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Gotta be taller than the tallest ladder would be my guess. Tower forts are common. You can find them in places like Ireland also.
by dexwiz 2y ago
Gotta be taller than the tallest ladder would be my guess. Tower forts are common. You can find them in places like Ireland also.
- trhway 2y agoin a dense city you also have to take into account the height of the neighboring towers too - you don't want to be showered with arrows and later musket balls from a higher tower near by - thus race to the top :)
- achenet 2y agoyep. From reading Bret Devereaux's Acoup.blog, I've learned that especially with arrows, height is an advantage - if you're firing down on someone from a position above them, you can aim easier, and your arrow is accelerated by gravity. Conversely, if you're firing up at someone from a position below them, gravity is working against you, and it's harder to aim. This is why they build seige towers back in the day - to give the attackers a position higher than the beseiged city's walls from which to fire down on the defenders.