During the siege of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish, hoping to save on gunpowder, decided to construct a Trebuchet. Accounts say that the first shot of the Trebuchet went directly upwards and came back down and destroyed the Trebuchet. This was one of the last military uses of the Trebuchet and its only combat use in the Americas.
@@michaelandreipalon359 The American natives probably could have figured out trebuchet and catapult sure. But if Trebuchet have been outclassed or at least a single generation in Europe by the time the Spanish arrived. With only 300 men which were primarily sailors and explorers. It makes sense that no one had the expertise to construct and properly balance and use a trebuchet. Especially when you had sailor with gunnery experience with the cannon.
This is one of the last YT channels that does it right! No self promotion, no BS filler, just gets right to the topic. Always well done and full of cool info. Thanks for continuing to do it the right way!
Yeah it really is and also for next ideas could be on War Elephants, siege towers and many others or looking at modern weapons try RPG-7, AK-47, SA-7 and Stinger Missiles, B-52 Bombers, MI-24 Hinds and well there's a lot of topics to count since these days though sadly only a limited time to do it.
Thanks JJ and anyway may want to look into those topics I told you about among who knows what else since these days topics are numerous and can come out of nowhere also for the history of Siege Towers saw a cool Assyrian version in which it had wheels, a spear or what it looked like a battering ram and parts where archers can stand and shoot besieging a city. Saw it in a book also about that from a long time ago showing the pictures of it and the grim aftermath really not a time you wouldn't want to be. Among those other topics can still see RPG-7 and AK-47 doing a number in our times too tearing through tanks and armored vehicles and also shooting up in the conflicts to this day. Really is a history anyway really look into it.
At Stirling the Scots saw the immense size of Warwolf and decided to surrender then and there. Edward actually rejected their surrender request at first and fired a single shot, which demolished an entire wall of Stirling Castle, following which he then accepted the surrender. His engineers had spent 3 months building Warwolf, and he wanted to see it in action!
That's good and also another idea to make one on the war elephants is another since during those times when elephants were actually used really sowed terror in the enemy forces.
Thanks. I had forgotten about that. Agincourt saw the use by the English of an early form of gun. It was basically a barrel with a long spike attached to the end. It was fired like the cannon by lighting some gunpowder in the touch hole. We all know about the English archers at Agincourt but the technology to replace it was already in play. The first steam powered boat was sailing on a canal in Scotland before the Battle of Trafalgar. In fact there was a plan for Richard Trevithick to build a number of steamships which have towed fireships to attack the Franco-Spanish fleet rather than using the Royal Navy. Trevithick decided that the technology was not ready at that time. Makes you think about how different history would have been if the plan had worked.
In 2007 for shop class the teacher split us up in groups of 5 and we had to make trebuchets. The tallest was like 10ft. We used 5 old v8 engine heads as weights and launched softballs,watermelons and a lawnmower piston filled with lead. Fun times that was
Sounds like a fun teacher because I'm pretty sure that breaks about a million different rules 😂. Two years ago in my freshman shop class we had a competition to see who could make the best sword with a grinder, cutting torch, and welding. Pretty sure that is also not allowed but my ag teacher didn't give two shits.
Two things of note: 1) Torsion powered catapults can reach higher launch velocities, but cannot be upscaled as much. 2) The sling on trebuchets greatly increases velocity and range, but is tricky to adjust. Adjustment however also allows setting the range by deciding on the timing of the release.
That's something to think about. Also some other topics JJ could get through may want to look into MIG Jets, TU-95 Bomber known as the Bear and like I already said before there are many and even the ones I said previously.
Torsion was very effective at sea as long as you kept it dryer, lightweight and more effective than a trebuchet at the weight, scale and area it needed to swing Anything head sized or larger is fully out of range of effective elastic engines The back prong does not seem to be easily adjusted but the sling length and counterweight size seems to be altered easier
I genuinely mean this in the best way: the mic quality ranges so wildly between videos over the years, between channels, and even between parts of the video, that I never quite know what to expect. It honestly is great. It makes these videos feel really comfortable and timeless, genuine. Is this video new? From 5 years ago? Who knows! It's very easy to just binge these videos, which I've now done several times at different points. Of course the presentation and refinement of the format is clear from older videos to new ones, and I'm aware of just how much effort must go into these.
