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Maybe the Stelets website guys are using additional pictures from another set again?
The first 3D picture shows a (very nice) kind of Roman ballista with curved throwing arms instead of the usual staight ones. Another set in Peparation? Or will it replace the onager depicted in the A009 box art?
Seems they may be a little confused themselves, I would rather see something different like a Trebuchet then a poor relation of the Zvezda offering in any case...
Maybe an Arabic version of "Scorpion" but I cant say Ive ever seen a Medieval Mangonel refered to as such it seems to be pretty obscure, so probarbly no good as a description "Medieval Catapult" might be better...
The abbrevation SHAAB stands for a short message the crusaders wrote on the projectiles, like other generations of soldiers would do on shells and bombs. It reads:
The abbrevation SHAAB stands for a short message the crusaders wrote on the projectiles, like other generations of soldiers would do on shells and bombs. It reads: