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Spiked mantlet

  • 1529 (M.D.XXIX)

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A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This form is equipped with spikes to deter head-on attack from opposing forces.

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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. “Spiked Mantlet.” In Vier Bücher Der Ritterschafft. Augsburg, Germany: Heinrich Stayner, 1529. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/d791sg46f.

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