Trebuchets

Trebuchets were used to fight an enemy. Most medieval trebuchets could hold up to 200lbs. and held rocks or dead animals, then they were pulled down and flung at the target or enemy. It is said that trebuchets were directly invented from the french but, later spread to the rest of Europe. It is unknown who invented the trebuchet because more then one man built it, but we do know it began in from the french. They would use trebuchets to launch at big walls or castle's to knock them down and attack the enemy. Trebuchets were mostly sucsess the only problem was the enormus size of this weapon, It was a great hassle to haul the enormus thing. It also took many people to operate that piece of machinery. Overall trebuchets were a big sucsess for the medieval armies.