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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ARTHUR: How does it, um—how does it work?
LANCELOT: I know not, my liege.
ARTHUR: Consult the Book of Armaments!
BROTHER MAYNARD: Armaments, Chapter Two, Verses Nine to Twenty-One.
SECOND BROTHER: And Saint Attila raised the Hand Grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this Thy Hand Grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.” And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu—
MAYNARD: Skip a bit, Brother.
SECOND BROTHER: And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.”
MAYNARD: Amen.
Yes, it’s called “going Medieval on them”.
It took nine replies? We’re slipping.
We need a lot of things. Mostly, we need Christ as King. But, since we expelled him from our nation, the demons are running riot. And no nation can survive demons at the helm.
Badass!
Grunts deserve a little bit of fun. Good for morale.
The old “tried and true”.......
“Go all medieval on them!”
The trebuchet was invented almost 1000 years before the medieval period.
I like that. And reward the ones who fling them the farthest.
Wouldn’t the exclamation point be on the left side of the sentence? 🙃
Forced repatriation
Who doesn’t love a trebuchet?
Chuck some cows over at them.
Fight forest fires with forest fires!
A backyard appliance.
Trebuchet launched balls of fire to ignite brush has ZERO effect on Islam.
Thanks Mr. Mojo. Operation Hot Potato. :^)
Anyone have a link to this so-called viral video?
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