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[clarification needed] Onomarchus of Phocis first used catapults on the battlefield against Philip II of Macedon. [32] Philip's son, Alexander the Great, was the next commander in recorded history to make such use of catapults on the battlefield [33] as well as to use them during sieges. [34]
During World War II a number of ships were fitted with rocket-driven catapults, first the fighter catapult ships of the Royal Navy, then armed merchantmen known as CAM ships from "catapult armed merchantmen". These were used for convoy escort duties to drive off enemy reconnaissance bombers.
A slingshot or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame, with two tubes or strips made from either a natural rubber or synthetic elastic material.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Siege engine using long arm to throw projectiles For other uses, see Trebuchet (disambiguation). Replica counterweight trebuchets at Château de Castelnaud Counterweight trebuchet used in a siege from the Jami' al-tawarikh, c. 1306-18 A trebuchet [nb 1] is a type of catapult that uses a ...
The first known catapult was developed in Syracuse in 399 BC. [2] ... Two other forms of tactical propulsion were used in the first half of the 20th century: Railways ...
Diodorus [4] XIV.41.3, [5] says that these were the first catapults, and describes the impression new weapons made during the siege of Motya by Dionysius. Torsion siege engine pieces were probably invented in Macedonia, shortly before the times of Alexander III.
It is generally accepted today that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve sustained and controlled powered manned flight, in 1903. It is popularly held in Brazil that their native citizen Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first successful aviator, discounting the Wright brothers' claim because their Flyer took off from a rail, and in later ...
The first Mediterranean people to use advanced siege machinery were the Carthaginians, who used siege towers and battering rams against the Greek colonies of Sicily. These engines influenced the ruler of Syracuse, Dionysius I, who developed a catapult in 399 BC. [4]