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simonebrunozzi34 minutes ago
So, is this because Trebuchet are not particularly lethal, or because they were not used much?
dullcrisp2 minutes ago
Trebuchets crushed their victims so hard that they were erased from history.
clort30 minutes ago
Trebuchet were used primarily to hammer the walls of the castle to break them down. Not really possible to aim at a person; the soldiers clambering over the broken walls will do that.
gyomu30 minutes ago
People didn't really bother recording cause of death for every casualty on medieval battlefields
agos5 minutes ago
the key word is "known"
sco133 minutes ago
They typically weren't trying to hit people with them.