Ravelin
Ravelin ( fr. Ravelin , from the Latin ravelere “to separate”) is an auxiliary fortification structure, usually of a triangular shape, which was placed in front of the rampart between the bastions .
The rails are a stone fence with casemates for shooters, or consist of a moat and a shaft, usually with a stone lining. The ravelins were used to cover the fortress walls from artillery fire and enemy attacks, to shell the nearby approaches to the fortress and to concentrate the forces besieged before sorties.
Used in the XVI-XIX centuries [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Belarusian encyclopedia: At 18 vol. T. 13: Pramіle - Relaksin / Redkal .: G.P. Pashkoў і іnsh. - Mn. : BelEn, 2001. - T. 13. - S. 191. - 576 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0216-4 (T. 13).
Literature
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1983.- 863 p. : 30 l Il .. S. 609.
- Belarusian encyclopedia: At 18 vol. T. 13: Pramіle - Relaksin / Redkal: G.P. Pashkoў іnsh - Mn .: BelEn, 2001. - T. 13. - S. 191. - 576 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0216-4 (T. 13).