Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300 (New Vanguard) (v. 1) [Paperback]

Stephen Turnbull (Author), Wayne Reynolds (Author)

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Series: New Vanguard | Publication Date: November 25, 2001

The prevalence of particular fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea demanded the evolution of different modes of siege warfare in each country. The wealthy walled towns of China, the mountain fortresses of Korea and the military outposts of Japan each presented different challenges to besieging forces, and this book reveals the diversity of tactics that were developed to meet these challenges. Most of the Far Eastern weaponry of this period originated in China, but was adapted to fit the demands of siegecraft across the region and the individual strengths and weaknesses of each piece of machinery are studied here.

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The unrivalled illustrated reference on fighting vehicles, transport and artillery through the ages. Each volume is illustrated throughout, making these books uniquely accessible to history enthusiasts of all ages.

About the Author

Stephen Turnbull is the world's leading English language authority on medieval Japan and the samurai. He has travelled extensively in the far east, particularly in Japan and Korea and is the author of ‘The Samurai - A Military History’ and Men-at-Arms 86: ‘Samurai Armies 1550-1615’.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (November 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184176339X
• ISBN-13: 978-1841763392
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,152,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it seems there is nothing they didn't try!, February 10, 2002

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This review is from: Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300 (New Vanguard) (v. 1) (Paperback)

This is another great book from Dr. Stephen Turnbull a two part serie on the amazing Siege Weapons of the Far East that they really should change the name to Siege Weapons from China and the Far east thats because of the mayority of the weapons are from china. This is the first time a see a book about the Siege Warfare use by China,Japan and the Mongols, illustrated with spectacular artwork. The Illustration are from Wayne Reynolds which make a great work trying to reconstruct a manual trebuchet use by the chinese.

Exploding cows, wheeled rocket launchers, elephant-mounted crossbows are some of the rare weapons use in Asia, I can tell you that you would not be disappointed because of the great detail of these weapons, to tell you the true is sometime hard to believe that this type of weapons were ever use but the work of Mr Turnbull is very high technical quality.
One of the best and original works publish to this date.Also form the same author Ashigaru 1467-1649(Warrior 29)and Samurai Warfare are another great title to buy.