The trebuchet through its long reign of success had two major
designs, although the overall design remained very much the same with two sides
of any shape such as two triangles with a cross beam from one side to the other,
then laid horizontally on the cross beam is an arm that will be throwing the
projectile from one end out of a leather sling that gives the projectile a final
burst of kinetic energy to add power to the projectiles already tremendous force
then on the other end of the large wooden arm is the power source that transfers
energy to the arm and the projectile sending it into
the air. Other things where added to make the trebuchet more formidable
to different territorys and enemies such as wheels or simply a larger scaled
version of the original design. The first design of the trebuchet was said to
invented in china around the 7th century this is the traction
trebuchet it used man power instead of a counter weight to give the trebuchet
power. Which greatly diminished and held the trebuchet back from being the
great medieval weapon of seigcraft it came to be later in the middle ages. It
came to be this great machine because of one key factor that perfected the
trebuchet was the counter weight that replaced the imperfect man power design.
The counterweight is such a great factor added to this machine making it perfect
for seigecraft because the counterweight gives the trebuchet more power to send
the projectile into the enemies’ castle walls. This design carried the
trebuchet through most of the middle ages giving it a name in seigcraft until
black powder took over and the sieging of castles is not the biggest problem an
army has when fighting enemies. Another advantage of the trebuchet is the
intimidation and reputation the trebuchet ensued on their enemies, In 1304 King
Edward set out to siege Sterling castle and take it from the Scottish so he
built and strategically placed twelve trebuchets around the castle one very
large trebuchet called the war wolf. The pure intimidation made the Scottish
make an attempt at surrendering but King Edward attacked any way destroying the
castle with accurately placed missiles weighing over three hundred
pounds.
designs, although the overall design remained very much the same with two sides
of any shape such as two triangles with a cross beam from one side to the other,
then laid horizontally on the cross beam is an arm that will be throwing the
projectile from one end out of a leather sling that gives the projectile a final
burst of kinetic energy to add power to the projectiles already tremendous force
then on the other end of the large wooden arm is the power source that transfers
energy to the arm and the projectile sending it into
the air. Other things where added to make the trebuchet more formidable
to different territorys and enemies such as wheels or simply a larger scaled
version of the original design. The first design of the trebuchet was said to
invented in china around the 7th century this is the traction
trebuchet it used man power instead of a counter weight to give the trebuchet
power. Which greatly diminished and held the trebuchet back from being the
great medieval weapon of seigcraft it came to be later in the middle ages. It
came to be this great machine because of one key factor that perfected the
trebuchet was the counter weight that replaced the imperfect man power design.
The counterweight is such a great factor added to this machine making it perfect
for seigecraft because the counterweight gives the trebuchet more power to send
the projectile into the enemies’ castle walls. This design carried the
trebuchet through most of the middle ages giving it a name in seigcraft until
black powder took over and the sieging of castles is not the biggest problem an
army has when fighting enemies. Another advantage of the trebuchet is the
intimidation and reputation the trebuchet ensued on their enemies, In 1304 King
Edward set out to siege Sterling castle and take it from the Scottish so he
built and strategically placed twelve trebuchets around the castle one very
large trebuchet called the war wolf. The pure intimidation made the Scottish
make an attempt at surrendering but King Edward attacked any way destroying the
castle with accurately placed missiles weighing over three hundred
pounds.