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Greek stone-thrower firing 78 kg (171 lb) stones, Siege of Rhodes, 305 BCE (lemmy.world)
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Chunky salsa, anyone?

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A superior siege engine could launch 90kg stones...

[–] MohamedMoney 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bet this one doesn’t even reach 300m

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You guys talkin about catapults or something?

[–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Torsion engine for the win