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- Siege_tower abstract "A siege tower (also breaching tower; or in the Middle Ages a belfry) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching the defensive walls of a fortification. The tower was often rectangular with four wheels with its height roughly equal to that of the wall or sometimes higher to allow archers to stand on top of the tower and shoot into the fortification. Because the towers were wooden and thus flammable, they had to have some non-flammable covering of iron or fresh animal skins. The siege tower was mainly made from wood but sometimes had metal parts.Used since the 11th century BC in the ancient Near East, the 4th century BC in Europe and also in antiquity in the Far East, siege towers were of unwieldy dimensions and, like trebuchets, were therefore mostly constructed on site of the siege. Taking considerable time to construct, siege towers were mainly built if the defense of the opposing fortification could not be overcome by ladder assault ("escalade"), by mining or by breaking walls or gates.The siege tower sometimes housed pikemen, swordsmen, or crossbowmen who shot quarrels at the defenders. Because of the size of the tower it would often be the first target of large stone catapults but it had its own projectiles with which to retaliate.Siege towers were used to get troops over an enemy curtain wall. When a siege tower was near a wall, it would drop a gangplank between it and the wall. Troops could then rush onto the walls and into the castle or city.".
- Siege_tower thumbnail Assaut.courtine.avec.beffroi.png?width=300.
- Siege_tower wikiPageID "28837".
- Siege_tower wikiPageRevisionID "605246348".
- Siege_tower hasPhotoCollection Siege_tower.
- Siege_tower subject Category:Medieval_siege_engines.
- Siege_tower subject Category:Roman_siege_engines.
- Siege_tower subject Category:Siege_engines.
- Siege_tower type Artifact100021939.
- Siege_tower type Device103183080.
- Siege_tower type Engine103287733.
- Siege_tower type Instrumentality103575240.
- Siege_tower type Machine103699975.
- Siege_tower type MedievalSiegeEngines.
- Siege_tower type Motor103789946.
- Siege_tower type Object100002684.
- Siege_tower type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Siege_tower type RomanSiegeEngines.
- Siege_tower type SiegeEngines.
- Siege_tower type Whole100003553.
- Siege_tower comment "A siege tower (also breaching tower; or in the Middle Ages a belfry) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching the defensive walls of a fortification. The tower was often rectangular with four wheels with its height roughly equal to that of the wall or sometimes higher to allow archers to stand on top of the tower and shoot into the fortification.".
- Siege_tower label "Belagerungsturm".
- Siege_tower label "Belegeringstoren".
- Siege_tower label "Siege tower".
- Siege_tower label "Torre d'assedio".
- Siege_tower label "Torre de asedio".
- Siege_tower label "Torre de cerco".
- Siege_tower label "Tour de siège".
- Siege_tower label "Wieża oblężnicza".
- Siege_tower label "Осадная башня".
- Siege_tower label "攻城塔".
- Siege_tower sameAs Obléhací_věž.
- Siege_tower sameAs Belagerungsturm.
- Siege_tower sameAs Torre_de_asedio.
- Siege_tower sameAs Tour_de_siège.
- Siege_tower sameAs Menara_kepung.
- Siege_tower sameAs Torre_d'assedio.
- Siege_tower sameAs 攻城塔.
- Siege_tower sameAs Belegeringstoren.
- Siege_tower sameAs Wieża_oblężnicza.
- Siege_tower sameAs Torre_de_cerco.
- Siege_tower sameAs m.074h1.
- Siege_tower sameAs Q622666.
- Siege_tower sameAs Q622666.
- Siege_tower sameAs Siege_tower.
- Siege_tower wasDerivedFrom Siege_tower?oldid=605246348.
- Siege_tower depiction Assaut.courtine.avec.beffroi.png.
- Siege_tower isPrimaryTopicOf Siege_tower.
