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His trebuchet is quite high off the ground, so the arm and sling has room to accelerate. This wouldn't really be practical in a medieval trebuchet, especially i
by Aunche 5y ago
His trebuchet is quite high off the ground, so the arm and sling has room to accelerate. This wouldn't really be practical in a medieval trebuchet, especially if you wanted to move it to a siege.
- dragontamer 5y agoMedieval Trebuchets didn't move. You hired engineers to cut down trees and build Trebuchets for a particular siege. Honestly, "Castle Drops" in AOE2 are more akin to how Trebuchets were used. You build an army, the army gains control of an area, and then you use your engineers to build a long-range siege device at that location. ------ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet#/media/File:Ms.Thott.290.2%C2%BA_016v.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet#/media/File:Ms.Thott... See? No wheels. Those things couldn't move at all.
- Aunche 5y agoMy impression was that they were assembled on site, but they were pre-made and could be dissembled. From this thread, it looks like both methods could have been used: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3z597l/in_medieval_warfare_how_were_catapults_trebuchet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3z597l/in_me...
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