#1 Medieval siege weapon
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:03 am
There's this one weapon whose name I cannot for the life of me remember, basically from the front you have a board like so:
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The little o's are the holes in the board, and a big spear / bolt comes flying out of each of them. They were used as a defensive weapon in castles, very handy I suppose. I think they used some kind of crossbow / arcuballista mechanism to launch the bolts / spears (they were huge).
The problem is that I can't remember the name of it, I was hoping you could refresh my memory, and better yet link me to a picture and some descriptions.
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|ooooooooooooo|
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The little o's are the holes in the board, and a big spear / bolt comes flying out of each of them. They were used as a defensive weapon in castles, very handy I suppose. I think they used some kind of crossbow / arcuballista mechanism to launch the bolts / spears (they were huge).
The problem is that I can't remember the name of it, I was hoping you could refresh my memory, and better yet link me to a picture and some descriptions.