Battering rams

Esquema

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Jerarquía

Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Weapons and Ammunition > weapons > percussive weapons

Descripción

Devices, known since antiquity, used to batter through the walls or gates of a fortified place, basically consisting of a large beam with a heavy metal head, mounted on a wheeled carriage or a frame from which it could be swung back and forth, or carried by people.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300036965

Otros términos

  • stormrammen [nl]
  • arietes [es]
  • battering ram [en]
  • ram, battering [en]
  • rams, battering [en]
  • rams (battering rams) [en]
  • stormram [nl]
  • ariete [es]