LEONARDO da Vinci
(b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise)

Crossbow Machine

1480-82
Drawing
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

From the Codex Atlanticus.

This rather hilarious contraption is designed to allow four crossbows to be repeatedly fired. Men running on the wheel supply power, while another places the darts in position. It would have been difficult to aim.