Was a war machine that shot such objects as spears or stones or hurled large weights against an enemy's defenses. There were two main types of catapults: non torsion and torsion. Non Torsion catapults operated like giant bows and arrows, with the shooting power coming from the release of stretched fibers. In torsion catapults, the release of a twisted rope caused a beam to spring forward, heaving heavy stones or weights. The longbow as we recognise it today, measuring around the height of a man, made its first major appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages. Although generally attributed to the Welsh, longbows have in fact been around at least since Neolithic
Was a war machine that shot such objects as spears or stones or hurled large weights against an enemy's defenses. There were two main types of catapults: non torsion and torsion. Non Torsion catapults operated like giant bows and arrows, with the shooting power coming from the release of stretched fibers. In torsion catapults, the release of a twisted rope caused a beam to spring forward, heaving heavy stones or weights. The longbow as we recognise it today, measuring around the height of a man, made its first major appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages. Although generally attributed to the Welsh, longbows have in fact been around at least since Neolithic