Catapults are used to today for fun contests like "pumpkin chunking" which includes the tossing of a pumpkin via catapult. Catapults are also used on aircraft carriers to launch planes.
David in the Bible had a catapult with which he beat Goliath. [religious scholars please correct] And the Australian Aborigines use catapults. The ancient Greeks are known to use beam catapults to harass their enemies. The place and date are probably several in each case.
More stored energy
yes
A catapult is a simple machine or a lever
Well after shooting something with the catapult gravity will slowly pull it down
In rural America here, we use them to throw pumpkins!
yes they use catapults
they used these catapults for war and destruction!
Hand held catapults are certainly used today. A good example would be by a carp angler.
For fun, like science experiments or sometimes the Army uses them for stuff, but I'm not sure otherwise.
Catapults were useed to throw things over castle walls to kill your enemy.
people play with them,also they can launch airplanes.
No modern military force still employs catapults as a combat arm. Today's catapults are largely built by hobbyists and re-enactors, as well as historical modelers, and are generally used for recreational activity.
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catapults were used for war
yes
shoot it at angry kids to calm them down.