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The middle ages warfare
By Ben Shaughnessy
Main categories Organization
Equipment
Siege
organizationKnights
Infantry
archers
KnightsBecoming a knight
Start as a kid
Serve a knight
play fighting
Adult fighting
Go into battle with the knight
infantryInfantry means light arms
Spearmen
Unmounted soldiers
ARCHERS
archersBow and arrows
Long bow
Compound bow
Uses middle finger to pull string
This is the most common type, the rack and pinion crossbow
Equipment Battle axe
Long sword
Spear
Shield
siegeTrebuchet
Siege tower
Cannon
Trebuchet
Smash walls or throw projectiles over them.
Rocks, burning oil, dead animals/people.
Appeared in Christen and Muslim lands.
300 pd/ 140 kg projectiles
Most accurate weapon
Leverage and counter weight
Crank and lock to pull down the arm
Siege tower
135 ft tall
67.5 ft wide
Pushed up to wall, ladders inside,
Door opened up
cannonLong time to reload
One shot per battle
Not accurate
Several 100 yards
Up to 20,000 pounds
The endMain source:Wikipedia.comOther sources:Class room book: warfare in the middle ages