Medieval soldiers winching down the arm of a trebuchet. Large trebuchets, powered by 10-ton counterweights, could hurl 300-pound (136-kg) wall-smashing boulders as far as 300 yards (270 metres).

Collection: Images

Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education

Link: https://www.britannica.com/technology/military-technology/Prehistory#/media/1/382397/37498

Resource type: Image

Format: Images

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

Owner: Porto group (Modernalia)

Abstract: Armament

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