siege weapon
Walls come down
A siege weapon is a large military device designed to attack fortifications—battering rams to break gates, catapults to hurl projectiles over walls, siege towers to scale defenses.
The term evokes medieval warfare but applies to any era's heavy equipment for breaching fortified positions.
In gaming, siege weapons are often buildable or deployable assets for attacking enemy structures.
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
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- ranged weaponsbow and arrow, crossbow, longbow, rifle, pistol
- Heavy Weaponscannon, howitzer, artillery piece, tank gun, field gun
- siegesbesiegers, battering ram, trebuchet, catapult, scaling ladders
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- Eastern weaponsscimitar, curved blade, saber, cavalry saber, jeweled dagger
- Mongol warriorshorse archer, mounted archer, Genghis Khan, khan, horde
siege weaponfortification
Strengthening defenses or nutrients
defensive wall · castle wall · rampart · battlement · bulwark
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