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Mantlet         
  • A wicker U-shaped mantlet on wheels. Wicker was a popular material for siege defences as it was lightweight, effective and easy to construct. The wheels add further mobility which meant that the user could move forward slowly but surely.
  • A wood-planked, L-shaped mantlet on wheels.  Wooden-planked construction with proper joinery and even arrow slots would make this a more hard-wearing and expensive option. It would be heavier to push and would require more time and skill to construct; this might not be the sort one would use when attacking uphill.
  • A [[pavise]] like wicker mantlet. This is probably the cheapest and simplest option, but it would not be as hard wearing and does not offer as much cover as the other variations.
  • A wood-planked mantlet on wheels, affording the hard protection of a wooden structure but still being mobile. The lever-like handle would allow the mantlet to be pushed along and then held upright in a stationary situation.
  • The Japanese commonly used mantlets composed of bundles of blankets wrapped in a mattress to reduce the effects of shell shrapnel.  Print of Admiral Togo aboard the ''Mikasa'' during the [[Battle of Tsushima]] (May 27, 1905).
  • 6}} after the [[St Nazaire Raid]] before she exploded.
·noun ·see Mantelet.
mantlet         
  • A wicker U-shaped mantlet on wheels. Wicker was a popular material for siege defences as it was lightweight, effective and easy to construct. The wheels add further mobility which meant that the user could move forward slowly but surely.
  • A wood-planked, L-shaped mantlet on wheels.  Wooden-planked construction with proper joinery and even arrow slots would make this a more hard-wearing and expensive option. It would be heavier to push and would require more time and skill to construct; this might not be the sort one would use when attacking uphill.
  • A [[pavise]] like wicker mantlet. This is probably the cheapest and simplest option, but it would not be as hard wearing and does not offer as much cover as the other variations.
  • A wood-planked mantlet on wheels, affording the hard protection of a wooden structure but still being mobile. The lever-like handle would allow the mantlet to be pushed along and then held upright in a stationary situation.
  • The Japanese commonly used mantlets composed of bundles of blankets wrapped in a mattress to reduce the effects of shell shrapnel.  Print of Admiral Togo aboard the ''Mikasa'' during the [[Battle of Tsushima]] (May 27, 1905).
  • 6}} after the [[St Nazaire Raid]] before she exploded.
(also mantelet)
¦ noun
1. historical a woman's short, loose sleeveless cloak or shawl.
2. a bulletproof screen on a military vehicle.
historical a movable shelter or screen used to protect soldiers.
Origin
ME: from OFr. mantelet, dimin. of mantel 'mantle'.
Mantlet         
  • A wicker U-shaped mantlet on wheels. Wicker was a popular material for siege defences as it was lightweight, effective and easy to construct. The wheels add further mobility which meant that the user could move forward slowly but surely.
  • A wood-planked, L-shaped mantlet on wheels.  Wooden-planked construction with proper joinery and even arrow slots would make this a more hard-wearing and expensive option. It would be heavier to push and would require more time and skill to construct; this might not be the sort one would use when attacking uphill.
  • A [[pavise]] like wicker mantlet. This is probably the cheapest and simplest option, but it would not be as hard wearing and does not offer as much cover as the other variations.
  • A wood-planked mantlet on wheels, affording the hard protection of a wooden structure but still being mobile. The lever-like handle would allow the mantlet to be pushed along and then held upright in a stationary situation.
  • The Japanese commonly used mantlets composed of bundles of blankets wrapped in a mattress to reduce the effects of shell shrapnel.  Print of Admiral Togo aboard the ''Mikasa'' during the [[Battle of Tsushima]] (May 27, 1905).
  • 6}} after the [[St Nazaire Raid]] before she exploded.
A mantlet was a portable wall or shelter used for stopping projectiles in medieval warfare. It could be mounted on a wheeled carriage, and protected one or several soldiers.

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Mantlet

A mantlet was a portable wall or shelter used for stopping projectiles in medieval warfare. It could be mounted on a wheeled carriage, and protected one or several soldiers.

In the First World War a mantlet type of device was used by the French to attack barbed wire entanglements.