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<p>A <b>battering ram</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=siege_engine">siege engine</a> that originated in <a href="page.php?w=ancient_history">ancient times</a> and was designed to break open the masonry walls of <a href="page.php?w=fortification">fortification</a>s or splinter their wooden gates. In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if the log were massive enough and/or it were moved quickly enough</p><p>
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