Siege equipment

thumb|Soldiers shooting guns through holes in stationary shields (pavise), Ming dynasty, from the Shenqipu, 1598

thumb|right|Templin Channel in Templin, Germany. The riverbank was strengthened with fascines.

In medieval warfare a mantlet or '''''' was a portable wall or shelter used for stopping projectiles. Some versions used wheels for enhanced mobility. A mantlet could protect one or several soldiers.

thumb|upright=1.2|right|A petard, from a seventeenth-century manuscript of military designs thumb|upright|right|A 19th-century British army petard (in center, projecting from the copper circle), mounted on a madrier, with braces

right|thumb|A replica of an ancient scaling ladder used for escalade, in Xi'an, [[China]] Escalade is the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders. Escalade was a prominent feature of sieges in ancient and medieval warfare. Although no longer common in modern warfare, escalade technologies are still developed and used in certain tactical applications.