Talk:Siege tower

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Contents 1 Expansion 2 Comment 3 Unlikely Statements 4 Projectiles 5 Other Names 6 Pupose of Towers? 7 Invention of the Siege Tower 8 An unusual matter

[edit] Expansion

I put in a request for expansion, since this article is rather short. How would ancient armies go about propelling such a device? I don't see how it could be dragged forward, since that would put the draft animals at risk, yet it seems to massive for people to push. --Carpathian

I brought the article up to date, due to the brilliant assault plan, deviced by danish police forces. They reinvented the siege tower :) Fleischmeister 08:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

I had never heard of this siege weapon until I saw Return of the King. Thanks for the educational lesson!

-Kyle

[edit] Unlikely Statements

removed:

The target of the siege would usually not see the siege tower approaching and would be caught off guard.

Are we sure about this? It seems highly unlikely that they would go completely unnoticed. —Charles P. (Mirv) 23:15, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm sure that's nonsense. Comment is removed and should stay that way. --A D Monroe III 02:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC

I was uneasy about the claim that they were used throughout antiquity, so I took it out. I am unaware of evidence that the Assyrians or ancient Egyptians used them. Iglonghurst 18:28, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

It is true that the Assyriams at one point in time used something like a siege tower, but it was more of a tall battering ram with a upper floor for archers too fire down on the wall defenders.whaoag 00:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Projectiles

You should specify what kind of projectiles were used inside of the tower to fight back. Small ballistas would be probable.

Done. I have more information on projectiles to put in later. Grimhelm 21:01, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Fleischmeister 08:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Names

i was wondering... where would the other names for the siege tower go? (cat, bear,...etc.) 01:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pupose of Towers?

Do the towers really house knights? i find this very unlikely as knights were highly trained and the elite troops of an army. I do not believe htey would risk these men's lives in a vulnerable tower suceptible to all kinds of attacks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bklounge (talk • contribs) 01:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Invention of the Siege Tower

The Carthaginians were not the first to use siege towers - it is a well-known historical fact that the Assyrians, who mastered siege warfare several centuries before the Greeks and Romans, first used siege towers in the 9th-8th century BC. I'm going to make the appropriate edits for the "Ancient Use" section - anybody is welcome to consult me with any questions or concerns. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Šarukinu (talk • contribs) 14:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC).

Speaking of early users, I just added the Chinese to that list, with a reference to mobile siege towers by the 6th century BC.--PericlesofAthens 03:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An unusual matter

Why does the same two-paragraph section on medieval siege towers and battery towers keep getting removed from this article? Glancing at the history page, it appears to have happened at least half a dozen times. --Grimhelm 21:47, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Because they are duplicated. Just check the two paragraphs above the deleted ones. Same for other article. Just some editors do not place edit summaries when they delected the paragraphs. --Statsone 05:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, I see. I wonder how we missed this (or how it came about!). Well, at least it has now been sorted out. --Grimhelm 21:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)