Diversity and Evolution of War Projectiles During the Islamic Period

Abstract:
Throughout the history of Islam, the different ways of fighting quired the use of various weapons. During the Islamic middle ages, most cities possessed the defensive walls. Thus, the method of siege warfare was considered as the common way in the battles. In such battles, heavy launching weapons, especially catapults, were very seful. However, the types of projectile weapons had the greatest impact on achieving success. In catapult projectiles the stone was used at first, but it was developed over the time. In later periods, explosive projectiles were invented with a significant damage that could blow the city's barriers. In this study, after a short review on the evolution f catapult projectiles, we shall analyze the various types of these rojectiles and their performance.
Keywords:

ballistic , Mangonel (Mandjanik) , Stone , Ghodour , Sandough , siege , Hisar , baro , Weapons , war

Language:
Persian
Published:
The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation, Volume:8 Issue: 16, 2013
Page:
87
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