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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: MiniPigs on 31 March 2022, 09:17:29 PM

Title: Catapult or Trebuchet?
Post by: MiniPigs on 31 March 2022, 09:17:29 PM

Did they use catapults in Britain/France during the feudal period or just Trebuchets?

Title: Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
Post by: Golgotha on 31 March 2022, 09:22:58 PM

They were still also being used as medieval weapons, although, by the 9th and 10th centuries, catapults had been largely replaced by the far more powerful trebuchet.

Title: Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
Post by: jon_1066 on 31 March 2022, 09:26:10 PM

Like a mangonel or a torsion siege engine?  I think all were used at various times and places but trebuchets became more common as time went on.

Title: Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
Post by: Atheling on 31 March 2022, 10:25:12 PM

There are a couple of Ospreys that are actually pretty good primers for Medieval siege engines:

Medieval Siege Weapons (1)Western Europe AD 585–1385, David Nicolle
(https://ospreypublishing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/958def80b7ce809d46640f86aa46835c/9/7/9781841762357_1.jpg)
Linkage:
https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-1-pb (https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-1-pb)

Medieval Siege Weapons (2) Byzantium, The Islamic World and India AD 476–1526, David Nicolle
(https://55kmbe-4is1kgkfewv0.cloudmaestro.com/j6gvWJzlf/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/958def80b7ce809d46640f86aa46835c/9/7/a9781841764597_1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.3n3Dd5ojp4.webp)
Linkage:
https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-2-pb (https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-2-pb)