Trebuchet Innovation
  • 942 points Odino666

    Babe, wake up, trebuchet 2 released before GTA VI

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    16 points Ironsam811

    This is more like the PSP version than a sequel: compact, portable and quick to use. Only downside it looks like a once and done.

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  • 359 points stevekez

    That's fire!

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    54 points amluchon

    Up yours, Poseidon!

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    12 points Disturbing_Cheeto

    That's water

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  • 262 points mcmalloy

    Was this kind of trebuchet used in medieval times or is this a "new" concept? Looks very efficient to drop small incendiary payloads over the walls of whichever city you're sieging

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    159 points Minion91

    I feel like the slightly larger hand drawn trebuchets would be more efficient.

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    145 points mcmalloy

    For destruction 100%

    But one could make a volley with lots of these for probably comparatively fewer resources than a large one. Just like when the mongols set fire to birds and sent them in to Beijing. It was very effective at setting the city ablaze

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    81 points lecollectionneur

    You can use a bow for this which is probably way safer and more precise

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    58 points Gorthebon

    However, unleashing a flock of flaming birds is S tier aura farming.

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    2 points RinCherno

    Olga of Kyiv my beloved

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    18 points sparhawk817

    Right but you can't shoot a clay jar full of burning oil like you can launch from a trebuchet of this size.

    You can shoot like, a burning rag wrapped around an arrow, and a significantly reduced distance compared to a regular arrow. This shoots a larger payload, and potentially at a better range.

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    4 points ShackThompson

    True, but then you'd need however many archers and a firing line rather than just a couple of dudes with boxes full of birds and a fire pit.

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    16 points john_the_fetch

    Additionally - these look super mobile.

    Do a volley of 100 of these into a slow moving - heavily armored/shielded - infantry
    then reposition. Fire again.
    Rinse and repeat. As long as you can keep the horses off your flanks.

    And of course fire is cool. But you don't need to hit infantry with fire. Just something heavy like a good sized stone.

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    1 points weenis-flaginus

    They set birds on fire?

    The mongols really were terrible people.

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    1 points mcmalloy

    They would tie a rope and light a fire at the end so birds would seek shelter, lighting buildings on fire as a result. I’m not sure what the fatality was for birds in that case but I don’t think it’s comparable to the other gruesome things they did, so in my opinion it isn’t that bad comparatively

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    13 points Shadowguyver_14

    Nah this would be a great weapon for harassment. Especially if you are launching oil at an enemy's encampment. Hell a lot of the really old battles just had people confusing the enemy and getting them off their stride. Disruptive tactics like this were employed during the Punic Wars. For example, a Roman general might order a series of loud, pre-dawn skirmishes specifically designed to deprive the Carthaginian soldiers of sleep and force them to skip breakfast, ensuring they met the subsequent main attack hungry and exhausted.

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    30 points norunningwater

    It doesn't go as far as it looks, the cover of night is deceiving. Battle lines would have to be right up in your face and you'd have to already have some height to get it over a city wall.

    Scaled up, maybe a two man with a longer beam, but at the end of the day you're relying on just a gravitational drop to be the counterweight.

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    11 points Greedy-Conclusion-52

    Honestly, this looks pretty similar to some of the very early Chinese slings that became Trebuchets. But dropping your weapon in battle is rarely a recommended course of action.

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    3 points knudo

    It's a new dlc for the trebuchet

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    5 points polakhomie

    Accuracy would come into play here. Besides practice and some mad skill to be accurate enough to be effective, you'd also need level ground, which isn't always easy to find when laying siege to a fortified castle/fort/stronghold. Man, I played too much Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 this year...

    Insanely cool concept tho! I want 3 of these.

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  • 57 points Nooze-Button

    Just casually creating the 14th century version of the FGM Javelin.

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  • 46 points bundleofgrundle

    Medieval Man-portable Trebuchet. Amazing.

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    14 points PKTengdin

    Honestly, have each man in an army carry one and use it as a first volley in an engagement, could honestly be somewhat effective, if not physically then at least on morale

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    12 points john_the_fetch

    Or at least every third man.

    It does seem to need more than one person to setup before it is fired. But looks simple and could be used to break a charge as a couple rows are already in position.

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    1 points fishsing7713

    MANPIT. MAN Portable Incendiary Trebuchet.

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  • 24 points Frazzledragon

    I did go into this, thinking: "Huh, where's the trebuchet?" and ended up speaking out loud a pleasantly surprised "Ouh!"

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  • 16 points A_Tasty_Stag

    what tech heresy is this? you cant improve on perfection

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    18 points MossTheGnome

    This is the infantry branch of the tech tree. Allows for lower cost light artillery that can be spammed while the high power units get built

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    5 points TheReverseShock

    More of a side grade

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  • 12 points hurricanebones

    I love it

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  • 10 points gcwposs

    @OP do you guys have schematics / plans for this? I think it looks simple ish but I’m still trying to figure out the release mechanism

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    12 points lothcent

    https://www.instructables.com/Worlds-Simplest-and-Newest-Trebuchet-Walking-Arm-T/

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    4 points gcwposs

    Damn I love this sub. Well done boys and girls. #SuperiorSiegeWeapon

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    4 points Just_NickM

    I think it’s called a ‘walking trebuchet’

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  • 4 points K4NNW

    Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!

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  • 3 points Ragnae

    Trebuchet Portable

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  • 3 points Highmassive

    For world building purposes do you think a skirmish line of these would be effective in battle

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    2 points ByornJaeger

    Depends on how quickly you can make follow up shots. It looks like you need significant distance in front of you to make the mechanism work, so you would be exposed to return fire. Something like instigating an ambush or wall top anti siege weaponry would fit the mechanism better, especially if you had limited resources.

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  • 3 points sunoma

    They researched chemistry

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  • 2 points _Inkspots_

    Medieval man portable mortars

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  • 2 points GandalfInDrugs

    The staff of siege +150 damage to building type enemies

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  • 2 points lothcent

    its the perfect thing to take to a protest

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  • 1 points MetallGecko

    War is changing.

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    1 points RS232Charger

    War, War never changes

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  • 1 points knudo

    Hell yeah

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  • 1 points ViaMoon

    Nice

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  • 1 points Vinlain458

    A handheld trebuchet before half life 3!?

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  • 1 points GeauxJoeStuff

    No matter how many times I click the heart, it won't like the video? Is anyone else's Instagram doing this?

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  • 1 points Grantonator

    Wow! That could have gone… 300m?

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  • 1 points warmarin

    Looks like it's one use only

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  • 1 points CabajHed

    Portable trebuchets... what a thought.

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  • 1 points ItJustGotRielle

    "That's what we in the bizz call a trebu-slay"

    -my wife

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  • 1 points Daykeyboard

    excellent now scale it up threefold

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  • 1 points WerdaVisla

    Ah yes, a medieval MANPAD.

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