With a high rate of fire, and arned with nasty javelins which are more battering ram than arrow, Springalds are the penultimate anti-personnel siege artillery unit. While it is meant primarily to deal with units; it also does damage to buildings, its range and mediocre attack however mean that it is better off taking out enemy units instead.
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| - With a high rate of fire, and arned with nasty javelins which are more battering ram than arrow, Springalds are the penultimate anti-personnel siege artillery unit. While it is meant primarily to deal with units; it also does damage to buildings, its range and mediocre attack however mean that it is better off taking out enemy units instead.
- A Springald, or espringal, is mechanical artillery device for throwing large bolts and less commonly stones or Greek fire. It is depicted in diagram in an 11th-century Byzantine manuscript, but in Western Europe is more evident in the late 12th century and early 13th century. It was constructed on the same principles as a Greek or Roman ballista, but with inward swinging arms. It was also known as a 'skein-bow', and was a torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or sinew to power two bow-arms.
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| - Upgrade of Scorpion for all except Serbia
*Upgrades to Volley Gun
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| - *Very good range
*Medium LOS
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*Resource cost: 70link=Resources#Wealth|Wealth; 70link=Resources#Timber|Timber
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| - High; bolt
*Bonus damage versus ships
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*Creation speed: Slow
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| - A Springald, or espringal, is mechanical artillery device for throwing large bolts and less commonly stones or Greek fire. It is depicted in diagram in an 11th-century Byzantine manuscript, but in Western Europe is more evident in the late 12th century and early 13th century. It was constructed on the same principles as a Greek or Roman ballista, but with inward swinging arms. It was also known as a 'skein-bow', and was a torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or sinew to power two bow-arms. Examples have been drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, but at a time when he was also drawing powder-propelled weapons. There are no known archaeological finds of parts for these machines but it is highly likely that due to the nature of the materials used then it is probable that some material recycling took place at the time of their demise.
- With a high rate of fire, and arned with nasty javelins which are more battering ram than arrow, Springalds are the penultimate anti-personnel siege artillery unit. While it is meant primarily to deal with units; it also does damage to buildings, its range and mediocre attack however mean that it is better off taking out enemy units instead. The range of the Springald means that it will outclass any archers thrown at it, it has its own problems. Like all siege artillery units Springalds are vulnerable to attack when moving: they must be deployed in an area before they can fire their deadly salvos; therefore your Springalds must be well-defended when being moved from one area to another. The cost of a Springald is also an issue — they cost wealth instead of metal, and thus you will need a solid economy in order to field these lethal machines of mass destruction. Equally problematic is the fact that long-range siege weapons, such as the Trebuchet, work well against ballista-type machines such as the Springald. Trebuchets may suffer from poor accuracy, but they make up for it with immense range and attack, so an army facing Springalds might be well-advised to bring Trebuchets (or even Bombards) to destroy these machines before they unlease their deadly rain of missiles. Using the same mechanical concept as a crossbow, the springald was a descendant of the ballista, a gigantic machine which was used to fire either large darts or, if large enough, round shot. Not much is known of the springald, but what few mediaeval sources that remain imply that it had a more sophisticated torsion system that woul have made it easier to wind aup nd fire.
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