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Pregunta 82

Select all that apply. Which statements about medieval siege engines are correct?

  1. A trebuchet was a very large crossbow that shot a single great bolt
  2. Catapults and trebuchets threw stones at walls and at the buildings behind themRespuesta correcta
  3. Catapults and trebuchets were early cannon that used gunpowder to fire
  4. A trebuchet swung its throwing arm by dropping a heavy counterweightRespuesta correcta

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Both engines stored energy mechanically and released it to hurl a heavy projectile on a high curve, and the larger of the two drove its arm by letting a weighted beam fall. Calling such an engine a giant crossbow fails because that describes a different weapon which shoots a bolt flat along a groove rather than lobbing stone shot over a wall.

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