00:00A heavy wooding bolt flies through the air and shodders a solid oak shield.
00:05A heavy wooding bolt flies through the air and shodders a solid oak shield.
00:11Roman engineers built this battlefield machine using twisted bundles of animal sinew instead of metal springs.
00:18Winding the heavy winches stored massive mechanical energy inside the tightly stretched sinew ropes.
00:25The sudden release drove iron-tipped darts straight through heavy armor plating and enemy combatants alike.
00:39Torsion springs of braided sinew unleashed kinetic energy that pierced elite cavalry armor.