Thanks man. I really appreciate it when people understand I am just one dude without a proper studio or anything. In a way I do hope it gives things a more genuine/personal feel. Sometimes I record audio in different rooms. Sometimes I record half my audio at night and half in the morning and background noise and even my voice is sounding different. Just the way she goes.
Love the chicken in CK: Deliverance, i don't remember that part from the game 😂 i do remember them just going "no we fucked up, let's not use that thing"
I’ve seen a live demo of a huge counterweight trebuchet at Warwick castle. The range is short compared to the movies like The King however. An errant shot did set fire to the boathouse, which was fun. Might be on yt.
The TV show Northern Exposure. 90-95. Chris wanted to fling a cow. Ed told him Monty Python already did it. He built a trebuchet and flung a piano instead. He flung a casket in an episode too.
I love your channel and am excited about every new video you release. I treat myself with your new video and make myself a nice breakfest to watch it along
Oh yeah that's a good idea along with Siege Towers is another saw a picture of an Assyrian Siege weapon really menacing anyway really may look at that too also saw it in a book too where it was besieging an ancient city.
I don't think trebuchets replaced battering rams. Both had different purposes. Rams were most commonly used to break gates, while trebuchets were better suited to destroy a wall's battlements and other defensive structures. Trebuchets could not destroy gates, since the gate house shielded the gate from incoming projectiles.
Brings into mind my AoE II gameplay. Not that fond of the Rams (and Onagers plus Scorpions) due to my constant preference for the Trebuchet and the occasional Bombard Cannon.
This is the 1st video I've seen where no one in the comment section does write, " My great great great great great grandpa was one of the men who built the Warwolf. It was a pain in the butt to build !!"
There was a documentary of a British group about....15 years back?...that built and tested a full-sized Trebby, including going to the lengths of building likely targets downrange to study the effects. (castle wall, wall with hoarding attached, etc). Can't remember the title of the video. I think it was some kind of historical society or university project.
A big advantage of the trebuchet was the ability to arch over defensive walls and strike structures inside the defenses. They were also great at destroying hordings built on the walls. As at Stirling Castle it was common for people beseiged to wait until the seige engines were near completion and then surrender as that meant a relief force was unlikely to come to the rescue and enduring bombardment was not a fun experience.
My brothers and I built a working trebuchet out of Legos when we were kids. Was about two feet tall when finished. It was during our medieval history phase.
1:04 "...which has caused some confusion on how the trebuchet was used." [shows clip of AoE2 trebuchets launching war elephants] No, I refuse to accept that this is not how they were used. This is my canon now. Trebuchets were used to throw war elephants inside an enemy's castle.
I am convinced that the French k-n-i-g-hts in Monty Python - Holy Grail, used a Trebuchet to throw the cow at Arthur. How dare you not mention that hilarious historical fact...cough, cough.😁
Hey Steve, check out the trailer for Heatblur's DCS F-4E that just dropped if you haven't done so, it is the most faithful recreation of the Lead Sled to date.
Mangonels + Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets were used alongside the later cannons. During the siege of Orleans as well as the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople, your had cannon fire alongside Mangonels + Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets.
According to a PBS show I saw many years ago, according to historical sources, WarWolf did not have a swinging counterweight. It had bundles of lead strapped or cast into the stupidly heavy, rigid counterweight. 😮
I feel like the trebuchet help cement the legend that artillery is the king of the battlefield. There are clearly better options but you have to add trebuchet to the list of field artillery and when they were in use for 1000 years they were king.
Ancient man in warfare were actually very extremely smart and very extremely intelligent. Modern day man has to learn how they did things. Look at the Art of War by Sun Zhu, he was actually ahead of his time.
