@0xxRawr0xx0 its easy to get arround arrows, just dodge em. people back then didnt know any tactics or anything, they just stand there and get show with an arrow. im talking about guierrial warefare and ninja tactics.
@jukio02 believe me you won't be able to dodge an arrow at 40 mtrs or less with a 50 pound bow, a 150 pound bow will shoot way faster. I think u watched larp vids where people dodge em, those bows are only 35 lbs and have heavy tips.
@hobbenaro you should look into sca.org.....full contact medieval sword fight and yes we use real balista with a rigid black pvc tubing and a tennis ball on the end and we fire them at real live people >:) the sword we use are rattan wood basicallly solid bamboo there are plaenty of you tube vids of SCA combat. SCA is a 40+ year old society ....check it out
Umm, no. A crossbow works on another principle than a ballista. Basically, a crossbow utilises an elastic piece of wood/metal, whilst a ballista works by torsion of typically horse hair.
Ceci est totalement idiot et bidon. Avec un scorpion normal comme le notre à la Legion VIII Augusta, les gars derrière leurs boucliers et même avec leurs armures sont morts. C'est des imbéciles qui montre cela sur le net !!! signé: Aurifex
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KILL THEM ALL!!!
lmnllouis 8 months ago
dear roman santa...
MegaTechnomaster 9 months ago
Hay did you have a good weekend. Yes mate I spent it getting shot at with a 2000 year old WMD. :-)
tina6581 9 months ago
It's that whole German thing, the guys mincing around in short dresses....
Saying "Mine is bigger than yours" or "I can shoot further than you" etc.
No wonder they lost the war... too busy dressing up as ladies.
callmeshane303 1 year ago
ugh. just imagine if you had one pistol back then, you could rule the world
jukio02 1 year ago
@jukio02 you wont, 1 arrow and you'll be dead.
0xxRawr0xx0 9 months ago
@0xxRawr0xx0 its easy to get arround arrows, just dodge em. people back then didnt know any tactics or anything, they just stand there and get show with an arrow. im talking about guierrial warefare and ninja tactics.
jukio02 9 months ago
@jukio02 believe me you won't be able to dodge an arrow at 40 mtrs or less with a 50 pound bow, a 150 pound bow will shoot way faster. I think u watched larp vids where people dodge em, those bows are only 35 lbs and have heavy tips.
0xxRawr0xx0 9 months ago
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@jukio02 you are a twit :-)
tina6581 9 months ago
@robloxianmovie Yeah, because they're obviously going to try and kill real people.
whowantsabighug 1 year ago 8
i want to see a video with an actual life sized balista... that hurls the 4 foot projectiles like 200 yards
hobbenaro 2 years ago
@hobbenaro you should look into sca.org.....full contact medieval sword fight and yes we use real balista with a rigid black pvc tubing and a tennis ball on the end and we fire them at real live people >:) the sword we use are rattan wood basicallly solid bamboo there are plaenty of you tube vids of SCA combat. SCA is a 40+ year old society ....check it out
avelloch 1 year ago
I think ballistas are really cool
unc9339 2 years ago
im not gonna lie that looks like just a crossbow mounted on a triepod, but im sure it can do some impressive damage
archery75689 3 years ago 2
yup, it's just a massive long range crossbow. It could pass through multiple soldiers or damage ships.
parallax7d 3 years ago
its completely different from a crossbow, it uses torsion of twisted sinews, but yer, it does look like a crossbow
whowantsabighug 2 years ago 7
not true, a catapult gets its power from the arms flexing like a bow, this is a crossbow, torsion catapult hybrid of some kind
yiffy4ever 2 years ago
it's powered by ropes, not wood bending
glovnhand 2 years ago
Umm, no. A crossbow works on another principle than a ballista. Basically, a crossbow utilises an elastic piece of wood/metal, whilst a ballista works by torsion of typically horse hair.
Phr0zenFire 2 years ago
Ceci est totalement idiot et bidon. Avec un scorpion normal comme le notre à la Legion VIII Augusta, les gars derrière leurs boucliers et même avec leurs armures sont morts. C'est des imbéciles qui montre cela sur le net !!! signé: Aurifex
douxgillou 3 years ago
with 45° angle of elevation up to 250 m
pyrotechnicsXXL 3 years ago
can it kill you also if you have an armour?
Darius92Mutinensis 3 years ago
Yes, it could pierce any armor of the time.
NetVoyagerOne 3 years ago
Have you seen some guys build one out of scrap? They plunged it through a fridge.
ColonelMarksman 3 years ago
of course you can kill a guy in armour with this
medievalarmour147 2 years ago
how fer can that throw arrows?
Darius92Mutinensis 3 years ago