The Medieval Trebuchet

Follow this movie that documents NOVA's successful attempt to build and shoot a giant trebuchet, the most destructive war machine that ever laid siege to a medieval castle.

The trebuchet was only the most frightening of the weapons early European warriors employed in siege warfare. They also relied on battering rams, siege towers, tunnels - anything to gain access to a castle. Defenders, meanwhile, had a few tricks of their own.

Build your own virtual trebuchet and fire giant sandstone balls at a castle wall. You decide on the size of your projectiles, where to place your trebuchet, and other factors critical to success.

Follow this link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroywave.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• The
• Medieval
• Trebuchet
• Castle
• Wall
• Catapult
• Siege
• Warfare
• Onager
• Middle
• Ages
• Europe
• England
• France

[juufa72]

medieval sieges must have been very slow and very boring.

[generalyeung]

I will want to build this soon when i have free time.

[epicfail8798]

luv trebuchets in seiges they had hundreds of them and destroyed thousands of enemy infantry

[littleino]

They don't have I-phones...well they play ANGY BIRDS for reals though..!



[1978ajax]

Why are those idiots whooping like gibbons and shouting 'fire in the hole' - it's not a baseball game. No sense of style some people.

[19KrIzPiN68]

@cotillion Captain: RELOAD! Cannoneer: Shut the fuck up cap you think this shit is easy!

 Captain: I have an arrow to the knee Cannoneer: Fuck off i have an arrow to the forehead! you reload this bitch!

[cotillion]

imagin doin all this under arrow fire :P

[KaasDano]

@juufa72 You should see the movie Kingdom of Heaven

[AquaticCastle]

I thought they could be rotated or moved somehow.

[sealy123456789]

did anyone else think of Family Guy Harvest moon when they were talking about shifting slightly to the left?

[CheckEngine99]

@juufa72 you dont know ath are you speaking

[PhormerPhantomPhixer]

@juufa72 unless you were on the receiving end of one of those projectiles! LOL