How you design your trebuchet will decide the fate of the ... your launched ball will land on your head or an arrow may pierce your medieval heart.

The trebuchet is a type of catapult that was popular for use as a siege engine before gunpowder became a thing. Trebuchets use a long arm to throw projectiles farther than traditional catapults.

Verified footage shows Israeli troops using a trebuchet—a type of catapult that uses a heavy ... mocked the high-tech nation ...

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 ...

The trebuchet was one of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages. During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted ...