Comments by "" (@ericsaxon5736) on "What if the Mongols Conquered Europe?" video.

I don't understand the second half of your analysis and this Russia you speak off. Russia wasn't a guaranteed nation state. There were multiple Rus Principalities, some of them being Merchant Republics like Novgorod and Pskov, while other were autocracies like Muscovy and Tver. To assume that a 100 years later one of them would rise to prominence and unite the Rus, the way the Muscovites did, is a huge leap in logic.
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5:17 Gunpowder made the Mongol tactics irrelevant? Were you aware that the 1836 Colt was the first firearm to have the rate of fire and penetration to match the Mongol recurve bow? 1836 Guns made a lot of noise. And massed ranks were all well and good. But a company of 100 Mongol archers would eat 100 arquebusiers as a snack, because they'd need a bigger meal for lunch. The Mongols would have range, penetration, and mobility. I'm honestly not sure how their tactics would become irrelevant by the 1400s. I'd love to pat my European ancestors on the back but I think you may be a bit too generous. The Mongols lacked administrative skills and their culture made a unified effort unlikely but I'm not sure that's the same as their tactics becoming irrelevant.
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@adamnesico You mean professional soldiers defeated bandits? :) I am shocked, lol. Massed fire of trained arquebusiers in armor should be able to deal with fur clad raiders and bandits. That's not the same as them meeting a professional Mongol army with proper leadership and tactics. :)
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