Battering-ram
61military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …
62Roman siege engines — were, for the most part, adapted from Hellenistic siege technology. Relatively small efforts were made to develop the technology; however, the Romans brought an unrelentingly aggressive style to siege warfare [Goldsworthy 2000: 144] . Caesar… …
63Ramming — In warfare, ramming is a technique that was used in the air, sea and land combat. The term originated from battering ram, which is a siege weapon used to bring down fortifications by hitting it with force, of which the momentum of the ram being… …
64weapons and warfare, siege — Modern scholars are unsure when the first sieges of fortified towns in Mesopotamia and surrounding regions took place. Most experts agree that the existence of fortified walls, especially brick and stone ones, around many early towns indicates …
65Siege engine — Replica battering ram at Château des Baux, France. A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Some have been operated close to the fortifications, while others have… …
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67Door breaching — Reproduction medieval battering ram at Château des Baux, France Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed and/or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available, one or more of which may… …
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69Grond — 1) (battering ram) / Grond The battering ram used against the Gate of Minas Tirith. The battering ram that breached Minas Tirith s Great Gate. The battering ram used to destroy Minas Tirith s Great Gate during the Battle of the… …
70R.A.M. — Royal Academy of Music. * * * abbrev Relative atomic mass * * * ram «ram», noun, verb, rammed, ram|ming. –n. 1. a male sheep. 2. a machine part of a machine that strikes heavy blows, such as the plunger of a force pump, the weight of a pile… …
