| 11. | Platforms were built inside the inner bank to take mangonels and ballistae in the 14th Century.
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| 12. | Missiles fired from these engines had a lower trajectory than trebuchets or mangonels and were more accurate.
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| 13. | Nonetheless, by the 1350s, Southampton had mounted mangonel and springald siege engines on the existing walls.
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| 14. | In their travels the Cumans used wagons to transport supplies as well as weapons such as mangonels and ballistas.
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| 15. | As soon as Baibars arrived he erected mangonels, powerful siege weapons which he would later turn on the castle.
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| 16. | The Baghdadis responded by firing upon them with arrows, mangonels and ballistas, inflicting heavy casualties upon the attackers.
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| 17. | A corps of Frank mangonel specialists is known to have accompanied the Ilkhanid army in the conquest of Herat in 1307.
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| 18. | The mangonels and ballistas along the walls were prepared for action, and in late November the city gates were opened.
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| 19. | The Mongols under Genghis Khan and Hulagu also brought Chinese artillery specialists within their armies who specialized in mangonels, to Persia.
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| 20. | Ballistae are notable for their high degree of accuracy, but also their lack of firepower compared to that of a Mangonel or Trebuchet.
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