"The Trebuchet:300lb Rocks at 200mph"

This one is doubled up somehow:

Supersonic Trebuchet is a great band name.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but these are not for flinging infants.

I studied Archaeology, and imagine my surprise when I read about the Buhen Fortress, in Ancient Egypt : they discovered a catapult of some 3,900 years old ! 😍 And believe it or not, the site and many others are now submerged by the Nasser Lake !😲😭

Small rocks, but the equation is E=MV^2 i still doubt those tiny rocks at 200 mph are doing more damage than a 2000 lb rock, but they can definitely launch them farther at greater speed.

Supersonic, like the crack of a whip ?

I love white people stuff.

We need rockets launched by trebuchets

That drop-action one is awesome.

Now make it spin really fast

You haven´t lived until you build and fire a Trebuchet.

The best Trebuchet was the one they made (in rural Texas?) that would throw an entire car several football fields. That was AMAZING.

These were remarkable weapons in their time. Devastating effectiveness.

When I was younger I wanted to build one, inspired by an episode of the wonderful ‘Northern Exposure’. I was too busy back then, and like so many plans, never got around to it.

Pumpkin Chunkin is revived!

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Aim them at a data center

How am I just now hearing about the trebuchet tech tree unlock?

I want someone to do a comparison report on overall effective energy delivery units per real world cost with: Explosive propelled explosives VS Explosive propelled kinetics VS Mechanical propelled explosives VS Mechanical propelled kinetics. Whats the best bang for the militia $

Popularized in the show Northern Exposure, episode was named "The Fling is the Thing", I believe. There is a proposal to launch a live cow, which generates concern. Find it and watch it.

Still law of conservation of energy must always be fulfilled.

now imagine archers with flaming arrows burning them while they are trying to luanch them.

Bunu sahile kurup 100lük makaraya sarılı surf olta ile 500mt ye atma fikri 😀

Hey @grok, supersonic trebuchet launch velocities..?

do you think you are all alone on the earth?

Seru nih kayaknya ya

A most excellent basis for a parliamentary pension entitlement system.

cool as fuck I love siege engines

There's some untapped potential here, also an efficient way to get illegal alien criminals back across the border.