Medieval Siege Weapons Were More Than Just Catapults

🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here → https://nordvpn.com/deconstructed It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ In this Deconstructed video, we explore how medieval armies carried out sieges and the machines they used to overcome castle defenses. Starting with the most basic approaches, we work our way toward increasingly complex and powerful siege engines, explaining how each one functioned during an assault. From battering rams and scaling ladders to massive siege towers and trebuchets, we break down the engineering and mechanics behind these machines and how they were used to breach fortified walls. We also created a detailed poster inspired by the video, illustrating the different siege methods and machines used throughout the assault. 👉 Get the poster here, every order helps support the channel so we can keep creating projects like this: https://crowdmade.com/collections/deconstructed/products/deconstructed-siege-weapons-poster *(Giveaway ended)🎁 We are also giving one away. Just subscribe, like this video, and leave a comment below telling us: Which siege weapon surprised you the most? We will announce the winner in our next upload. Details below. This video focuses mainly on siege warfare in medieval Europe during the 13th and 14th centuries, before cannons were introduced. By this period, castles had evolved into heavily fortified stone strongholds, often built on elevated terrain and protected by features such as moats, gatehouses, and defensive towers. To overcome these defenses, attackers relied on a combination of strategy and specialized machines designed to suppress defenders on the battlements and breach gates or walls. This video was created entirely by humans. Chapters 0:00–0:37 Medieval Siege Weapons 0:37–2:18 Why Castles Were So Hard to Defeat 2:18–6:31 Beginning the Siege 6:31–7:44 Crossing the Moat 7:44–09:03 The Battering Ram 09:03–10:40 Siege Towers 10:40–11:52 Medieval Catapults 11:52–14:24 The Ballista