The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology reconstruct an ancient trebuchet capable of launching projectiles 20 meters with raw mechanical power.

Bertrand has since built several more trebs, including one that stands 33 feet tall. Historically, engineers named their trebuchets, like battleships: War Wolf, Victorious, the Bad Neighbor. Bertrand ...

While its dual LRM 15s do not have the saturation of the heavier Archer, the Trebuchet compares favorably to the heavier (and more expensive) Catapult.

Southern Illinois University engineering students built a trebuchet and will test it using pumpkins.

Glen Ellen farmer Jimi Good and his son Bodhi will crank up the trebuchet and send pumpkins soaring into the distance Oct. 19.

Glen Ellen farmer Jimi Good and his son Bodhi will crank up the trebuchet and send pumpkins soaring into the distance Oct. 19.

Photos and video uploaded to social media show reservists with the Israel Defense Forces operating a trebuchet, a catapult-type tool used in the Middle Ages, throwing fireballs over the concrete ...