Historical catapult siege engines. The knowledge and design of the Mangonel (Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a trebuchet) went from east to west where in reality the giant siege engine we know as the trebuchet (Hinged Counterweight siege engine as seen in game) was exclusively a medieval French design and the Arabs only copied the design after the second Crusade and then went east from there via the Mongols. The Mangonel was a traction siege engine where the Roman Onager was a torsion engine, thus it had vastly more stored potential energy than the Chinese mangonel. The Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchet 1000 AD. At the Siege of Medina Mayurqa during the Reconquest of Majorca 1229 AD James I of Aragon, leader of the Crusader/Berber army ordered two Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets, a catapult (onager) and a Turkish mangonel to be mounted, with which they subsequently began to bomb the city. At the Siege of Toulouse 1218 AD , trabuquets/Frankish Hinged counterweight trebuchets were mentioned to have been deployed. According to the Song of the Albigensian Crusade, the Crusaders "ran to the ropes and wound the trebuchets", and to shoot the machine, they "tugged the rope to drop the frontal weight." They were used in England at least by 1200 AD and in Iberia shortly after 1218 AD. Used in Germany from around 1205 AD. At the Siege of Acre 1189 AD - 1191 AD (Besiegers) On 2 July, Richard deployed his own Counterweight Trebuchets,gargantuan Counterweight Trebuchets named God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbour. Now, the Britons with their mighty trebuchets would join in the bombardment. During the siege, a priest took a special liking to God's Own Sling and remained by its side, blessing it with holy water and encouraging people to find new projectiles and help repairing it when needed. This caused panic and dread to spread through the Muslim ranks. The Muslims sallied forth several times to attack the crusaders but each time they were defeated. Muslims used manjaniq maghribi (Western trebuchet) and manjaniq ifranji (Frankish trebuchet) to refer to hinged counterweight trebuchets. The 12th-century Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates referred to a counterweight trebuchet when he described one equipped with a windlass, which is only useful to counterweight machines,used by their Frankish allies at the siege of Zevgminon in 1165 AD. Venetian Crusade 1122 AD - 1124 AD. Siege of Tyre 1124 AD. The Venetians and Franks (Livanteens) built siege towers and machines that could throw boulders to shatter the city walls. (Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets) The defenders of Tyre also built engines, hurling rocks at the siege towers. (Mangonels) By the 1130 ADs the counterweight trebuchet was a common item in siege warfare. Chevedden argues that given the references to new and better trebuchets that by the 1120s AD, the counterweight trebuchet was being used in a variety of places by different peoples such as the Norman Franks, the Crusader states & the Normans of Sicily. Hinged counterweight trebuchets originated prior to 1087 AD in Europe (France) based on earlier sources. References to hinged counterweight trebuchets also appear for the second siege of Tyre in 1124 AD, where the Crusaders reportedly made use of "great trebuchets". At the siege of Nicaea in 1097 AD Illustrations depicted hinged counterweight trebuchets used at the siege. From the First Crusade 1096 AD onward,we start to see writings of "manjaniq ifranji/great trebuchets of the Franks" by the Muslims. By the Third Crusade 1189 AD, both sides seemed well acquainted with the enemy's siege weapons, which "appear to have been remarkably similar." Only at this time does there not appear to be any discernible difference in the technology of siege engines employed by Frankish and Muslim forces
Many years ago i watched a show where they built a trebuchet. They were going off plans and unsure how it would work. Funnily enough as they explained everything about how it worked, they adjuated the tray and seemingly completely missed that they could aim the shots. At leaat they didn't mention it.
The best way to tell whether or not a movie had a historical advisor was if the order the archers/trebuchet crews get to shoot is “loose” or “fire”. The former being the correct.
Watch NOVA's "Secrets of Lost Empires" episode "Medieval Siege" where they build and test two trebuchets in just a few days. They show how terrifying powerful they are in the hands of inexperienced builders, never mind practiced veterans.
Trebuchet shot could explode like it does in the movies but that would be by virtue of naptha style fire pots, with the explosion being the destruction of the clay holding like a molotov cocktail. What the movies get wrong is they mix naptha style fire weapons with solid shot, so it both is a solid projectile which somehow explodes in a fireball as well. Though as I'm aware the glut of greek fire artillery was often used on a more infantry level than in trebuchets themselves, although it's possible to use them in that matter.
During the siege of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish, hoping to save on gunpowder, decided to construct a Trebuchet. Accounts say that the first shot of the Trebuchet went directly upwards and came back down and destroyed the Trebuchet. This was one of the last military uses of the Trebuchet and its only combat use in the Americas.
