bastion belfry ram stone thrower bricole trebuchet arrow trebuchet biffa early bombard civil machine
Machines, their origins and their uses
The Trebuchet
Appeared in XIIe century, the Trebuchet is affirmed very quickly as a frightening weapon.
It functions according to the principle of the beam mû by only one and heavy mobile counterweight (up to 18 tons). Its range is 220 m for balls of approximately 100 kg but the rate of shooting is slow.
So that the visitors - even children - can implement it, the reconstituted model of Larressingle is simply less large and less heavy than the original.
The Stone Thrower The Bricole The Trebuchet The Biffa
The Bastion The Belfry The Early Bombard The Siege Ram
The Arrow Trebuchet the Civil Machine