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Israeli Soldiers, Facing Hezbollah, Use Medieval Trebuchet to Fling Balls of Fire
Breitbart ^ | 13 Jun 2024 | JOHN HAYWARD

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ballsoffire; catapault; gaza; godsgravesglyphs; hamas; hezbollah; iran; iraq; israel; lebanon; middleages; syria; trebuchet; waronterror
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To: SunkenCiv; null and void; Mr. Mojo

41 posted on 06/14/2024 10:48:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: null and void

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH-nkCj7Ncg


42 posted on 06/14/2024 10:51:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks!


43 posted on 06/14/2024 11:22:16 AM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: BenLurkin

A wooden fixed counterweight couillard trebuchet? I suppose 14th century equipment is sufficient to lob fireballs at 7th century fanatics.


44 posted on 06/18/2024 12:20:42 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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