Catapult
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A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile at a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. A
Illustration of a large catapult from a medieval copy of Hero of Alexandria's Belopoiika
Roman "catapult-nest" in the Trajan's Dacian Wars
Replica of a Petraria Arcatinus
Petraria Arcatinus catapult in Mercato San Severino, Italy
Siege engine
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A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Some are immobile, constructed in place to attack ene
Catapult
…used to launch a projectile at a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. A catapult uses the sudden release of stored potential energy to propel its payload. Most convert tension or torsion energy that was more slowly and…
Replica battering ram at Château des Baux, France
Siege engine in Assyrian relief of attack on an enemy town during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III 743–720 BC from his palace at Kalhu (Nimrud)
Modern reconstruction of a cloud ladder
The medieval Mons Meg with its 20" (50 cm) cannonballs