Giant Crossbow
This was one of the main ideas behind many of da Vinci’s war inventions – among them, his giant crossbow. Designed for pure intimidation. Rather than fire giant arrows, Leonardo’s crossbow instead seems to be designed to fire large stones or possibly flaming bombs. For use, a soldier spins a crank to pull back the bow and loads the artillery. The soldier would then use a mallet to knock out a holding pin and fire the weapon. His vivid drawings of the giant crossbow invention also make it clear the idea behind the impressive weapon was to terrify enemies into fleeing rather than fighting. My opinion: I definitely did not see this coming. I know Leonardo's made a lot of inventions and one of them being a giant crossbow caught my eye. It's stated that the contraption is designed to fire large stones instead in which it reminds of like a sling shot, only bigger and in a design of a crossbow. The picture or design of the giant crossbow looks like it's very stable. References: "Giant Crossbow." Leonardo Da Vinci's Invention. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/giant-crossbow.aspx>.
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