How decisive were missile weapons in battle?

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How decisive were missile weapons in battle?

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11-01-2010, 03:01 PM

Roman artillery consisted of ballista bolts and stones, some weighing as much as a hundred pounds. Armor isn't much defense against those, odds are. Even a five pound stone impacting a body at a hundred miles an hour is devastating to bones and soft tissue, and I suspect metal armor would cave in.

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How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by fiatjustitia - 10-31-2010, 10:19 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 10-31-2010, 11:28 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Robert Vermaat - 11-01-2010, 08:23 AM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Aulus Perrinius - 11-01-2010, 02:36 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by M. Demetrius - 11-01-2010, 03:01 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by PMBardunias - 11-01-2010, 04:55 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Dan Howard - 11-01-2010, 08:50 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 11-01-2010, 10:35 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Aulus Perrinius - 11-01-2010, 11:53 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 11-02-2010, 01:08 AM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Aulus Perrinius - 11-02-2010, 02:55 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by M. Demetrius - 11-02-2010, 03:01 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by PMBardunias - 11-02-2010, 03:06 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Sean Manning - 11-02-2010, 08:18 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by PMBardunias - 11-02-2010, 10:15 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Aulus Perrinius - 11-02-2010, 11:27 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 11-02-2010, 11:53 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 11-03-2010, 01:13 AM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by D B Campbell - 11-03-2010, 11:55 AM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 11-03-2010, 12:04 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Sean Manning - 11-03-2010, 08:26 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by M. Demetrius - 11-03-2010, 08:46 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Sean Manning - 11-04-2010, 03:15 PM

Re: How decisive were missle weapons in battle? - by Robert Vermaat - 11-05-2010, 07:53 AM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by Felix - 11-09-2010, 12:05 AM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by ValentinianVictrix - 11-17-2010, 03:33 PM

Re: How decisive were missile weapons in battle? - by D B Campbell - 11-17-2010, 10:52 PM

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