Plate 190- Counterweight trebuchet - 12de76932c3f869e374448884f27c124 (page 1)

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Plate 190- Counterweight trebuchet - 12de76932c3f869e374448884f27c124 (page 1)

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For filling ditches and moats with barrels, bales, sacks, and debris, and for defending a city or fortress. Mechanics: winch; trigger.

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