British Infantry Square against Zulus - Napoleon Total War

The friendly fire is huge on this one 🔥🔥🔥

What are the Zulus doing in Egypt?

They may have lost but zulu got clapped real hard

Poor Zulus lambs to slaughter without guns,if they to had weapons different story as they had bravery unmatched they where true warriors fighting for freedom against tyranny

They ruined it by zooming in and out, like playing an accordion. They could have made it smooth like a drone.

If the Zulus had guns was the British going to survive

How about the square at Abu Klea?

In the age of repeating rifles, gatling guns, rockets, mortars and cannons with rifled barrels firing explosive shells what was the purpose of massing your troops in tight formations like that and wearing bright red uniforms? Did the British never fight proper armies?

The British may have lost but when you look at the casualties the zulus took a huge L

The British Square as it’s called, is an ingenious formation because it has no exposed flanks to attack . So I would say that the only hope you have of defeating such a formation, is instead of attacking all sides of it at once. Concentrate your attack against one side of the square while you hold what’s left of your army in reserve on the other side of the square. Once your concentrated attack punches a hole through the side of the square they are attacking they will force other sides of the square to try and fill in the hole. Thus weakening other sides of the square and at that time you send in your reserve forces to take advantage of the weakened sides of the square… maybe it works maybe it doesn’t …I’m just saying!!!

Salvo engano, os mosquetoes eram de tiro único. Gostaria de saber se após os disparos os atiradores corriam para trás das filas para recarregarem suas armas.

What game is this?

Send the cavalry in

London 2026

"Aaallll right then!"

RELOAD

Independent fire at will? "Who the f*ck is will" the Zulus look samey

historically and humanly absurd. the zulus lost 75% of their men and were still charging. absurd

Yeah this is crap. The british gun had an operable range max of around 400 yards, but was deemed accurate at 200. Showing this mockup where they are firing at over 1000 yards and getting 50%+ kills is so far from reality it is ludicrous. What next that their bayonets were much better than the Zulu fighter HTH? What a bunch of drivel.

This still looks better than Warhammer to me, what magic did they use?

Another victory and they'd be defeated.

CRAP!!!! for a while I thought we were gonna win!!

Вот так и надо нагличан

Kicsit messze vannak a zuluk !Hogy tudnák ilyen távolságban leszedni őket?Nem túl hiteles!

Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not.
:-)

That was fun to watch.

Зулусы (самоназвание — amaZulu) — африканский этнос численностью около 10 млн человек, обитающий в основном в провинции Квазулу-Натал в Южно-Африканской Республике.
Небольшие группы зулусов также проживают в Эсватини, Лесото, Зимбабве, Замбии и Мозамбике.
Язык зулу принадлежит к группе нгуни семьи банту.
Зулусское королевство сыграло важную роль в истории нынешней ЮАР в XIX и XX веках.
К зулусам близки такие народы, как коса, свази, матабеле и нгони.
Страна зулусов (также Зулусская империя, КваЗулу, Зулуленд) — территория союза племён зулусов, сложившаяся в первой половине XIX века в Южной Африке на побережье Индийского океана (территория современной провинции ЮАР Квазулу-Натал).
Во время своего максимального расцвета страна простиралась от реки Понголы на севере до реки Умзимкулу на юге.Правители Зулуленда: основатель Чаки (1816—1828), Дингане (1828—1840), Мпанде (1840—1856), Правление Кечвайо (1872—1879).

Soundtrack from movie "Zulu".

Obviously guns win

How they formed squares is fascinating.

The Brits put up a good fight for a while... but way too many Zulus. "Thousands of 'em!"

Historically inaccurate. Must be American

This is about as realistic as the film Napoleon. British fighting the Zulus right beside the pyramids. Was surprised not to see Bonaparte waving from the top of one of them. 😂😂😂

bummer game froze at the end of the battle, Zulu's just standing there frozen, bugs bugs

I always ask when I see battles like this why didn't they build bows, they knew they were going to face guns.

Try the Darth mod on this, as the AI is far smarter, more tactical.

"I regret to report a very disastrous engagement..."

I didn't know that the Zulus were so shiny.

Seems like using the cavalry in some manner would have been a better idea than just having them standing there getting in the way.

Crap. The Zulu necer broke a Britiah sqare. At Isandlwanag they didn't form square. Pulleine, a useless commandrr, had rthem too far out in straight lines, with some of the ammo supply 900 yards plus from the formations.

the distance on those rifles was like 4.6 miles. amazing for the time

British infantry squares were more than two ranks deep. Normally at least four. All the Zulus had to do in this scenario, however, was to surround the British and wait, since the British square has no food or water that I can see.

Usar a los lanceros coño!!! Para que quereis a la caballeria??? Y donde coño esta la artilleria?? Y las ametralladoras??? Ya habia en esa epoca.despues pasa lo que pasa..con solo 3 o 4 ametralladoras los hubierais barrido a todos apoyados por la artillería ignorantes.con los rifles Martini-Henry de un solo disparo y recarga de nuevo aunque sea rapida su recarga no es suficiente.y con las bayonetas tampoco.muy poca caballeria y muy mal empleada.haber abierto el cuadro y que los lanceros los atacaran de flanco embistiendolos y ensartandolos con sus lanzas y sables.despues podian haberlos mantenido a distancia con sus carabinas para caballeria Martini- Henry y ayudar a la infanteria.y si hubiera habido artillería crear una barrera de fuego y posiblente ya ni se hubieran acercado.

Zulu's in the desert. That's a new one. The terrain play a major part in both the Zulu and Boer wars. It put British at a disadvantage. Mostly

I dont think that the martini henry had such a long range. Perhaps I am misjudging.
Awesome video!

ZULU ATTACK!

...About 250 people who ALL look alike? :)

Only once in history was a British square
Compromised,
The battle of
Tel el kebir, in the Sudan.
The square was reformed, and the intruders dealt with by the bayonet.

how to lose against a horde of mace and axe wielders. put men in box formation so half are doing jackshit until the enemy are coming in

I’m drained watching this.

Who left the damned ammo wagon outside of the square??!!