Battering ram

The Battering Ram (often: the battering ram or Aries ) is a siege weapon that often was used until the Middle Ages.

Description

The battering ram was used to walls, gates or towers tear. There are many variations. They ranged from simple tree trunk that was cheated of persons against einzureißende goal overloaded wagons, which were controlled with momentum against the target and due to their high mass had an enormous impact, to an oscillating strain under a framework was hung up, pushed by the attackers repeatedly against the obstacle and was equipped with a bronze ram head.

Modern use of battering rams

Even today, battering rams are used in the form of door - ramming of special forces to break doors, for example. However, it is small and portable versions, which can be used by one or two persons; Moreover, some of them have a mechanism that is triggered on impact and increases the door breaking force.