• _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Why is that? A tank doesn’t have enough ammunition to take out that many trebuchets, but a stone launched from one of those trebuchets could destroy or seriously damage a tank to the point it would be combat ineffective.

    It doesn’t matter how thick the armor on any given tank is, you drop a 1000lbs rock on it and it’s toast. And that’s not even taking into account the fact that some trebuchets were big enough to launch 2000lbs rocks, according to the encyclopedia Britannica.

    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      An abrams can travel at 25mph offroad. It’ll be impossible to aim to hit it. The only way is to launch all your trebuchets and hope one hits it. If you miss, you’re gonna have 60tons with multiple machine guns running you over in a few seconds.

    • nuko147@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      yes but what if you have 100 tanks? Mobilizing 54.100 Trebuchets will be a funny thing to watch lmao

      Also the cap is 500.