Which effect limited the range of accurate fire for Roman torsion-powered artillery such as the ballista?

💡 Explanation

When torsion spring tension varied, the projectile's launch velocity differed between shots because the energy transferred to the projectile was inconsistent, making accurate range estimation impossible. Therefore, varying torsion spring is the limiting factor, rather than other factors which create deviations unrelated to spring tension.

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