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← HistoryWhich consequence amplified risk after defenders depleted projectile supply from medieval trebuchet defenses?
A)Undermining of fortress foundation occurs✓
B)Disease spreading overwhelms sanitation
C)Ranged archers inflict greater casualties
D)Scaling ladders gain positional advantage
💡 Explanation
Without trebuchet counter-fire, attackers could employ undermining strategies, where STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY LOSS occurs; because defenders cannot disrupt siege engineers, they reach the walls. Therefore, collapse increases, rather than direct combat rather than arrow attacks.
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