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What are the medieval weapons (siege weapons, knives, swords, bows and arrows, shields, hammers, axes, etc.)

There are 3 basic engineering weapons: ram, ladder, and siege tower.

Later, there were crossbows, catapults, trebuchets, and weapons that threw rolling oil (killing people). Knives, epees, and lances were the main weapons. War hammers and axes were popular in Northern Europe.