Lastly, the ballista and this one is a catapult used for hurling large stones and is shaped like a large crossbow. When were these devices first introduced? Catapults, as we think of them, were introduced to Europe during the Middle Ages. With war prevalent throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, the popularity of fortified castle and city walls rose significantly. This made Catapults a necessity for many armies during this era. Catapults were used to launch projectiles which in our society today acted as missiles for them. They destroyed enemy walls and troops in one massive blow. These missiles were either launched directly at the wall to cause huge amounts of damage to the fortifications or were launched over the wall to lay siege on the population within the protective walls. Catapults were also popularly used during the time to throw at soldiers and take out many at a time. Catapults during the time period had many tasks and could harm their opponents very easily. As a matter of fact, the first accounted the act of Biological Warfare actually did involve catapults. The armies
Lastly, the ballista and this one is a catapult used for hurling large stones and is shaped like a large crossbow. When were these devices first introduced? Catapults, as we think of them, were introduced to Europe during the Middle Ages. With war prevalent throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, the popularity of fortified castle and city walls rose significantly. This made Catapults a necessity for many armies during this era. Catapults were used to launch projectiles which in our society today acted as missiles for them. They destroyed enemy walls and troops in one massive blow. These missiles were either launched directly at the wall to cause huge amounts of damage to the fortifications or were launched over the wall to lay siege on the population within the protective walls. Catapults were also popularly used during the time to throw at soldiers and take out many at a time. Catapults during the time period had many tasks and could harm their opponents very easily. As a matter of fact, the first accounted the act of Biological Warfare actually did involve catapults. The armies