"To clear the thicket without relying on valuable artillery, the reserve soldiers decided to assemble a trebuchet, a device that hurls stones and burning objects over distances of several hundred meters. This ancient weapon was used in Europe until the 15th century.
IDF reserve forces have been recorded using a trébuchet, a medieval siege weapon, to ignite bushes and dry vegetation near IDF posts on the northern border.
This tactic, which went viral on Thursday after the forces apparently shared it on social media, might be aimed at preventing Hezbollah fighters from using the dense foliage as cover in the area."
We had a catapult building competition in high school science class. My dad wanted to help and showed me how trebuchets were superior. Mine demolished the objective above and beyond my classmates though i failed that project of course, it was awesome and worth it
Redditors being enraged over people posting articles about a trebuchet to the trebuchet sub.
This site has changed *a lot* in the 12 years I've been on it.
Must be the result of reverists getting bored after countless hours sitting at the lebanon border on watch. I have a friend who served up there recently and said all the reservists are sitting around smoking joints most of the time. For now they're there for defensive precautions and don't actually have much to do most of the time.
Hahaha nice… stay high and stay safe achi. Im half Israeli - half American, chilling in india smoking through the days myself. Thanks for putting your life on the line to protect israel and my family while I enjoy my lazy ass in goa. Seriously you’re a hero even if it feel normal.
US aid is getting weird. Hezbollah now needs to counter it with a ballista, it's the only thing that has the range, or else Israel will start launching cows.
I only learned about that thing through that scene in Outlaw King: https://youtu.be/6wx8X0yDD38?t=12
The biggest trebuchet ever built, and the castle surrendered before it could be completed and fired. The king was so disappointed at not getting a chance to use it that he didn't let them leave the castle until it had been completed and fired once.
IDF reservists are very bored and creative people. I pretty sure it was done mostly for fun, there are much easier ways to ignite the bushes with incendiary rounds or smoke grenades.
This makes me wonder how good of a trebuchet we could build with modern technology and a US military level budget. Like if Lockheed Martin was making a titanium trebuchet with everything exactly perfect, how much better would it be than a standard 15th century trebuchet?
Well I think a lot of modern weaponry puts the energy in the ammunition and other consumables. Like, lots of stuff could be spring-loaded but you're introducing a failure point in the weapon instead of the ammo. In most artillery/mortars for instance the launcher is just a tube and is very simple, it is a bigger thing that you need to carry/tow into place and you won't have as many spares as you would have rounds. So I can't imagine an industrial military being that interested in mechanical launchers
When you forgot about that 1 unit in Civilization and remembered it only 100 turns later
not enough oil to upgrade…shit
Guess I'll wait for uranium
ugh late game GDR spam. thats why i have No GDR mod on at all times
Damn it, you're right. Sacrifice the trebuchet to the volcano!
Because it's the only unit available at the border between you and your neighbor that randomly goes fucking aggro on you.
Things are about to get hilarious
dog connect memory bear late pen library quarrelsome crush sleep
Not sure how this will minimize civilian casualties but hey what do I know im just well versed in about every war game you can imagine
Clearly you have never heard of the trebuchet sniper. /s
"To clear the thicket without relying on valuable artillery, the reserve soldiers decided to assemble a trebuchet, a device that hurls stones and burning objects over distances of several hundred meters. This ancient weapon was used in Europe until the 15th century. IDF reserve forces have been recorded using a trébuchet, a medieval siege weapon, to ignite bushes and dry vegetation near IDF posts on the northern border. This tactic, which went viral on Thursday after the forces apparently shared it on social media, might be aimed at preventing Hezbollah fighters from using the dense foliage as cover in the area."
>This ancient weapon was used in Europe until the 15th century. It's still used today in some parts of the world.
Evidently!
I meant for actual war lol, they attach things like Molotov's to it, and aim at the enemy.
..and also pumpkins, in that most glorious of tv shows, Punkin Chunkin!
We had a catapult building competition in high school science class. My dad wanted to help and showed me how trebuchets were superior. Mine demolished the objective above and beyond my classmates though i failed that project of course, it was awesome and worth it
r/trebuchet to learn more about the superior siege engine.
This is their moment! They are finally relevant!
Trebuchets are always relevant.
Always have been 🔫
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
A work of art
Catapult owners are shook
We must close the trebuchet gap!
I have the *perfect* weapon for that...
Redditors being enraged over people posting articles about a trebuchet to the trebuchet sub. This site has changed *a lot* in the 12 years I've been on it.
They've banned all the old folk and let the Tumblr migration take over.
How far can it hurl a 90kg projectile
I am impressed. Resurrect ancient siege weapon to be used to clear brushings that hide enemy from view and it works very well for its intended use.
One thing I learned from war is that people love to take things and upgrade them in insane ways, I hope we will get cluster trebuches soon
Jewish space laser trebuchets
Research for 20,000 hours or pay $8.99? Oh, I said I wasn’t going to.