This trebuchet will self destruct in about 10 seconds.
Fail to plan...
Make sense. How many engineers that understood trebuchets would they have if they all used cannon.
Spoiled too much by cannon use.
You sure? There may have been very obscure trebuchet uses, even in family feuds all across the Americas.
@@michaelandreipalon359 The American natives probably could have figured out trebuchet and catapult sure. But if Trebuchet have been outclassed or at least a single generation in Europe by the time the Spanish arrived. With only 300 men which were primarily sailors and explorers. It makes sense that no one had the expertise to construct and properly balance and use a trebuchet. Especially when you had sailor with gunnery experience with the cannon.
This is one of the last YT channels that does it right! No self promotion, no BS filler, just gets right to the topic. Always well done and full of cool info. Thanks for continuing to do it the right way!
Thanks for the encouraging words 🙏
Yeah it really is and also for next ideas could be on War Elephants, siege towers and many others or looking at modern weapons try RPG-7, AK-47, SA-7 and Stinger Missiles, B-52 Bombers, MI-24 Hinds and well there's a lot of topics to count since these days though sadly only a limited time to do it.
Thanks JJ and anyway may want to look into those topics I told you about among who knows what else since these days topics are numerous and can come out of nowhere also for the history of Siege Towers saw a cool Assyrian version in which it had wheels, a spear or what it looked like a battering ram and parts where archers can stand and shoot besieging a city. Saw it in a book also about that from a long time ago showing the pictures of it and the grim aftermath really not a time you wouldn't want to be. Among those other topics can still see RPG-7 and AK-47 doing a number in our times too tearing through tanks and armored vehicles and also shooting up in the conflicts to this day. Really is a history anyway really look into it.
@JohnnyJohnsonEsq and no wokeness. Its great 😊
@@kellychuang8373 defo LotR for mamluks
At Stirling the Scots saw the immense size of Warwolf and decided to surrender then and there. Edward actually rejected their surrender request at first and fired a single shot, which demolished an entire wall of Stirling Castle, following which he then accepted the surrender.
His engineers had spent 3 months building Warwolf, and he wanted to see it in action!
Strange that this trebuchet isn't used in the AoE II William Wallace campaign.
I would have done the exact same thing.
I like that one of the longest clips was a trebuchet tossing war elephants.
That's good and also another idea to make one on the war elephants is another since during those times when elephants were actually used really sowed terror in the enemy forces.
TREMBLE BEFORE THE TREBUCHET!
Only 42 years after Top Tier Trebuchet War Wolf, cannons were used at the Battle of Crecy.
Thanks. I had forgotten about that. Agincourt saw the use by the English of an early form of gun. It was basically a barrel with a long spike attached to the end. It was fired like the cannon by lighting some gunpowder in the touch hole. We all know about the English archers at Agincourt but the technology to replace it was already in play.
The first steam powered boat was sailing on a canal in Scotland before the Battle of Trafalgar. In fact there was a plan for Richard Trevithick to build a number of steamships which have towed fireships to attack the Franco-Spanish fleet rather than using the Royal Navy. Trevithick decided that the technology was not ready at that time. Makes you think about how different history would have been if the plan had worked.
Really was the weapons before people went to cannons and missiles now along with really advanced tech like computers to try to hit the target.
In 2007 for shop class the teacher split us up in groups of 5 and we had to make trebuchets. The tallest was like 10ft. We used 5 old v8 engine heads as weights and launched softballs,watermelons and a lawnmower piston filled with lead. Fun times that was
Sounds like a fun teacher because I'm pretty sure that breaks about a million different rules 😂. Two years ago in my freshman shop class we had a competition to see who could make the best sword with a grinder, cutting torch, and welding. Pretty sure that is also not allowed but my ag teacher didn't give two shits.
My science teacher taught us how to make explosive compounds and water bottle rockets
1:07 Hannibal discovered the cheat code to win every siege
Yes he used war elephants and also a recommendation for a future video really tell him that as well.
lol
@@garygarside9782 Really can also expect that response.
