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minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoI know which gets better distance, but which throws higher? I’d assume the trebuchet, but it’s possible I’m wrong.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoThe trebuchet can throw cows over castle walls from a safe enough distance to not worry about direct archery.
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoUm… forgive me, but isn’t the verbiage “throw a 90kg projectile 300 metres” pretty against the idea of throwing a 400-600kg projectile a similar distance?
minus-squareGluWu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoBack then full grown cows were 80kg and the size of a large dog today.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoYou’d be surprised how much disease you can pack in a 90kg piece of cow
I know which gets better distance, but which throws higher? I’d assume the trebuchet, but it’s possible I’m wrong.
The trebuchet can throw cows over castle walls from a safe enough distance to not worry about direct archery.
Um… forgive me, but isn’t the verbiage “throw a 90kg projectile 300 metres” pretty against the idea of throwing a 400-600kg projectile a similar distance?
Back then full grown cows were 80kg and the size of a large dog today.
You’d be surprised how much disease you can pack in a 90kg piece of cow