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Offline MiniPigs

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Catapult or Trebuchet?
« on: March 31, 2022, 09:17:29 PM »
Did they use catapults in Britain/France during the feudal period or just Trebuchets?

Offline Golgotha

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Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 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.

Offline jon_1066

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Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 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.

Offline Atheling

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Re: Catapult or Trebuchet?
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 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

Linkage:
https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-1-pb


Medieval Siege Weapons (2) Byzantium, The Islamic World and India AD 476–1526, David Nicolle

Linkage:
https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-siege-weapons-2-pb

 

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