That was quite the trebulant episode, Johnny. Thanks. Catch ya for the next one.
Two things of note:
1) Torsion powered catapults can reach higher launch velocities, but cannot be upscaled as much.
2) The sling on trebuchets greatly increases velocity and range, but is tricky to adjust. Adjustment however also allows setting the range by deciding on the timing of the release.
That's something to think about. Also some other topics JJ could get through may want to look into MIG Jets, TU-95 Bomber known as the Bear and like I already said before there are many and even the ones I said previously.
Torsion was very effective at sea as long as you kept it dryer, lightweight and more effective than a trebuchet at the weight, scale and area it needed to swing
Anything head sized or larger is fully out of range of effective elastic engines
The back prong does not seem to be easily adjusted but the sling length and counterweight size seems to be altered easier
Always a great day when J.J. uploads!
The story of Warwolf will always be my favorite story of the Trebuchet.
Edward 1st: "I have this giant Trebuchet, and by God I'm gonna use it!"
I really gotta hand it to ya Johnny, a lot of channels wouldnt have been able to swing a video about such tense weapons
3:31 The Trebuchet ain't the only thing carrying a load.
When I was a kid I always wanted to be a trebuchet
It's never too late in life.
But like the rest of us, you became just a regular tosser.
be what you want to be my long levered friend
And now you are allowed to identify as whichever gender you want.
So now you actually CAN be a trebuchet.
@JohnnyJohnsonEsq how about Italian underwater magnetic mines? They aren't exactly covered as much as other Italian weapons of World War 2.
Thanks for rocking our world Johnny.
The chicken at 0:53 be like:
why are they using a trebuchet on me?
Just cause, chicken, just cause.
That chicken was clearly Havel of Medek in disguise.
I genuinely mean this in the best way: the mic quality ranges so wildly between videos over the years, between channels, and even between parts of the video, that I never quite know what to expect.
It honestly is great. It makes these videos feel really comfortable and timeless, genuine. Is this video new? From 5 years ago? Who knows! It's very easy to just binge these videos, which I've now done several times at different points.
Of course the presentation and refinement of the format is clear from older videos to new ones, and I'm aware of just how much effort must go into these.
Thanks man. I really appreciate it when people understand I am just one dude without a proper studio or anything. In a way I do hope it gives things a more genuine/personal feel. Sometimes I record audio in different rooms. Sometimes I record half my audio at night and half in the morning and background noise and even my voice is sounding different. Just the way she goes.
At first i thought this was going to be a high effort complaint. But I agree with a lot of what you say. Thanks for the insightful comment
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqfriggin microphones bud
Love the chicken in CK: Deliverance, i don't remember that part from the game 😂 i do remember them just going "no we fucked up, let's not use that thing"
Brian Blessed just rejiggers it to get it working right.
I always love Johnny pun at the end of the video 😊
always happy to see Kingdom Come being showcased
I want to add, when the Siege of Sterling castle ended, King Edward I ordered the Scots to go back to the castle before launching the Trebuchet.
'We are done when I say we are done''
I have once build a trebuchet. A scale model. But still: I made a trebuchet.
its the sound they make. the screeching wood and whipping ropes. plus the slow high arc
Johnny watches anime plays video games AND watches neebs gaming?! He truly is a man of culture
Totally he did mention girls and panser and guns
I learned something new today. Traction Trebuchets. I had never heard of them before. Thank you.
Nothing quite matches the panic when playing Age of Empires 2 and fifteen trebs roll out from the darkness.
I’ve seen a live demo of a huge counterweight trebuchet at Warwick castle. The range is short compared to the movies like The King however. An errant shot did set fire to the boathouse, which was fun. Might be on yt.
The TV show Northern Exposure. 90-95. Chris wanted to fling a cow. Ed told him Monty Python already did it. He built a trebuchet and flung a piano instead. He flung a casket in an episode too.
That was very informative, thanks for making it!
Oh Johnny! I find myself looking forward to your end of video puns! 🙂
I talk so much about war it's nice to end things on a bit of a lighter note =)
Never thought I'd see a Neebs Gaming clip in someone's video, but I'm glad I did. Best gaming channel in my book.
