Behold the Trebuchet

[The Hammer]

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Interesting little vid. It made me wonder how (poorly) this weapon would do against a well built stone wall.
I mean, I'm guessing, but...

A little different to how you see it in the movies!! (predictably!)

 

[Stevicus]

Interesting little vid. It made me wonder how (poorly) this weapon would do against a well built stone wall.
I mean, I'm guessing, but...

A little different to how you see it in the movies!! (predictably!)

Seems like it might be useful against annoying neighbors.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Imagine what one could do with poo.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Imagine what one could do with poo.

Or diseased bodies.

 

[The Hammer]

Imagine what one could do with poo.

I'm thinking a bucket burning pitch.

 

[The Hammer]

Seems like it might be useful against annoying neighbors.

I'd never see my neighbor again, this would fling a body like 300yds at least.

 

[Stevicus]

I'd never see my neighbor again, this would fling a body like 300yds at least.

 

[Revoltingest]

Seems like it might be useful against annoying neighbors.

Would it work on staff?

 

[Heyo]

When he says "Burgdorf" it sounds like "backdoor". Fortunately there was a caption under the video on YouTube.

 

[Stevicus]

Would it work on staff?

As long as they're out in the open and stand still, I imagine it would work on anyone.

 

[Heyo]

Interesting little vid. It made me wonder how (poorly) this weapon would do against a well built stone wall.
I mean, I'm guessing, but...

A little different to how you see it in the movies!! (predictably!)

These things are very precise when operated carefully. Even three meters thick walls don't stand a few dozen shots.
But they wouldn't be so dumb to shoot at the walls, you aim at the door.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Stupid deaths stupid deaths, it's funny because it's true...

 

[Shadow Wolf]

This is how it works.

 

[Stevicus]

These things are very precise when operated carefully. Even three meters thick walls don't stand a few dozen shots.
But they wouldn't be so dumb to shoot at the walls, you aim at the door.

Either that or they could shoot over the walls and hit the flammable stuff inside.

 

[Revoltingest]

As long as they're out in the open and stand still, I imagine it would work on anyone.

What if I launch a bunch'o small rocks?
That would be the shotgun approach.

 

[Stevicus]

Here's some footage of a trebuchet launching a car, a piano, and an incendiary drum:

 

[Heyo]

Either that or they could shoot over the walls and hit the flammable stuff inside.

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I have yet to see this IRL. It isn't easy to prepare fireballs that keep on burning with medieval methods. (I know from shooting fire arrows.) Best is to fake it with steel wool.

 

[Heyo]

Here's some footage of a trebuchet launching a car, a piano, and an incendiary drum:

It's not really a trebuchet when the weight isn't swinging.

 

[Stevicus]

It's not really a trebuchet when the weight isn't swinging.

I didn't realize that, although there have been times when I'd like to do something like that to my car.