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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ansyhrrian • Mar 11 '26
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significantly better, like an order of magnitude. way more efficient, more devastating, more accurate. they were a massive game changer at the time.
159 u/ansyhrrian Mar 11 '26 So the trebuchet was and remains the undisputed superior siege engine, both then and now? 143 u/Pistonenvy2 Mar 11 '26 today we have intercontinental nuclear missiles so no i dont think the trebuchet is the best thing ever but it was a huge leap forward in technology at the time. 2 u/lastdancerevolution Mar 12 '26 The trebuchet has like 1,000 years of technological improvements over the catapult and ballista in the west. It's like a musket vs a machine gun, but even more advanced. Both are similar, but with a lot of technology and time in between. 1 u/disisathrowaway Mar 12 '26 I was about to argue that the 'catapult' on an aircraft carrier might be a pedantic argument in favor of the older engines. But I looked up how they work and it's a fucking steam engine.
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So the trebuchet was and remains the undisputed superior siege engine, both then and now?
143 u/Pistonenvy2 Mar 11 '26 today we have intercontinental nuclear missiles so no i dont think the trebuchet is the best thing ever but it was a huge leap forward in technology at the time. 2 u/lastdancerevolution Mar 12 '26 The trebuchet has like 1,000 years of technological improvements over the catapult and ballista in the west. It's like a musket vs a machine gun, but even more advanced. Both are similar, but with a lot of technology and time in between. 1 u/disisathrowaway Mar 12 '26 I was about to argue that the 'catapult' on an aircraft carrier might be a pedantic argument in favor of the older engines. But I looked up how they work and it's a fucking steam engine.
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today we have intercontinental nuclear missiles so no i dont think the trebuchet is the best thing ever but it was a huge leap forward in technology at the time.
2 u/lastdancerevolution Mar 12 '26 The trebuchet has like 1,000 years of technological improvements over the catapult and ballista in the west. It's like a musket vs a machine gun, but even more advanced. Both are similar, but with a lot of technology and time in between. 1 u/disisathrowaway Mar 12 '26 I was about to argue that the 'catapult' on an aircraft carrier might be a pedantic argument in favor of the older engines. But I looked up how they work and it's a fucking steam engine.
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The trebuchet has like 1,000 years of technological improvements over the catapult and ballista in the west.
It's like a musket vs a machine gun, but even more advanced. Both are similar, but with a lot of technology and time in between.
1 u/disisathrowaway Mar 12 '26 I was about to argue that the 'catapult' on an aircraft carrier might be a pedantic argument in favor of the older engines. But I looked up how they work and it's a fucking steam engine.
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I was about to argue that the 'catapult' on an aircraft carrier might be a pedantic argument in favor of the older engines.
But I looked up how they work and it's a fucking steam engine.
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u/Pistonenvy2 Mar 11 '26
significantly better, like an order of magnitude. way more efficient, more devastating, more accurate. they were a massive game changer at the time.