Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 15 Jun 2024 7:24 p.m. PST |
A video has emerged showing Israeli forces using a medieval-style catapult called a trebuchet near Lebanon's southern border, where fighting with the armed group Hezbollah continues. Another video showed an Israeli archer launching burning arrows. Al Jazeera: link |
Zephyr1 | 15 Jun 2024 8:41 p.m. PST |
Well, if you are going to "go medieval" on someone, doing it literally is the proper way… ;-) |
Black Bull | 16 Jun 2024 2:26 a.m. PST |
It's what happens when you watch too much Tods Workshop on YouTube |
Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 16 Jun 2024 5:16 a.m. PST |
It's possible that the choice to use a low-tech weapon amid a war in which Israel is using new high-tech systems may be due to not wanting to fire projectiles such as mortars or artillery, that could harm people and cause Hezbollah to respond in-kind, as in previous violent episodes. Breaking Defense: link |
korsun0 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 16 Jun 2024 6:20 a.m. PST |
It's a stealth weapon; no sound or smoke to give away its location…. |
Nine pound round | 16 Jun 2024 6:48 a.m. PST |
Given a problem, soldiers can be astonishingly creative in generating solutions. It is one of the elements of war that games, with fixed rules, are hardest pressed to capture. |
Black Bull | 16 Jun 2024 9:28 a.m. PST |
Korsun did you watch the video plenty of fire to get away the position and they do make a noise |
smithsco | 16 Jun 2024 4:42 p.m. PST |
Relatively cheap to produce. Gives no detectable signature in terms of EW. Can't be jammed. Relatively stealthy from behind the wall. I think it's brilliant…also is it really a fight for the holy land if no trebuchets or catapults are involved? |
JammerMan ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 16 Jun 2024 7:17 p.m. PST |
I believe I read somewhere it was very accurate! |
Cuprum2 | 16 Jun 2024 9:04 p.m. PST |
I wonder how many views this video got? For all other problems, there are more practical solutions. However:
A Soviet propaganda unit distributes leaflets in enemy positions.
Finns send something for Russians…
Lieutenant Commander Donald Sheppard, USN, of Coronado, California, fires a flaming arrow at bamboo hut concealing a fortified Viet Cong bunker. November 23, 1967 Binh Thuy, South Vietnam |
Legion 4 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 17 Jun 2024 9:16 p.m. PST |
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