![]() ![]() In order to better protect the soldiers operating the battering ram from the missiles of the defenders, the frame in which the ram was mounted was covered. Battering rams usually consisted of a large log, which would be propelled against a gate or wall with a large amount of force – either by a team of people holding the log and physically swinging it, or else by being suspended in a frame by chains or ropes, from which it would be pulled back and released to swing forwards. The battering ram is a very simple siege weapon designed to break open the gates or walls of a fortification through repeated blunt blows. Battering Ram: Ancient Invention Used In Medieval War A reconstruction of a simple wooden battering ram at Baba Vida Castle in Vidin, Bulgaria, photographed by Klearchos Kapoutsi s, 2009, via Flickr Medieval Weapons for Breaching Fortificationsġ. ![]()
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