Could you do one on sappers? (Also nice video)
As a former Army Engineer, I second this request.
@warpartyattheoutpost4987 what did you mostly do as a army engineer?
@@FIVEBASKET, built and blew up temporary airstrips and docks, and their accompanying defenses.
@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 N8ce
Clicked on this video hoping to see LOTR: Return of the King clips.
Was not disappointed. That was the 1st time I remember seeing them.
Been waiting on the you to make this video ngl
Took me awhile. This one I really had to wrestle with copyright issues way longer than I wanted to.
I got ya you should also do a video of the rock sling
....funnily enough just back from Portmeirion, saw a bust of Patrick Mcgoohan...a great Edward Longshanks @@JohnnyJohnsonEsq
Sometimes size matters...imagine a ton of medieval bricks landing accidentally on purpose...😅😅
Stronghold Crusader introduced me to the trebuchet. (*Here comes the cow!)
I love your channel and am excited about every new video you release. I treat myself with your new video and make myself a nice breakfest to watch it along
Thanks man that really means a lot to hear that =)
We’ll see them soon deployed by Russia when also the T-54 and T-34 are gone …
You Got a Lil too political 💀
Bro drank the Ukrainian kool-aid 😅
@@imadrifterHey the amount of $$$$ and shit given to the Ukrainians don’t lie lol
Please delete this comment
Dont worry, russia ran out of tanks and missles long ago. Those shovels sure are something though.
Can you do a video on war elephants?
Yes! I've been wanting to do this one for awhile now. Hopefully in the next couple of months.
An excuse to see Oliphants, right?
Oh yeah that's a good idea along with Siege Towers is another saw a picture of an Assyrian Siege weapon really menacing anyway really may look at that too also saw it in a book too where it was besieging an ancient city.
I don't think trebuchets replaced battering rams. Both had different purposes. Rams were most commonly used to break gates, while trebuchets were better suited to destroy a wall's battlements and other defensive structures. Trebuchets could not destroy gates, since the gate house shielded the gate from incoming projectiles.
Brings into mind my AoE II gameplay. Not that fond of the Rams (and Onagers plus Scorpions) due to my constant preference for the Trebuchet and the occasional Bombard Cannon.
Yeah you do have a point there and also something to go for on the next video or maybe do one on siege engines and towers is another.
darn i was hoping to see "the last castle" mentioned, as they assembled a trebuchet, out of gym parts
This is the 1st video I've seen where no one in the comment section does write, " My great great great great great grandpa was one of the men who built the Warwolf. It was a pain in the butt to build !!"
For gondor!
stone needed, not enough stone mylord
Ah yes, the superior siege weapon!
Great video once again! was hoping you would do one on the Trebuchet.
Sees a Neebs Gaming clip out in the wild.....is very happy!
Now, it is just a curiosity, but before the powder era it had to be a really terrifying weapon
If I'm not mistaken, the siege of Harfleur in the movie The King also used trebuchets and in reality Henry used the first gunpowder cannons
There was a documentary of a British group about....15 years back?...that built and tested a full-sized Trebby, including going to the lengths of building likely targets downrange to study the effects. (castle wall, wall with hoarding attached, etc). Can't remember the title of the video. I think it was some kind of historical society or university project.
Neebs and them where having all kinds of trouble on that Conan Exiles clip lol.
Have you see or play Stronghold
When trebuchet's launches elephants is the scariest shit I have seen in AOE
Did not expect the Neebs Gaming clip. Definitely put a smile on my face.
This was my Favorite Weapon to use in Age of Empires 2
A big advantage of the trebuchet was the ability to arch over defensive walls and strike structures inside the defenses. They were also great at destroying hordings built on the walls. As at Stirling Castle it was common for people beseiged to wait until the seige engines were near completion and then surrender as that meant a relief force was unlikely to come to the rescue and enduring bombardment was not a fun experience.
Why that pun just launched write out of the park 😂😂😅😊❤❤❤❤
My brothers and I built a working trebuchet out of Legos when we were kids. Was about two feet tall when finished. It was during our medieval history phase.
