Unleashing a Medieval Trebuchet on a Wooden Palisade

A stone taken from the siege in 1311 is used as the amunition The stone: just like old times

Me walling up in feudal age while my enemy is in imperial age

This guy can’t let go of his youthful days storming castles

Cute how this old man turned into a kid again; running and shouting with all his friends because they threw a BIG rock 🪨

This guy's like the Steve Irwin of middle ages artillery.

"Fear... the city is rank with it. Let us ease their pain."

That weak dark age palisade can never withstand my imperial age trebuchet

Plot twist: Guy runs down saying "Let's see what damage was done". Then hears sound of second projectile being launched.

They didn't get the "Chemistry" tech from University

Quarantine got us so bored we’re assembling Medieval war machines

1:37 that sprint to see the damage is golden. Never have I seen a human so eagerly rush to see something that isn't going anywhere and requires no urgency haha.

If the only thing between the attackers and the defenders is that flimsy wall, they were in trouble before the battle began!

Fun fact for those who dont know, Edward Longshanks built a massive one called War Wolf to use against the scots. They surrendered when they saw it but Longshanks fired it anyway to see how cool it looked!

1:29 Accurate representation of celebratory hug after every trebuchet shot in real medieval battles

Producer: "Ok mike, stand and stare at the trebuchet as if you're captivated" Mike: nails it

0:00 This video begins in error. The device depicted in this video, which indeed appeared in the 12th century, is the counterweight trebuchet. It's origin is Mediterranean. This video confuses this trebuchet with the mangonel ("traction trebuchet"), which is indeed of Asian origin as it first appeared in ancient China and was popularized across Eurasia in the 6th century. But that comparatively primative and unsophisticated weapon operates by multiple men pulling on ropes to launch the projectile with human power.

1:34 Don't try to make me believe this guy just runned across this entire field to the palissade

Narrator: A stone taken from the siege in 1311 is used as the amunition Indiana Jones: That belongs in a museum!

my youtube channel in 30 years

Wish they could do this test against a proper stone wall (ie: correct thickness and construction of a section of a castle wall), would love to see the impact/damage it causes.