GL - FWD: RE: ES - Armor Workshop ??

[M. Peet]

This sounds rather large for a balista.  Need to keep in mind that the 
bigger the weapon, the easier it becomes a target.  Once the balista is hit, 
it's not operational.  Just my 2 cents worth.
Ceinwen~

>
>It would not be hard to make a three man tower... that can be broken down 
>to parts no larger than 6x3'.  make a base plateform on four wheels, put a 
>wooden socket/pin mount (the type used on Roman naval vessels for thier 
>scorpions) on top to hold a ballista... and voila... mobile artillary with 
>room to hold three on top... you can even hold three men in the safety of 
>the confines beneath...
>the whole thing would breakdown to a size that it could easily fit in the 
>back of wolf's truck.
>I also have a would-be SCAdian friend who is very competent in woodworking 
>who would chomp at the bit for an opportunity to build siege-weapons and 
>engines.
>
>Richarde
>
>
>>From: "Richard Culver" <rbculver at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: glaslyn at ansteorra.org
>>To: glaslyn at ansteorra.org
>>Subject: Re: GL - FWD: RE: ES - Armor Workshop ??
>>Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 09:39:04 CDT
>>
>>Wæs þu, Richard, hal!
>>
>>(Mini Tower anyone? complete with scorpion mount on top?)
>>>Yours in Service~
>>>Richarde l'Chat-Noir
>>
>>  Wolf and I had talked about the idea of possibly making a plat form for 
>>the ballista.  If we can elevate it a bit, we could further extend our 
>>range.  A nice scenerio I think- low balista tearing apart the front wall 
>>troops and the longer range stuff getting those "cowaring" in the back 
>>supposedly out of range.
>>
>>Cyniric
>>
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