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Trebuchet
Title: Trebuchet
Category: History
Details: Words: 1293 | Pages: 5.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Trebuchet
TREBUCHET REPORT
<Tab/>Before gunpowder and bullets were invented, the trebuchet was the artillery machine that armies chose to fight with the most. In medieval times it was considered the deadly weapon. It became unnecessary when guns came along. Some machines were so big they could throw cows, sheep, horses, or even something as big as a car. Smaller machines were sometimes made that could hurl things the size of tennis …showed first 75 words of 1293 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1293 total…in length. Its counterpoise weighed five tons and the machine could propel a 50-pound object some 200 yards. This light version is said to not have been able to operate at its full potential.
The history of trebuchets continues today as historians and re-enactors create replicas for learning and for mock battle. Their power to bring down fortified walls was even displayed recently on the big screen within the epic trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."
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