旋风炮

新型民族传统体育&西夏泼喜旋风炮开发构想

New Ethnic Traditional Sport : Concept on Exploitation of Western Xia " Po Xi " Cyclone Artillery

与笨重的大型投石机或石弩相比，旋风炮占尽优势。尽管前者威力更大，但操作起来要耗费相当的时间和人力。

This gave them a strategic advantage over heavier catapults and trebuchets which , while much more destructive with a single shot , took time and manpower to maneuver into position .

为了提高命中率，中国的旋风炮各有两条吊索和两个活动插销，使弹袋完美地固定在中间。

To add to their deadly accuracy , the Chinese built these whirlwind catapults with two sling ropes and two release pins , keeping the sling pouch perfectly centered in the middle .

我们在电影中看过许多希腊和罗马的军队武器：击墙机和野兽机器，而中国却发明了体积更小、命中率更高的版本：旋风炮。跟狙击步枪一样，旋风炮也是一发一弹。

While films have shown us the wall punchers and beast machines used by Greek and Roman armies , the Chinese devised a smaller version that could strike important targets with pinpoint accuracy : the xuanfeng , or whirlwind catapult . Like a sniper rifle , the whirlwind catapult was a one-shot , one-kill form of attack .