11-13-2013, 09:59 PM
There is a strong belief about bolt projecting torsion artillery survived into middle ages however in case of stone projecting artillery it is highly suspicious. I think there is a base for this, since much cheap, robust and easy to use petrary dominated medieval siege fields. Thus there were no need to keep torsion stone throwing onager.
Still, there are some debate around the word mangonel which counted as a torsion weapon by some scholars and yet some others thinks that it was another word for perrier. Also, there is some kind of weapons pictured by futuristic chroniclers thus causing even more confusion. (right side) OP's torsion catapult is strikingly similar to a book introduced to Edward III of England in 1326. (in the middle) Maybe this is another standard artillery piece of middle ages?
Still, there are some debate around the word mangonel which counted as a torsion weapon by some scholars and yet some others thinks that it was another word for perrier. Also, there is some kind of weapons pictured by futuristic chroniclers thus causing even more confusion. (right side) OP's torsion catapult is strikingly similar to a book introduced to Edward III of England in 1326. (in the middle) Maybe this is another standard artillery piece of middle ages?
posted by Semih Koyuncu
