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