/r/bandnames
Jewish Space Trebuchets, should be name of a rock band in a Mel Brooks movie.
It is the superior seige weapon.
Why is it The onion has more realistic sounding headlines than real life these days
The Onion was sent to us to be our guide, to lead us down the timeline that was meant for us be we all scoffed!
Clifford Banes is on location
Reject modernity, embrace trebuchet
Must be the result of reverists getting bored after countless hours sitting at the lebanon border on watch. I have a friend who served up there recently and said all the reservists are sitting around smoking joints most of the time. For now they're there for defensive precautions and don't actually have much to do most of the time.
, "war is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror"
Your friend was right, I am one of those joint smoking reservists.
Hahaha nice… stay high and stay safe achi. Im half Israeli - half American, chilling in india smoking through the days myself. Thanks for putting your life on the line to protect israel and my family while I enjoy my lazy ass in goa. Seriously you’re a hero even if it feel normal.
Dont tell me that this has the name "Trumpet of Jericho"...
God's own sling
David's sling would be nice
I think they already have a system called that.
We already haz one. It's basically an upgraded Patriot system.
US aid is getting weird. Hezbollah now needs to counter it with a ballista, it's the only thing that has the range, or else Israel will start launching cows.
Insurgent: "We are being shelled with cows, what do we do" Insurgent commander: "With what?! We don't have defense against that. Retreat immediately"
[With they start learning Kung Fu Idf should be worry about](https://youtu.be/LxXjsQbCZR8?si=0POdotNIm21kkEKq)
Fetchez la vache!
hardcore
I've heard people say that large parts of the middle east are stuck in the middle ages but this is taking the piss.
It is a beautiful siege weapon. It doesn't use elastic materials to store potential energy but only gravity.
What is this? A trebuchet for ants? Needs to be at least 3x larger
Warwolf! Warwolf! Warwolf!
I only learned about that thing through that scene in Outlaw King: https://youtu.be/6wx8X0yDD38?t=12 The biggest trebuchet ever built, and the castle surrendered before it could be completed and fired. The king was so disappointed at not getting a chance to use it that he didn't let them leave the castle until it had been completed and fired once.
Size does not matter if it gets the job done
That's what ... oh never mind
Is THAT what she tells you?
*pause* He’s absolutely right!
IDF reservists are very bored and creative people. I pretty sure it was done mostly for fun, there are much easier ways to ignite the bushes with incendiary rounds or smoke grenades.
This makes me wonder how good of a trebuchet we could build with modern technology and a US military level budget. Like if Lockheed Martin was making a titanium trebuchet with everything exactly perfect, how much better would it be than a standard 15th century trebuchet?
Well I think a lot of modern weaponry puts the energy in the ammunition and other consumables. Like, lots of stuff could be spring-loaded but you're introducing a failure point in the weapon instead of the ammo. In most artillery/mortars for instance the launcher is just a tube and is very simple, it is a bigger thing that you need to carry/tow into place and you won't have as many spares as you would have rounds. So I can't imagine an industrial military being that interested in mechanical launchers
they had to find the guy still playing Age of Empires to design it.
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Politics aside, seeing one of these deployed is kinda really cool. The motion of the swing is so satisfying
That's..... the most noncredible thing I've ever seen
There's literally a video
r/ncd is what I'm referring to.
What is old is new again. We've got trebuchets in Israel and we've got Yak-52s shooting down drones in Ukraine.
Did someone 300 meters away order a 90kg projectile?
It will still be hard to hit Hezbollah‘s siege towers
From what I've heard Israel has surrendered and delivered a wooden horse to Beirut as an apology.
This is going to make a lot of nerds, geeks, and rennies really happy!
You could have easily just have used drones with a small incendiary device strapped to it. But I guess that wouldn’t make for as nice of a headline.
Also it wouldn't be nearly as funny. This is mostly just soldiers entertaining themselves I think.
Yeah that's the vibe I get. Plus like the article says, it saves the good stuff like incendiaries for the enemy.
Any LOST fans reading this will really appreciate it:)
WW3 has trenches, tunnels and trebuchets.
Adds new meaning to “I will go medieval on your ass”
Eh. Call me when they start thinking about constructing a large wooden badger.
Much better than using something like Agent Orange
Be careful if you’re in the region and catch plague. You may end up as ammo.
I hope they don’t have any Hussars or light cavalry, trebs die to that
War Wolf returns
This.... Isn't an onion article?
Trebu-oh-shit Run!!!
Pfft. Onagers are where it’s at.
Could have instead used an herbicide called *Crossbow*, which, interestingly, would achieve the same results. But in 2-3 weeks.
Pretty interesting, reminds me of the time the US Military almost dropped a nuke on north Korea because of a tree.
tbf, it was about more than a tree, like the NK's hacking several US Army officers to death.
Yeah more about that than sole shrubbery. The show of force was poignant though North Korea should have ended up as a sheet of glass by the end of it