Middle Age- Military

By: Parneet, Sukhmani, and Vidhi

THEN VS. NOW

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Knight Armour

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KnightsThe Knights fought for their lords who fought for their kings. Knights in the middle ages mainly stayed in castles.

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Knight ArmourNow Then

● A full set of armour weighed about 60 pounds

● Then they wore leather armour to protect their body.

● During the middle ages the knights wore heavy armour

● Knights wore a cloak so that they can carry the weight of the armor

● By the 1400’s the knights started wearing full plate armour

● A plate mail armor suit was occasionally known as a harness.

● There were two main kinds of armour: chain mail and pail armour

● Bulletproof vest● Bulletproof knee pads● Remote control keypad,

radio and camera located inside their jackets

● Electronic vest located inside their jackets

● Radio and GPS located inside their jackets

● Night vision camera was installed on their helmet

Here are the parts of a knight's armour

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Military Weapons

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Military WeaponsBEFORE

NOW● Browning M2 .50-Cal. Heavy Machine Gun● Browning 9-mm Pistol● C3A1 7.62-mm Sniper Rifle● C3 105-mm Howitzer● C6 7.62-mm Medium Machine Gun● C7A2 5.56-mm Automatic Rifle● C8A3 Carbine Rifle● C9A2 Light Machine Gun

● M777 Lightweight 155-mm Towed Howitzer

● 81-mm Mortar

Swords● Arming swords● Broad swords● Fachions● Long swords

Daggers and knives● Anelaces● Stilettos● Poingnards● Rondels

Blunt hard Weapons● Clubs and Maces● Morningstars● Holy water sprinklers● Flails● War Hammers● Horseman's Picks

Artillery cannons● Bombards● Petards

● Ranged Weapons● Francisca's● Javelins● Bows, Long bows● Crossbows● Arbalests● Guns● Hand cannons ● Arquebuses● Polearms● Quarter staves● Spears● Winged spears● Lances● Pikes● Coreseques● Fauchards● Glaives● Guisarmes● Halberds● Danish Axes

BeforePolearms

● Sparths● Bardiches● Pollaxes● Mauls● Becs de corbin

Artillery: Pierriers- Stone throwers● Traction Trebuchets● Counterweight Trebuchets● Onagers and Mangonels● Ballistas and springalds

Other siege weapons● Siege Towers (Belfries, Belfrois)● Battering Rams● Cats and weasels● Chemical, Biological and

Psychological weapon

Continued……..

Now

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Castle Defences Towers

● last section of a castle to fall

during an attack, and

● defending garrisons protected

them at all cost.

● used as storehouses and

prisons.

● constructed to include

merlons, which are hollow

spaces through which archers

could fire arrows

● stones and Greek fire were

dropped at attackers

● Two types of towers Round

towers and Square towers

Round towers

● Stroger towers

● Average 80-120 feet, bigger than a

normal wall

● expensive

Square towers● cheaper to build

● much more decorated than round

towers

● Weaker than round towers

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Gatehouses● rose several stories high.

● contained both living quarters for soldier

and the devices that controlled heavy, protective, grilled gates called portcullises.

● have several of portcullises (sliding doors) that were used to trap

soldiers in narrow, winding hallways.

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Before Now● Lived in castles made up of wood,

mortar and stone

● built for safety, not comfort.

● stone floors and walls rarely kept in heat

● Only the lord and his family given adequate heat and other amenities.

● Early castles relied on the surrounding landscape to provide much of the protection.

● Single soldiers live in the barracks which are like dorm rooms

● temporary shelters or huts for various people and animals

● today barracks are usually permanent buildings for military accommodation.

● Married soldiers have small houses located in the base

Castles

Our ArtifactFor our artifact we made a castle.And we also made a spear and a sword.

Extra Facts● Defenders throw boiling water at their enemies

to make them fall

● When the attackers start climbing the walls they

would throw anything like furniture, weapons,

water, weapons helmet, stone, animals and

everything at the defender’s disposal

● There horses wore armor too, during wars.

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