[justa-hairyape]

Now this was Engineering Sophistication for its time.

Model mockup of the Warwolf Trebuchet built by Edward Longshanks King of England for the siege of the Scottish Castle Stirling 1304. Largest working Trebuchet ever made. He apparently wanted to impress the ladies.

[OneWingedShark]

Nifty!

[DuncanWaring]

Here’s a story about a full-scale working model:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/builds.html