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The ancient Greeks used the first catapults to fend off the Romans back in the B.C.'s. The earliest recorded date for the mangonel (fixed bowl) catapult is about 750 B.C. Catapults were used well in the middle ages until replaced by cannons.

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One of the common uses was to launch aircraft from ships at sea.

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