Timeline for A new way of invading a besieged castle?
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| Jan 23, 2021 at 0:27 | comment | added | aslum | Hence my suggestion of practice involving ponds and elevated pools... | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 0:25 | comment | added | SJuan76 | training and practice could mitigate this to some extent. Training and practice, even in the best conditions, could be almost as dangerous as the real thing. "Oops! This time John went a little too low! Maybe he had too many doughnuts. Bring the scrapper!" You will run out of troops before the battle or (more realistically) your troops would kill you for their own safety. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 21:59 | comment | added | aslum | I don't majorly disagree with you, however training and practice could mitigate this to some extent. Additionally aiming for a "corner" and planning for a bit of overshoot would likely help. Still the main reason I suggested a wingsuit over a parachute is increased accuracy. I do think it would in practice need to be somewhere inbetween the two to allow for more rapid deceleration than a wingsuit, but more control than a parachute. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 21:56 | comment | added | Arluin | I feel that hitting the battlements is a pretty narrow target and therefore the chance of success drop precipitously. The overall problem with the OP question is the accuracy required to land troops intact on a 10-12' wide ledge just isn't achievable. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 21:52 | comment | added | aslum | That's true if they're trying to get into the courtyard, from my reading of the question the goal is to quickly secure the battlements to allow for more traditional ladder ascension without the risk of hot oil, rocks, etc during the ladder ascent. For a stealth operation the Slingshoteers could even carry bundled rope ladders that they could let down once an area was secured. | |
| Jan 22, 2021 at 20:42 | comment | added | Arluin | The most 'simple' way would be to use a static line that is equal to the distance to the walls. The 'chute would deploy then and slow their horizontal movement drastically, then slow their descent into the courtyard. Issues include being sitting ducks for archers while they descend, and helpless until they actually get feet on the ground, so they can be stuck with spears and swords during their last few feet of descent. Vertical envelopment only works when you have sufficient forces in the assault that they can't all be taken out at once, but you will suffer heavy casualties. | |
| Jan 21, 2021 at 20:52 | history | answered | aslum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |