siege engines
Imagine you were in the middle ages walking around in a castle just like it was your everyday routine. Then BAM! A huge stone lands in front of you then another land a few feet away from you. Where are they coming from? The sky- loads of them. If you stay inside the castle you could be trapped inside but if you go outside you could get crushed by one of those stones. There is nowhere to hide nowhere to run. Many people get the Mangonel confused with the catapult. The Mangonel is believed to be invented by the Romans in 400BC. During the Medieval age the engine was used most by the French. It’s named Mangonel because the Latin word manganon means “an engine of war”. Mangonels were referred to as scorpions because the arm of the engine was like the tail of the animal.
The Mangonel wasn’t as accurate as other siege engines but did go a greater distance. The Mangonel has a long arm attached to a bowl like bucket. The base had wheels so it could maneuver easily. Releasing objects from the bucket such as stones, burning tar, dead bodies, and sharp wooden poles. This siege engine was used to destroy walls of castles at a far-off distance up to 1,300 feet.
To release the arm at a fast velocity they would have to store the energy. Two men would manually twist the rope to create tension on both sides of the arm using levers. When the rope would unwind the acceleration would increase at a great speed. The key to make the object go further was to make the light weight and the twined ropes. The Trebuchet was first used by the Chinese in 300 BC. In the 1200’s it was used most by the French and made many improvements on the engine making it more accurate. The trebuchet comes from the Middle French verb trebuch, which means “to tumble” or “to fall over”. The Trebuchet was used to take down disable enemy’s siege engines and to terrorize towns and castles using large, heavy stones. The structure of this siege engine is different from the others it’s the only one
The Mangonel wasn’t as accurate as other siege engines but did go a greater distance. The Mangonel has a long arm attached to a bowl like bucket. The base had wheels so it could maneuver easily. Releasing objects from the bucket such as stones, burning tar, dead bodies, and sharp wooden poles. This siege engine was used to destroy walls of castles at a far-off distance up to 1,300 feet.
To release the arm at a fast velocity they would have to store the energy. Two men would manually twist the rope to create tension on both sides of the arm using levers. When the rope would unwind the acceleration would increase at a great speed. The key to make the object go further was to make the light weight and the twined ropes. The Trebuchet was first used by the Chinese in 300 BC. In the 1200’s it was used most by the French and made many improvements on the engine making it more accurate. The trebuchet comes from the Middle French verb trebuch, which means “to tumble” or “to fall over”. The Trebuchet was used to take down disable enemy’s siege engines and to terrorize towns and castles using large, heavy stones. The structure of this siege engine is different from the others it’s the only one