Posted on 06/13/2024 2:16:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A video went viral on Thursday that showed Israeli troops using a trebuchet to lob fireballs over the wall near the Israeli border with Lebanon, apparently to clear brush.
The Israeli broadcaster KAN published a video of the “creative solution” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers used to reportedly clear dense brush near the border with Lebanon.
Trebuchets, which drop a heavy weight to propel a long throwing arm with a sling assembly on the end, have considerably longer range and better accuracy than older catapult designs. They were regarded as such a marvel of technology in their day that trebuchet engineering had a substantial influence on the study of physics across a span of centuries. Some physics and engineering classes still construct trebuchets to demonstrate various principles. Using modern materials and technology to improve the design is a niche hobby.
The soldiers in the video appeared to choose a classic trebuchet design, evidently using a pallet of cinderblocks as the counterweight. They also went with a time-tested recipe for their fireball ammunition, employing vegetation soaked with oil or gasoline.
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We need trebuchets along our southern border. Forced repatriation.
Whatever works, keep going!
Gimme that old time rock-thrower
Gimme that old time rock-thrower
Gimme that old time rock-thrower
It's good enough for me
To start brush fires? Seems medieval. What about drones with lasers to ignite the brush?
This is what happens when your troops have an average IQ of 115.
Probably a LT reservist that is a physics teacher.
אני אוהב את הריח של טרבושה בבוקר. זה מריח כמו ויקטורי!
Translation: I love the smell of trebuchet in the morning. It smells like VICTORY!
Old problems require old solutions.
Goodness gracious!
LOL !!!
Still working Medieval Ping !!!
We’re in the realm of practical engineering, here, not the realm of science fiction.
I wonder if they’d lend them to us to shoot the illegals back home where they belong.
I suggest the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
Don’t have to make targets of themselves when burning the brush. I am sure Hezbollah has stuff in the brush and is watching for Israeli incursion, so this solves two problems at once. Clears the fire zone and gets rid of any traps so they can view it with ease.
They would first have to consult the book of armaments.
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This is quite brilliant in my opinion. No need for wildly expensive modern weapons. Trebuchets are still perfectly fine, useful weapons in some circumstances.
“This is a local initiative and not a tool that is widely used,” the military spokesperson added.Other videos showed archers shooting flaming arrows and improvised mortars firing Molotov cocktails.
Some commenters on social media joked that the Israeli reservists had likely come up with designs for medieval weapons due to boredom. Israeli troops have been at the border for months, awaiting a possible war with Hezbollah.
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