Trebuchet

Towards the end of the Middle Ages in around 1100, a period of castle-building and sieges emerged in Medieval Europe. This formed a new type of warfare called Siege Warfare. This way of fighting featured gigantic, heavily-defended castles and armies of men with multiple weapons in an attempt to siege a castle. A castle is a large, medieval fortress that housed lords, a King and Queen, Knights and other groups of people. Thousands of castles were built in places throughout Europe, such as Italy,…

On Saturday, February 24th, the Davenport Public Works Department and the Rock Island Post of the Society of American Military Engineers teamed up once again to host their 8th Boy Scout Engineering Merit Badge Workshop. Scouts explored multiple engineering disciplines, from civil and structural to hydraulic and electrical engineering through a variety of hands-on experiences during the day-long workshop. The workshop offers an opportunity for professional engineers and other industry…

The Roman Military connects to a lot of things because if the Roman Empire did not have the military power they had, the Roman Empire would not have conquered as many places as they did. Most emperors either lead or fought in the army like Julius Caesar, Aurelian, Vespasian, Augustus and Hadrian. Hadrian was good emperor because he admired the Greek architecture and he established cities throughout the Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece. To prevent the military troops from…

The Head-Hunters Network challenges all Werwulf-Nation claims over No Man’s Land. Assembled in battle formation are hundreds of thousands of mercenaries and werwulfs. Their hatred divided by a great canyon southward of the Wastelands. Hunters are credited for the genocide of numerous clans and tribes. Warriors deploy guerilla warfare tactics, including: sabotage, ambuscade, and incursion. Arron the Great presides over eighty-one tribes of the network. They are known for raiding villages and…

King Arthur, a movie filmed in 2004, portrayed Roman Britain in the winter of 467 A.D. Artorius Castus, also known as Arthur, was a Roman officer who commanded a unit of Sarmatian auxiliary cavalry in Britain. These Sarmatian knights include Lancelot, Bors, Gawain, Galahad, Dagonet and Tristan. When the knights completed their years of service in the army, Bishop Germanus asked them to complete one more mission for the Romans in order to gain their freedom. During their task, Arthur and the…

Math is an exact science; there is no grey location. Much like another location to look at, we need to first analyze the basics to head farther. Even artwork requires a basic knowledge of paints, brushes, backgrounds, expression, composition, and plenty greater. Very not often can a person just make it up to get the meaning of it. The identical is going for math. Very hardly ever are you able to just make something up, “guess,” and get by. However, coaching math is one hassle in itself. We first…

catapulting diseased bodies over city walls during sieges to spread the disease and weaken the defenders. Also, the Mongols were extremely skilled with siege warfare and were able to besiege cities quickly and effectively. They introduced more effective trebuchets (catapults that used counterweights) to fire stones accurately up to 500 meters and influenced European designs in the high middle ages until the gunpowder era in Europe. Finally, the Mongols were masters at physiological warfare.…

catapult victorious at a successful job making our catapult. As the event continued on I watched the remaining teams and we remained in first place for the rest of the competition until the final launch of the day. The final team built a floating arm trebuchet and spent around sixty hours building it. There total distance bested my groups and they won it total distance. I was not disappointed or frustrated that I did not win. I was glad that the project was over and that my group’s catapult…

Victor Hugo: Romanticism in France Born in France, in 1802 to Joseph Leopold Sigisbord Hugo and Sophie Trebuchet, Victor Hugo was the third and last son of his parents. Despite the fact that their family was of the working class, his mother was an unwavering monarchist and she raised her sons to be of the same mind. However, it was only a matter of time until Victor would change his perspective and become a representative for the common people. His political career blossomed in his later years,…

become kinetic. The three primary energy storage mechanisms are tension, torsion, and gravity. The catapult has proven to be a very effective weapon during ancient times, capable of inflicting great damage. The main types of catapults used were the trebuchet, mangonel, onager, and ballista. Source 2:…