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Weapons
INGLES
Battering Ram: Often created on-the-spot using a nearby tree, battering rams were used to bash down doors and crumbling walls.
Battle Ax: Common weapon used for chopping.
Caltrop: Multi-pointed metal spikes that were scattered in the path of invaders inorder to slow the enemy when soldiers or their horses stepped on them.
Crossbow: became popular after 1100 B.C. as a long-range weapon similar to a bow and arrow, but easier to conceal. The crossbow fired metal bolts (small arrows) with great force, and had the advantage of being able to carry more bolts than one could when using a bow.
Dagger: two-sided blade. Daggers were common to most soldiersand varied from simple to elegant. Most often daggers were used for close combat when the fighter’s sword was lost.
Glaive: a kind of spear with a single-edge blade. Glaives were used by knights and foot soldiers to kill and maim at a greater distance than the victim could defend. Not good in close quarters.
Gunpowder: This strange and powerful new technology was introduced to Europe around1250. Invented by China much earlier, gunpowder was brought back and used with poor success until it was better understood. Eventually Europeans learned more about gunpowder leading to powerful new weapons such as guns, bombs and cannons.
Knives: Smaller than a dagger and usually having only a singe-edge blade, knives were used primarily as a tool for eating, cutting and repairing. Knives were usedas a weapon in place of a dagger only by the poorest of citizens.
Lance: used by knights on horseback. Largely ceremonial version of a spear used during jousting tournaments.
Longbow and Arrows: were long range offensive weapon that were highly accurate in skilled hands. The longbow was used to fire arrows for killing, arrows with poison-dipped tips to ensure death if target not fatally hit andarrows with flaming tips in order to set fire to distant objects. Soldiers who used this as a weapon were called longbowmen or archers.
Mace: large club with a ball or spiked ball on the end or fixed to a chain on the end of a handle (flail). Used originally by noblemen. They became popular in the 14th century because they could injure enemies wearing chain mail or plate armor.
Murder Holes: werewindows or special holes in walls or gates that were used by defenders inside the castle to pour sewage, hot water, oil or burning tar on those below.
Sword: Medieval swords almost always had a double-edged blade to enable cutting action on the backswing. Swords came in many varieties such as sabers, broadswords and claymores.
Trebuchet or Catapult: Often created on site from local wood, thesewere large devices with a weighted throwing arm held under tension until released. Large rocks or iron balls were hurled at castle walls in order to smash them down. Dead and diseased animals—even people—were sometimes thrown over walls in order to spread disease to those inside. Fireballs were hurled in order to set fire to the inner structures.
ESPAÑOL
Ariete: A menudo creado en el terrenousando un árbol cercano, arietes se usaron para golpear las puertas y muros derruidos.
Ax batalla: arma común utilizada para cortar.
Abrojo: multi-punta puntas de metal que estaban dispersos en el camino de los invasores para frenar al enemigo cuando soldados y sus caballos salió de ellos.
Crossbow: se hizo popular después de 1100 aC como un arma de largo alcance similar a un arco y una flecha,pero más fácil de ocultar. La ballesta disparó pernos de metal (flechas pequeñas) con gran fuerza, y tenía la ventaja de ser capaz de llevar más de lo que podía tornillos a través de un arco.
Daga: dos caras hoja. Dagas eran comunes a la mayoría de los soldados y variada de lo simple a elegante. Muy a menudo las dagas fueron utilizadas para el combate cercano cuando la espada del guerrero se...