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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:17 am to DrTyger
Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:17 am to DrTyger
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Looks like a balista or a scorpio, but the metal tanks are throwing me off.
It's a Scorpio (Dart-thrower)
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Invented by the Greeks. Perfected by the Romans.
Correct
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A howitzer or a mortar.
Actually this was the sniper rifle of it's day.
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During the Roman Republic and early empire, 60 scorpio per legion was the standard, or one for every centuria. The scorpio had mainly two functions in a legion. In precision shooting, it was a weapon of marksmanship capable of cutting down any foe within a distance of 100 meters.
But they did employ it as they would artillery.
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Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:21 am to Darth_Vader
Interesting. That I did not know.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 12:24 pm to Darth_Vader
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Actually this was the sniper rifle of it's day.
Hardly. It was the artillery (along with trebuchets) of it's day. Actually akin more to machine guns (heavy weapons) in employment. They were employed to protect flanks from cavalry; or to break up mass formations of troops (a single bolt could impale several armored infantry). Larger versions were used as siege weapons. This is an 'area denial' weapon.
A sniper rifle is utilized as a supporting arm, but it, by definition, singularly targeted. It is used specifically to destroy individual, particular, targets.
Also, the ballista shown is obviously a modern contrivance utilizing modern materials and pieces of modern design.
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