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The deadliest medieval weapons in all of history

We often romanticize the Middle Ages, seeing them as a time of chivalry, gallant knights, and castles. Beneath all of this ...
The Gazette

I wish they had medieval siege weapon building when I was in school

I photographed the annual trebuchet competition at Mount Vernon High School yesterday. Saying the students were enthusiastic is an understatement. On several occasions I heard students call for a run ...
Yahoo

Israeli troops use medieval-style trebuchet weapon in fighting at Lebanon border

TEL AVIV — Israeli troops stationed on the Lebanese border fired a medieval-style siege weapon known as a trebuchet amid recent fighting against Hezbollah militants, an Israeli military official ...
Hackaday

Trebuchet Sends Eggs Flying

Without any sort of restrictions on designs for trebuchets, these medieval siege weapons are known to send 90 kilogram projectiles over 300 meters. The egg-launching trebuchet contest that ...
PBS

Medieval Arms Race

War in medieval times was about the control of land. Garrisons of knights and other soldiers who lived in castles controlled the land around their stone fortresses. To conquer a territory, an ...
WESH

The Science of It: Engineering Week - Catapults and Medieval Designs

TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...