Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

Well, now look where we got to... A ballista may be a heavy artillery piece; the scorpion is the smaller version. Popular movie series:
https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Scorpion

I think we really need to know what "weiterentwickelt" refers to, Inge. It seems these weapons were developed into Standwaffen, but from what?

Some insights:
http://www.romanarmy.net/artillery.shtml

Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

Hm... I honestly don't know what you're trying to say. I just discussed this at home and I can only repeat what I said below: Stand has several meanings.

I'd need a definition in German. From what I've seen, fixed mount is not what is needed here. It would help to have some more context.

Else, this is just a guessing game--and that's not why I'm on this forum. I'm not opposed to a better solution than what I've proposed below--that'd be stupid, TBH.

Still, I've never understood people trying to "guess" a translation based on a few sentences. It can work, but a lot of times, it'll result in nicely flowing sentence that don't say what the German did.

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Adrian MM. May 18, 2019:

Anone else from a military family to come in? The comment deleted by a ProZ veteran - coincidentally complained about by others as a 'sniper from the wings' - was neutral: History/Roman Empire.

Geehrter Björn, consider tying a catapult to a Stehlampe and what you would call that in German.

Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

PS Also, these weapons were portable. I don't even know how to work your fixed mount in there or what that has to do with Stand?

And please note I said field artillery: https://www.britannica.com/technology/field-artillery

Most of these bilingual dics are useless, IMO, so I can't really comment on this.

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Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

Didn't see... ...anyone deleting their comment?

Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

Sorry, I don't agree, Adrian. Standwaffe is the opposite of Bewegungswaffe. Also, artillery is way easier to understand for non-ENS than fixed mount.

Additionally, your use of fixed mount seems to be rare and not in line with other definitions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_mount#Fixed

Plus, the Stand in Standwaffe could also refer to Schießstand (unlikely here, though), Standard or other things..

Get me another definition in German, then we can discuss this.

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Adrian MM. May 18, 2019:

@ 'a piece of field artillery' .. is a generic label for a fixed-mounted and other (ballistic) weapons.

Englisch Deutsch

weapons
artillery piece Geschütz {n} piece of artillery Kanone {f}

Björn Vrooman May 18, 2019:

Inge It's called a field artillery piece.

"Armbrust (mhd. armbrust, armburst, armst; aus mlat. arcubalista arbalista = Bogenwurfmaschine; lat. auch balista, arcus; grch. gastraphetes). Die Armbrust war schon in der grch. und röm. Antike als Standwaffe (Geschütz) bekannt, fand jedoch im FMA. zunächst keine Erwähnung mehr. "
https://www.mittelalter-lexikon.de/wiki/Armbrust

"Another example of Roman military engineering at its best, is the Scorpio- or scorpion. This piece of Roman artillery was a weapon of incredible power and precision. And as such, it was dreaded by all the enemies of the Roman Empire.

This weapon was similar to the ballista but much smaller in size and consequently was typically employed not as a siege weapon, but rather as a piece of field artillery, supporting Roman infantry on the frontline of the battle field."
https://www.airedalesprings.co.uk/ancient-engineers-the-roma...

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