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How Fast Is Trebuchet Payload?

36.0 m/s
130 km/h · 80.5 mph

Trebuchet payloads fly at 36 m/s. Edward I's 'Warwolf' was the largest ever built, capable of throwing 90 kg stones with accuracy of within a metre at 300 metres. Castle walls of the era were built to fail to such siege engines.

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Edward I's siege trebuchet "Warwolf" was so devastating that some Scottish castles surrendered just on hearing it was being assembled.

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