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Rocks,carved stone balls, iron arrows,lead shot, baskets of venomous snakes, diseased horse carcasses, clay pots filled with asphyxiating gas, flaming barrels of gooey and syrupy chemicals, hornet's nests, dead bodies of captured enemy soldiers, severed heads of messengers, and cow manure. I learned that all in the book The Art of the Catapult.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoHistorically, catapults were mainly used to throw large rocks. They can throw lots of other things, too.
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When were catapults used?
Some catapults were used in the middle ages to try and get into Medieval Castles. The Romans had catapults. I had a hand catapult when I was a youngster.
When were catapults made?
1902
What were Kublai Khan's military tactics?
using catapults.
Where there catapults in 1066?
Yes there was the would usually destroy a castle
What were the 2 catapults used in world war 2?
Javelin gaterlin
Why do you use catapults?
Catapults were useed to throw things over castle walls to kill your enemy.
What are catapults useful for?
catapults are basically used for soccer and futbol
What did a catapult do?
Catapults usually throw or launch something into the air. They were sometimes used for warfare
Where are catapults still used today?
In rural America here, we use them to throw pumpkins!
What does a catapult throw?
Catapults throw mainly stones, missiles, giant arrows or darts, sharp wooden poles, diseased carcasses (early biological weapons),hand grenades, and even excrements.
How do use the word catapult in a sentence?
roman catapults could throw six pound objects almost a thrid of a mile.
Why did they make catapult?
to throw big stones at enemies in medieval time.
Did Jeanne D arc invent the rock catapult?
No. Roman engineers were using catapults capable of throwing stones almost 1500 years before this; medieval engineers had catapults (called trebuchets) that could throw rocks up to half a mile away.
Who were catapults used by?
The Catapults were used by the medieval Greeks and Romans.
Did the army of ancient Sparta have catapults?
yes they use catapults
When were catapults used?
Some catapults were used in the middle ages to try and get into Medieval Castles. The Romans had catapults. I had a hand catapult when I was a youngster.
What did the ancient Greeks use catapults for?
they used these catapults for war and destruction!
