answersLogoWhite

0

The core idea of battering rams was never to batter walls down, as even with wooden walls, this would be difficult. The principle behind the ram was to concentrate a lot of attacking force onto the weakest point of any castle, its gates.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about General History

What was the medieval battering ram used for?

For destroying castle doors.


What was the battering ram and who invented it?

The battering ram was and is used to tear down the walls of an opposing force's fortress entrance (the gates to a fort or castle). Modern-day battering rams are used by swat teams to tear through doors.


How would you attack Warwick castle in medieval times?

First you would perhaps besiege the castle which is to surround it. You could then send sappers in which are people that did under the castle walls and then set fire to the wall with pig fat. on a stone keep castle, sappers would often dig under the corner of the castle as here, their were no windows so nobody could see what they were doing! Next, you could use a siege tower to climb over the castle walls, and then you could use long bowers to shoot arrows over the castle walls. Then, you would use a trebauchet (pronounced: TREBUCHAY) and a mangonel which are both forms of catapults! You would load the catapult with animal carcases, dead bodies and rocks! you could also use a battering ram to ram down a wall or door. A battering ram was a tree trunk with a metal ram head on the front. It would be hauled into walls or doors! Hope this helped!!


How do you make a battering ram?

In the Middle Ages, a battering ram would have been used for bashing against the walls of a castle to try and make the walls fall down. They were long and wooden, and also very heavy, because if they weren't heavy, they wouldn't be strong enough to break down walls.


When was the battereing ram most popular medieval times?

battering ram

Related Questions

How might a stone castle be attacked?

battering ram, scaling ladder, catapult, longbow, fire, and tunnels


How do you deffend a motte and bailey castle?

battering ram


What were the good points about a battering ram?

the good pionts about Battering Ram was they always broke down castle and is a very strong wood


What was the medieval battering ram used for?

For destroying castle doors.


How do you use the word ram in sentence?

I used a battering ram to open the castle doors. I rammed the doors open.


What is storming the gateway of a castle?

Storming the gateway of a castle means to use a battering ram and essentially breaking in though the gateway ( main door of castle).


What was the battering ram and who invented it?

The battering ram was and is used to tear down the walls of an opposing force's fortress entrance (the gates to a fort or castle). Modern-day battering rams are used by swat teams to tear through doors.


What are the advantages of the battering ram?

the battering ram was only used to basecly open castle walls by force and well they were used so most of the army wouldn't get killed outside the castle by archers. it was basecly so the opposing army can get the advantage of bringing the fight inside the castle


Which piece of equipmennt was best for attackig a castle?

The trebuche and the catapult were were both successful castle crashing weapons. The battering ram was successful for crashing gates.


What is a scaling tower with a battering ram?

a scaling tower with a battering ram attached to it


What was the battering ram used for?

A battering is a large beam with a hardened head. It is used to smash into walls and doors to break through in order for invading forces to enter.


How would you attack Warwick castle in medieval times?

First you would perhaps besiege the castle which is to surround it. You could then send sappers in which are people that did under the castle walls and then set fire to the wall with pig fat. on a stone keep castle, sappers would often dig under the corner of the castle as here, their were no windows so nobody could see what they were doing! Next, you could use a siege tower to climb over the castle walls, and then you could use long bowers to shoot arrows over the castle walls. Then, you would use a trebauchet (pronounced: TREBUCHAY) and a mangonel which are both forms of catapults! You would load the catapult with animal carcases, dead bodies and rocks! you could also use a battering ram to ram down a wall or door. A battering ram was a tree trunk with a metal ram head on the front. It would be hauled into walls or doors! Hope this helped!!