Catapults and Science in Ancient World

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QUOTE]The professor described war elephants as the nuclear bombs of the ancient world -- all armies wanted to have them, but everyone was nervous about actually using them...[/QUOTE]

You could just see it, couldn't you?

CED (campaign for elephant disarmament);
GreyPeace;
'Ban the Trunk!';
French pachyderm testing in the South Pacific;
The development of tactical rhinos for battlefield use;
Hippos, which kill people but leave buildings standing;
And that most fearsome weapon of terrorism... the suitcase elephant.

 

[Dirigible]

The professor described war elephants as the nuclear bombs of the ancient world -- all armies wanted to have them, but everyone was nervous about actually using them...

You could just see it, couldn't you?

CED (campaign for elephant disarmament);
GreyPeace;
'Ban the Trunk!';
French pachyderm testing in the South Pacific;
The development of tactical rhinos for battlefield use;
Hippos, which kill people but leave buildings standing;
And that most fearsome weapon of terrorism... the suitcase elephant.

 

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Trebuchet were powerful, but they were difficult to move around and setup, so they did not signal the end of lighter catapaults which were better artillery in the sense that you could take them where you needed them and fire on the enemy there....trebuchet were like stationary missle systems are today not really like forward artillery.

That makes trebuchets the heavy artillery and catapults the field artillery, does it not?

Regards,


Agback