[crossbar] 装机械的弓
礧炮机弩。--清. 邵长蘅《青门剩稿》
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 .
机弩