If the question refers to the Persian war of 1990-91, yes they did, but they were used to launch airplanes from aircraft carriers, not to launch projectiles over city walls.
they used these catapults for war and destruction!
catapults were used for war
Persian War I, Persian War II, The Peloponnesean War, The Macedonian War, …
Exercising his power of king through his generals.
Xerxes I.
History has no record of use of war elephants in the Persian war.
By the Persian king Xerxes.
He was below military age during the Persian War. He fought in the Peloponnesian War.
The Mycenean age was gone 700 years before the Persian War began.
The most important during the 50 years of war which turned the result was the defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 BCE
President Reagan during the Iraq-Iran Persian Gulf War; Truman for the Korean War; Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford for Vietnam.
Catapults have long since been replaced by mortars and artillery. Technically they still could have been built during the world wars but they were not used in combat to the best of my knowledge.