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| The catapult worked like a giant slingshot, propelling large stones, javelins, and other objects over high walls, moats, and other barriers during ancient times and the Middle Ages. One type of catapult called the mangonel used the torsion of heavy cords twisted between two uprights to throw heavy stones, but it had little accuracy. | ||||||
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