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• 1.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 medie...
• 2.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 th...
• 3.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. "Prepare to loose...
• 4.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 dif...
• 5.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. "All righ...
• 6.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 ne...
• 7.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...
• 8.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...
• 9.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...
• 10.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...