History: The Trebuchet was a basic piece of siege artillery used in the middle ages. This device was known even as far back as the Romans. The only purpose of this medieval trebuchet was used to hurl heavy stones to smash castle walls. The trebuchet was a heavy frame on which a short beam and a long beam was poised with a pivot in the middle. There is a sling on the long end of the beam where the projectile was placed. Most historians believe that the trebuchet was invented directly by the French
chose this project because when I saw the medieval battles in class I noticed the war machines that the medieval people and decided to make a trebuchet. The trebuchet I am presenting represents the medieval culture because nations would use trebuchets to destroy their enemy’s castle walls and get in. I learned that captains of the army that had trebuchets would sometimes throw heads, corpses, metal or stone balls, dead animals, excrement (waste matter dischargered from the body, especially feces)
Historical How were they used? Trebuchets were invented in China in 300 BC, as ancient warfare. It later was developed to be used in the middle ages, as warfare. It was first used in Europe in the 12th century. A trebuchet is a mechanical thrower like a catapult, but uses a counter mass, to shoot projectiles. The entire trebuchet utilizes counterweights; the counterweight can be small or large. However, the larger the counterweight is, the better the trebuchet is. It uses the concept of gravity