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Rotating gun platform
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
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Siege vehicle with guns
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldiers ride in a wheeled siege vehicle with windows for firing weapons.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Mangonel
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The mangonel was a type of catapult used generally for hurling stones at a besieged castle's walls. As Vegetius writes, "But the mangonel shoots stones, and throws various weights in proportion to the thickness of the…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Catapult, Military art and science
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Wooden catapult
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A wooden catapult used for hurling an object such as a stone.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Catapult, Military art and science
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Battering ram
- Aries
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A battering ram with an iron tip in the shape of a ram's head.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Spiked mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This form is equipped with spikes to deter head-on attack from opposing forces.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Wheeled animal war engine
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A war engine with four wheels in the shape of an animal with the feet of a bird and the head of a lion, operated by three soldiers.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
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Mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This one appears to be equipped with a perforated grate in the middle through which the…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Siege hook
- Falx
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The siege hook, or falx, was a siege engine dating back to Roman times. Similar to a battering ram, the siege hook was tipped with a pry bar, and the ram had handles for twisting and either splintering wooden doors or…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Wheeled war engine with face and spikes
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
War engine with wheels, face, and spikes, apparently used to break up enemy ranks or crush enemy troops.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