The cavalry cutting the ropes in the AoE2 opening trailer/video was always so cool to me as kid
1:04 "...which has caused some confusion on how the trebuchet was used." [shows clip of AoE2 trebuchets launching war elephants]
No, I refuse to accept that this is not how they were used. This is my canon now. Trebuchets were used to throw war elephants inside an enemy's castle.
The last video was 12 days ago,Johnny stop youre doing a great job! 😉
Danke dir
I am convinced that the French k-n-i-g-hts in Monty Python - Holy Grail, used a Trebuchet to throw the cow at Arthur.
How dare you not mention that hilarious historical fact...cough, cough.😁
The Trebuchet in its day must have been an awesome weapon.....Thanks again my friend Johnny and hope you are doing well.....
Old F-4 II Shoe🇺🇸
Thank you sir! I'll try to have an aircraft video out for ya in the next couple of weeks.
Hey Steve, check out the trailer for Heatblur's DCS F-4E that just dropped if you haven't done so, it is the most faithful recreation of the Lead Sled to date.
@@FirstDagger Will do thanks Shoe🇺🇸
Yes it really was an early version of artillery before gunpowder and high tech means came along.
I love that there’s genuine beef between trebuchet and catapult fans
Trebuchets ARE catapults.
"Ammunition for trebuchets could take several forms"
"Here comessss Bessie!" 😂😂
Lol, this clip came out while I was playing kingdom come deliverance too
The age of empire 2 gameplay made me spit out my drink in laughter.
Todds Workship built a working trebuchet. A fun video to watch.
Mangonels + Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets were used alongside the later cannons.
During the siege of Orleans as well as the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople, your had cannon fire alongside Mangonels + Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets.
According to a PBS show I saw many years ago, according to historical sources, WarWolf did not have a swinging counterweight. It had bundles of lead strapped or cast into the stupidly heavy, rigid counterweight. 😮
I feel like the trebuchet help cement the legend that artillery is the king of the battlefield. There are clearly better options but you have to add trebuchet to the list of field artillery and when they were in use for 1000 years they were king.
Ancient man in warfare were actually very extremely smart and very extremely intelligent. Modern day man has to learn how they did things. Look at the Art of War by Sun Zhu, he was actually ahead of his time.
Historical catapult siege engines.
The knowledge and design of the Mangonel (Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a trebuchet) went from east to west where in reality the giant siege engine we know as the trebuchet (Hinged Counterweight siege engine as seen in game) was exclusively a medieval French design and the Arabs only copied the design after the second Crusade and then went east from there via the Mongols.
The Mangonel was a traction siege engine where the Roman Onager was a torsion engine, thus it had vastly more stored potential energy than the Chinese mangonel.
The Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchet 1000 AD.
At the Siege of Medina Mayurqa during the Reconquest of Majorca 1229 AD James I of Aragon, leader of the Crusader/Berber army ordered two Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets, a catapult (onager) and a Turkish mangonel to be mounted, with which they subsequently began to bomb the city.
At the Siege of Toulouse 1218 AD , trabuquets/Frankish Hinged counterweight trebuchets were mentioned to have been deployed.
According to the Song of the Albigensian Crusade, the Crusaders "ran to the ropes and wound the trebuchets", and to shoot the machine, they "tugged the rope to drop the frontal weight."
They were used in England at least by 1200 AD and in Iberia shortly after 1218 AD.
Used in Germany from around 1205 AD.
At the Siege of Acre 1189 AD - 1191 AD (Besiegers)
On 2 July, Richard deployed his own Counterweight Trebuchets,gargantuan Counterweight Trebuchets named God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbour. Now, the Britons with their mighty trebuchets would join in the bombardment.
During the siege, a priest took a special liking to God's Own Sling and remained by its side, blessing it with holy water and encouraging people to find new projectiles and help repairing it when needed.
This caused panic and dread to spread through the Muslim ranks.
The Muslims sallied forth several times to attack the crusaders but each time they were defeated.
Muslims used manjaniq maghribi (Western trebuchet) and manjaniq ifranji (Frankish trebuchet) to refer to hinged counterweight trebuchets.
The 12th-century Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates referred to a counterweight trebuchet when he described one equipped with a windlass, which is only useful to counterweight machines,used by their Frankish allies at the siege of Zevgminon in 1165 AD.
