Carried westward by the Avars, the technology was adopted by the Byzantines in the late 6th century AD and by their neighbors in the following centuries.
It first appeared in China in the 4th century BC. The first is the traction trebuchet, or mangonel, which uses manpower to swing the arm. The design of a trebuchet allows it to launch projectiles of greater weights and further distances than that of a traditional catapult. It was a common powerful siege engine until the advent of gunpowder.
1306-18 Ī trebuchet ( French: trébuchet) is a type of catapult that uses a long arm to throw a projectile. Replica counterweight trebuchets at Château de Castelnaud Counterweight trebuchet used in a siege from the Jami' al-tawarikh, c.
For other uses, see Trebuchet (disambiguation).
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