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First siege engine recorded to be used, soon adopted by Sparta. [1] Catapult: 500 BC Greece: A signature siege engine, used until World War I. [2] Lithobolos: 5th Century BC Magadha, India: Siege engines that propel a stone along a flat track with two rigid bow arms powered by torsion. Invented by the Kingdom of Magadha. Siege ladder: 6th ...
4 Siege weapons. 5 Warships. 6 Animals in war. ... Download QR code; Print/export ... List of medieval weapons. 8 languages ...
The earliest documented occurrence of ancient siege-artillery pieces in China was the levered principled traction catapult and an 8 ft (2.4 m) high siege crossbow from the Mozi (Mo Jing), a Mohist text written at about the 4th – 3rd century BC by followers of Mozi who founded the Mohist school of thought during the late Spring and Autumn ...
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A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( June 2020 )
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Medieval siege engines (1 C, 8 P) R. Roman siege engines (11 P) T. Trebuchets (2 P) Pages in category "Siege engines"
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Medieval edged and bladed weapons" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 ...
Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They are distinct from field artillery and are a class of siege weapon capable of firing heavy cannonballs or shells that required enormous transport and logistical support to operate.