Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... armour - piercing bolt over 350 metres , a skilled 6 The ruined curtain wall to the bottom left of this photograph of Rochester Castle was built by Bishop Gundulf in 1087-9 . As the river then came right up to the cliff supporting the ...
... armour - piercing bolt over 350 metres , a skilled 6 The ruined curtain wall to the bottom left of this photograph of Rochester Castle was built by Bishop Gundulf in 1087-9 . As the river then came right up to the cliff supporting the ...
Page 147
... armour plate , varying in thickness from 4.6 cm to 6.4 cm , separated by two layers of iron concrete ( a mixture of asphalt and iron filings or swarf ) . This energy - absorbing armour sandwich was bolted through an inner layer of wood ...
... armour plate , varying in thickness from 4.6 cm to 6.4 cm , separated by two layers of iron concrete ( a mixture of asphalt and iron filings or swarf ) . This energy - absorbing armour sandwich was bolted through an inner layer of wood ...
Page 148
... armour plate if shallow water prevented warships passing by on that side . These forts were virtually stationary ironclads , the resemblance to a warship being taken to an extraordinary degree in the construction of Fort Drum in the ...
... armour plate if shallow water prevented warships passing by on that side . These forts were virtually stationary ironclads , the resemblance to a warship being taken to an extraordinary degree in the construction of Fort Drum in the ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden