast knowledge of an array of artillery but will this equip him with the necessary skills to master the deadly arms?
From the raw brutality of hammers and flails, the surgical precision of swords and axes, the destructive power of siege engines, the speed and stealth of crossbows and arrows, the grace and technology of armour and the crude and overwhelming force of gunpowder, our pair get to grips with some of history’s most awesome and terrifying killing machines in the quest to find the Perfect Weapon.
Let the battle commence...