Before the war, the US didnt have the large military forces it soon became known for, with the war resulting in over 16 million Americans in service. Tu Mu adds that they are now called "wooden donkeys. Americans were mostly against entering the war up until the bombing of Pearl Harbor, after which support for the war grew, as did armed forces. They were wooden missile-proof structures on four wheels, propelled from within, covered over with raw hides, and used in sieges to convey parties of men to and from the walls, for the purpose of filling up the encircling moat with earth. Of the "movable shelters" we get a fairly clear description from several commentators. The name is also applied to turrets on city walls. Tu Mu says they were wheeled vehicles used in repelling attacks, but this is denied by Ch`en Hao. This seems to suggest a sort of Roman TESTUDO, ready made. Ts`ao Kung simply defines them as "large shields," but we get a better idea of them from Li Ch`uan, who says they were to protect the heads of those who were assaulting the city walls at close quarters. It is not quite clear what the Chinese word, here translated as "mantlets", described. The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three whole months #
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