mitra
08-06-2009, 09:05 AM
A thing few know of Comuni era it is the employ of war wagons: they appears for the first time during the XII century in the Milan army.
They know named Plaustrella (sing. Plaustrellum), and are four wheel wagons protected by a "Panthera" a wood structure with fixed falxs protect the wagons and the animals, a frontal shield protect the animals. They was builded by Mastro Guintelmo a famous engineer of XII century, probably freely inspired by Anonymous's De Rebus Bellicis war chariots pictures.
They have a defensive function: in march they run before the army so that in attack case they can stop the enemy the time necessary the army can place herself for battle; in open field battle, linked one with other, they can form a wall at place of infantry. We can see them operate with elite infantry and shooters squad or the little siege artillery, mounted over the wagons.
They know named Plaustrella (sing. Plaustrellum), and are four wheel wagons protected by a "Panthera" a wood structure with fixed falxs protect the wagons and the animals, a frontal shield protect the animals. They was builded by Mastro Guintelmo a famous engineer of XII century, probably freely inspired by Anonymous's De Rebus Bellicis war chariots pictures.
They have a defensive function: in march they run before the army so that in attack case they can stop the enemy the time necessary the army can place herself for battle; in open field battle, linked one with other, they can form a wall at place of infantry. We can see them operate with elite infantry and shooters squad or the little siege artillery, mounted over the wagons.