Jared Kloos Oliver Miller Weapons Week 2 Jared Kloos Oliver Miller

Bow and arrow Commonly Made out of wood but also used different items such as horn. 9000 b.c. Knights thought that archers were cowards. Some bow and arrows could be up to 100 pound drawback and be as tall as the archer They could easily kill from 100+ yards

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spear Spears have been used for over 400,000 years Based off of hunting spears Legitimately used for fighting until guns were invented. Used very widely including by romans Also are throwing spears Even had winged spears for preventing deep penetration within enemies.

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Trebuchet A type of catapult Harnesses its power from gravity Designed from the ancient sling First traction trebuchet was created in the fourth century B.C. Traction trebuchet, Hand trebuchet, and the counterweight trebuchet The counterweight trebuchet was more powerful than the traction trebuchet

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battleaxe Designed specifically for combat. Some were one handed and some were two handed Battle axes weigh far less than axes made for splitting woods Could be single sided or double edged

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Ballista Uses two levers with torsion springs to fire giant arrow Torsion is the twist in ropes Used in many places such as Greek and Rome. Could shoot spherical things and shaft projectiles Could shoot through three men

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The End http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_and_arrow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_axe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet