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What is a siege weapon?

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Weapons used to attack castles or forts; such as catapaults, grapling hooks, battering rams, or cannons. Let's not forget the shovel. Sappers dig toward a particular wall and dig out the foundations causing the wall to collapse. This was done at Tyre by the crusaders.

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