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    Re: Trebuchets —Stephen Wroble
   (...) Hello Michael and Jojo, It seems like everyone uses slightly different definitions. Here's how I understand it: Catapult is a generic word and refers to any machine that throws a projectile. A Trebuchet is just a big lever, it can have a (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Trebuchets —Stephen Wroble
     Sorry about the duplicated information, I didn't reread before I posted. The instructions for LEGO set 6059 are here: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Trebuchets —Stephen Rowe
     (...) hello! great discussion topic. what we generally call a catapult is actually an onager, an effective anti troop area of effect weapon, as they often fired numerous small stones. normally, they were not used to attack walls. instead, the (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Trebuchets —Johannes Koehler
   Hallo Stephen! Long time no hear... My fault, sorry! (...) I agree 50%. I think a 'catapult' is every (battle) machine that throws things by swinging an arm. I wouldn't call a ballista a 'catapult'. But maybe the German meaning of the word is (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Trebuchets —Stephen Wroble
   Hallo Jojo, (...) Not that long, a few months only. (...) I see your point. But I believe that the British use the word "catapult" to refer to what Americans call a "slingshot". Children make them from a Y shaped stick and an elastic band, it's used (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
 

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