Directory of Siege Engines Resources

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This category lists sites for siege engines that were machines used to throw projectiles to break down walls during a battle or war.

Resources in This Category

• Build a Catapult - Catapult Design Plans

  http://www.redstoneprojects.com/trebuchetstore/build_a_catapult.html
  Read specifications for the design and construction of a medieval torsion catapult. View images and plans.

• Onager Online

  http://www.onager.net/
  Team Carbo's onager web site. Details on building onagers, and competing in Pumpkin throwing contests

• Reconstructed Medieval Mechanical Artillery

  http://www.djurfeldt.com/patrik/artillery.html
  Images and information on reconstructed projectile-throwing siege engines, including the trébuchet and traction lever engines.

• Team Tormentum's Siege Engine Page

  http://www.siege-engine.com/
  Several types of siege engines with lots of pictures.

• The Grey Company Trebuchet Page

  http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html
  Various types of leverage artillery, historical asides and reconstruction, odds and ends, cartoons, and links.

• The Trebuchet Page

  http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/trebuchetguy/
  Site devoted to medieval siege equipment, including pictures and a message board.

 

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