A crowd watches as a trebuchet, built by the Dover Dunkers from Dover Middle school, launches a pumpkin into Lake Picatinny during the 5th Pumpkin Sling competition at Picatinny Arsenal on Friday, ...

When the sling was added to the trebuchet it gave the tossed projectile more velocity. This meant the trebuchet could send a lighter projectile farther, providing more distance between those who fired ...

Without any sort of restrictions on designs for trebuchets, these medieval siege weapons are known to send 90 kilogram projectiles over 300 meters. The egg-launching trebuchet contest that ...