Throughout history men have been killing each other on the battle fields all over the world. In this series our experts, ex-Royal Marine Monty Halls and archaeologist Stuart Prior, search through time to find mankind’s most awesome and terrifying killing machines.

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 Monty and Stuart will experiment and battle to find their Perfect Weapon.