Ballista
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ballista-165-16352216
title:
Ballista
text:
The ballista, plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile weapon that launched either bolts or stones at a distant target. Developed from earlier Greek weapons, it relied upon different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a tension prod. The springs consisted of several loops of twisted skeins. Early versions projected heavy darts or spherical stone projectiles of various sizes for siege warfare. It developed into a smaller precision weapon, th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ancient ranged weapon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista
date created:
2002-03-08T14:08:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:16:41Z
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