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That's a really interesting design. Not sure if "World's simplest" applies or not, but surely has to be contender. Wonder how practical that is from a siege w
by Twirrim 7y ago
That's a really interesting design. Not sure if "World's simplest" applies or not, but surely has to be contender. Wonder how practical that is from a siege weapon perspective.
- debatem1 7y agoI feel like anything that can throw more than a few pounds nearly 1000 feet has to be good for something. I kind of want to make one out of square section steel now-- I'm guessing that at 20 feet and 2000 or so pounds you could get quite a bit of velocity even on a bowling ball.
- klyrs 7y agoIt looks fairly unreliable to me -- it appears that a successful shot requires it to fall just right, and even then it might miss a barn. OTOH it looks like a single person can carry it around, which could make for quite the ambush
- r00fus 7y agoMight make sense where range is important but accuracy is not needed.
- pnutjam 7y agoThis could be very accurate if it was, for example, set in a sort of guide bed. You could dig one with some wooden supports, or use concrete for a larger version.
- b0rsuk 7y agoIt could also be easier to mass produce.