Talk:Siege tower

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Contents 1 Expansion 2 Comment 3 Unlikely Statements 4 Projectiles

[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)

[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)