Trebuchet is a siege weapon like other siege weapons are use to hurl objects far into the air and can cause serious damage, but the trebuchet is a lot more powerful than just a regular catapult.
As the picture is displayed the trebuchet is much more complex and differently built than a regular catapult.The machine is powered exclusively by gravity, most often directly the means of a counter weight. What is so incredible about this invention is that it could fling projectiles of up to three hundred and fifty pounds into the air!
Usually this mechanism was built like other catapults to demolish barriers with a great amount of force such as against stone walls and other big buildings. The trebuchet is usually launched with small boulders that could cause serious damage, towards a group of army or crumbling walls. The trebuchet was widely adopted and it appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the twelve century.
Usually this mechanism was built like other catapults to demolish barriers with a great amount of force such as against stone walls and other big buildings. The trebuchet is usually launched with small boulders that could cause serious damage, towards a group of army or crumbling walls. The trebuchet was widely adopted and it appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the twelve century.
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