Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... storeys ) high . The topmost floor carried an artillery weapon ; the bottom level covered aries ( the battering- ram ) . This was an enormous swinging beam , up to 55 metres long , with an iron - shod head . Other tabulata in the siege ...
... storeys ) high . The topmost floor carried an artillery weapon ; the bottom level covered aries ( the battering- ram ) . This was an enormous swinging beam , up to 55 metres long , with an iron - shod head . Other tabulata in the siege ...
Page 131
... storeys were fortified with arrow - slits and after the advent of Westerners - musket- loops . The base walls were laid out with bastions and dead - ends affording good firing positions and killing grounds . - Nevertheless , Japanese ...
... storeys were fortified with arrow - slits and after the advent of Westerners - musket- loops . The base walls were laid out with bastions and dead - ends affording good firing positions and killing grounds . - Nevertheless , Japanese ...
Page 169
... storey one , its skeleton being formed of two steel cages , one on top of the other and integrally linked . From a distance , across the fields , only the top half is visible , covering the approaches to the other single - storey ...
... storey one , its skeleton being formed of two steel cages , one on top of the other and integrally linked . From a distance , across the fields , only the top half is visible , covering the approaches to the other single - storey ...
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