Venetian Crusade 1122 AD - 1124 AD.
Siege of Tyre 1124 AD.
The Venetians and Franks (Livanteens) built siege towers and machines that could throw boulders to shatter the city walls. (Frankish Hinged Counterweight Trebuchets)
The defenders of Tyre also built engines, hurling rocks at the siege towers. (Mangonels)
By the 1130 ADs the counterweight trebuchet was a common item in siege warfare.
Chevedden argues that given the references to new and better trebuchets that by the 1120s AD, the counterweight trebuchet was being used in a variety of places by different peoples such as the Norman Franks, the Crusader states & the Normans of Sicily.
Hinged counterweight trebuchets originated prior to 1087 AD in Europe (France) based on earlier sources.
References to hinged counterweight trebuchets also appear for the second siege of Tyre in 1124 AD, where the Crusaders reportedly made use of "great trebuchets".
At the siege of Nicaea in 1097 AD Illustrations depicted hinged counterweight trebuchets used at the siege.
From the First Crusade 1096 AD onward,we start to see writings of "manjaniq ifranji/great trebuchets of the Franks" by the Muslims.
By the Third Crusade 1189 AD, both sides seemed well acquainted with the enemy's siege weapons, which "appear to have been remarkably similar."
Only at this time does there not appear to be any discernible difference in the technology of siege engines employed by Frankish and Muslim forces
I remember reading something about how some trebuchets can throw a 90Kg projectile over 300m.
Look all im saying is despite being outdated we could bring this back as a death penalty
haha stone go weeee
... somebody got stoned.
Love to see the neebs crew in this video
I have read about some trebuchet uses in the 16.century!
even one of the french wars of religion!
Imagine if you get your leg stuck on a Trebuchet then go flying🤣🤣🤣🤣
Many years ago i watched a show where they built a trebuchet. They were going off plans and unsure how it would work. Funnily enough as they explained everything about how it worked, they adjuated the tray and seemingly completely missed that they could aim the shots. At leaat they didn't mention it.
I've been waiting for this one for years. Great video!
That AOE bit cracked me up. I played a lotta that but obviously need to play it more. Never seen an elepant fly! 🤣
The best way to tell whether or not a movie had a historical advisor was if the order the archers/trebuchet crews get to shoot is “loose” or “fire”. The former being the correct.
"loose!"
finally, a movie gets it right.
6:55
“This thing cost me 500 wood and 250 gold to build. I’m going to use it whether you surrender or not.”
1:04: Okay, I know that trebuchets hat a *lot* of load capacity... but *that* ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Personally i think its a missed opportunity we dont have a few scenes from medieval 2
Take a shot every time Johnny says = Trebuchet
Cheers 🍻
A deep barotone voice doesn't guarantee manliness.
Nah I always measure manliness by a willingness to help people move and taking it easy on people making minimum wage.
What about artillery around this time? Or the catapult even?
ahh yes, the original artillery, as anyways good presentations, mr Johnny
So THAT'S how you pronounce trebuchet
Wow, the operator had to be feeling good. I wonder if they sold tickets to watch
Thanks
most castles were wooden in part or whole, but full stone castles demanded even more power to bring down
Watch NOVA's "Secrets of Lost Empires" episode "Medieval Siege" where they build and test two trebuchets in just a few days. They show how terrifying powerful they are in the hands of inexperienced builders, never mind practiced veterans.
The stone should be very hard type of rock some trebuchet shoot 4 shot in a day like the war wolf because the ropes can be cut
Can you please do a video on the New Zealand Lemon Squeezer hat?
please make a video on the ballista!
Really good idea and also can second that always described it as an oversized Crossbow.
Trebuchet shot could explode like it does in the movies but that would be by virtue of naptha style fire pots, with the explosion being the destruction of the clay holding like a molotov cocktail. What the movies get wrong is they mix naptha style fire weapons with solid shot, so it both is a solid projectile which somehow explodes in a fireball as well. Though as I'm aware the glut of greek fire artillery was often used on a more infantry level than in trebuchets themselves, although it's possible to use them in that matter.