Siege towers offered several advantages in medieval warfare. They provided a mobile platform that allowed attackers to scale walls and bypass defenses while offering protection from enemy projectiles. By placing archers and crossbowmen on top, they could provide covering fire, supporting the assault on the fortified structure. Additionally, siege towers often facilitated the rapid deployment of troops directly onto the enemy's battlements, increasing the chances of breaching the defenses.
A siege tower is a tower on a wheeled platform to allow the attackers to climb up it and over the castle walls. Accurate doesn't come into it.
300 BC
yes
the enemy could set the tower alight
300 BC
It was pushed by many soldiers.
ball sac
One of the oldest references to the mobile siege tower in ancient China was ironically a written dialogue primarily discussing naval warfare.
They were simply powered by the soldiers who built it.
Siege towers were of benefit in breaching enemy defenses/fortifications . For those within the siege engine itself they were in danger of having boiling oil scalding them and if the tower were set alight then those trapped could be burned alive or subject to missiles as they attempted to exit and flee from the tower itself .
They used wet animal hides on the front and both sides of the Belfry (or siege tower) to stop it from catching on fire. Hope this helps;-)
The tower was built with platforms often about 10 feet apart. These were connected by ladders so the attacking soldiers could climb up inside the siege tower right to the top and jump onto the castle walls.