Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战- 12 (end)

In terms of the kind of dialogue that existed between attack and defense, it is very clear now to me that the appearance of trebuchet on the scene shifted that balance radically in favor of attack. It

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-10

Come and take a look at the rocks over here. It just pulverize d the stone on the inside. It confirmed what we came here to prove, didn't it? We had a lovely hit smacking in the middle and it smashed

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-9

Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here. After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target. All we're doing is shift

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-11

...one, fire in the hole! Oh, yeah. Renaud’s optimism is justified. The missile falls just a few yards short of the wall and a bit to the right. The team decides to give it one more day. But the nex

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-8

Even with 12 timber framers pulling, the firing pin won't budge . It is quite normal that I mean the trigger first is stiff, we found that at home. It takes a lot of efforts which is as well as in som

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-7

Renaud was left with no alternative but to hope that a couple of planks will be strong enough to splint the weakened throwing arm. Finally work starts on raising the great trestle s. With each passing

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-6

But the throwing arm will be made from a more light-weight wood - Douglas fir. Wayne calculates that a tree trunk of at least 2 feet in diameter is needed to withstand the stresses of hurling 250-poun

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-5

With the manuscript as a starting point, Wayne used a combination of engineering theory and trial and error to come up with a working model.

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-4

At the end of the 13th century, what was the effective range of an archer, and what was the effective range of a trebuchet. The historical reports differ.

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-3

Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-2

In the year 1304, Edward Longshanks, more formally known as King Edward I of England, mounted the greatest siege of his reign against the Scots and their castle at Stirling. The attack dragged on. Imp

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Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-1

Knights in shining armor, charging each other in great pitched battles, that is the popular view of warfare in the Middle Ages. In reality, most medieval conflicts involved the attacking of castles, a

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