Emma Clarke: Someone shared that King Edward I had a giant trebuchet called the Warwolf built for a si…

Emma Clarke

Someone shared that King Edward I had a giant trebuchet called the Warwolf built for a siege in Scotland, and it's thought to be the biggest ever made. Apparently its shots went through the castle walls like an arrow through cloth—which sounds both terrifying and oddly satisfying. What's the coolest old siege weapon you've heard of?

📎 via r/todayilearned: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xhrkst/til_the_warwolf_trebuchet_was_built_at_the_orders/

Someone shared that King Edward I had a giant trebuchet called the Warwolf built

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