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A trebuchet [nb 1] (French: trébuchet) is a type of catapult [5] that uses a rotating arm with a sling attached to the tip to launch a projectile. It was a common powerful siege engine until the advent of gunpowder. The design of a trebuchet allows it to launch projectiles of greater weights and further distances than that of a traditional ...
The Warwolf, also known as the Loup-de-Guerre or Ludgar, [1] is believed to have been the largest trebuchet ever made. [citation needed] It was created in Scotland by order of Edward I of England, during the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304, as part of the Wars of Scottish Independence. A contemporary chronicle refers to it as une engine ...
The mangonel, also called the traction trebuchet, was a type of trebuchet used in Ancient China starting from the Warring States period, and later across Eurasia by the 6th century AD. Unlike the later counterweight trebuchet , the mangonel operated on manpower-pulling cords attached to a lever and sling to launch projectiles.
The counterweight trebuchet, known as the Muslim trebuchet (or Huihui Pao) in China, replaced the traction version after its introduction in the late 13th century. Its greater range was however, somewhat countered by the fact that it had to be constructed at the site of the siege unlike traction trebuchets, which were easier to take apart and ...
The trebuchet, to understate it slightly, does not have that level of precision targeting. ... First used in battle in the 4th century B.C., its basic design involves a heavy weight that drops and ...
The earliest known medieval illustration of a torsion engine (onager), from Walter de Milemete's De nobilitatibus, sapientiis, et prudentiis regum, 1326 [29] Arabs besieging Samarkand with a traction trebuchet (mangonel), Sogdian mural from Panjakent in Tajikistan, 8th c. [30] A Sicilian-Byzantine depiction of a mangonel, 12th-13th century [31]
The floating arm trebuchet is a counterweight siege weapon which is a modern variation [1] of the medieval trebuchet. Their defining feature is free movement of an axle on the throwing arm, [2] and a linear drop channel for the counterweight. The design and construction of such machines is a popular project assignment in post-secondary ...
Trebuchet: 4th Century BC China: Similar to the catapult, but uses a swinging arm to launch projectiles. It is usually considered to be stronger than the catapult. [4] Oxybeles: 375 BC Greece: An oversized gastraphetes, a composite bow placed on a stand with a stock and a trigger. Helepolis: 305 BC Rhodes: Greek siege tower first used in Rhodes ...