Warwick Castle Siege Engine, Worlds Largest trebuchet

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  • A look at Warwick Castles Trebuchet, this 18 meter tall mediaeval siege engine has been at the castle now for 4 years and is fired on a daily basis throughout the season, see the machine the loading sequence and of course the trebuchet being fired 3 times the last shot being a fire shot

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  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    only had the one camcorder with me and couldn't see where it landed from where we were sadly but it did make a great noise on the fire shot

  • @vincentthendean7713
    @vincentthendean7713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    So England manage to break the world record for largest trebuchet which was previously held by England for 700 years.

    • @-Teus-
      @-Teus- 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As far as I know the record is still held by the Warwolf, rumored to have been 90m tall. That’s a figure I think is highly exaggerated, but nevertheless it probably was larger than 18m.

  • @painiscupcake5433
    @painiscupcake5433 8 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Why not show the projectile in flight, or the impact??

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      because it went behind trees that obscured the view from where we filmed it from

    • @jaytrock3217
      @jaytrock3217 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't think it will be that impressive. It is a slow speed Treb.

    • @0mn1flux
      @0mn1flux 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      here th-cam.com/video/rAdC2K8-E4U/w-d-xo.html

    • @embe5100
      @embe5100 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man!

    • @gbsk12
      @gbsk12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trevorhorne3476 Not as much as people who do not know how to spell words like amateur.

  • @heilped
    @heilped 14 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Would be great to see the impact as well

  • @SpiridonovRU
    @SpiridonovRU 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It is designed to be capable of hurling projectiles distances of up to 300 metres (980 ft) and as high as 25 metres (82 ft) and can throw projectiles weighing up to 150 kilograms (330 lb).[62]
    On 21 August 2006, the trebuchet claimed the record as the most powerful siege engine of its type when it sent a projectile weighing 13 kilograms (29 lb) a distance of 249 metres (817 ft) at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour (160 mph)

  • @zrspangle
    @zrspangle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    We must rebuild the Warwolf!!!

    • @fright_nike09
      @fright_nike09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Colinfurze is making a metal giant one look him up looks awesome

    • @theusher2893
      @theusher2893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There. There wolf.

  • @Jordan-rb28
    @Jordan-rb28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:15 imagine that the trebuchet *does* misfire, and that sling catches you around the leg. For some reason I think that has probably happened before in history, and I can't imagine them living, figuring their leg would either get ripped off or just rip them in half, or at best you'd be launched several hundred feet or more.

  • @BaconTomatoCheese
    @BaconTomatoCheese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very cool… But I wish there was a shot of the projectile flying through the air and landing - also, the force of impact, and the distance traveled- that would be good information

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have been asked that a lot over the years this video has been on TH-cam and it was not possible with the kit I had at the time trees being in the way and the landing area being obscured

  • @GooglFascists
    @GooglFascists 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Guess the last use of the trebuchet was when the other side got
    cannons and blew the contraption into matchsticks with one shot.
    Then the trebuchet guys, (if any were still alive), hollered:
    "SACRE BLEU!" WHAT THE FUQUE WAS THAT?!"

    • @BaconTomatoCheese
      @BaconTomatoCheese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My favorite comment!😂

    • @chippysteve4524
      @chippysteve4524 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think that it was more a case of not needing trebuchets any more once cannons were available to breach castle walls.
      They often used to hide them behind thickets of trees and shrubs so noone saw where they were,where they were aiming and when they were launching.

  • @MarcosdoHawaii25
    @MarcosdoHawaii25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:29 The sound of the projectile being acelerated is awesome. :-)

  • @Taxandrya
    @Taxandrya 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Because the two squirrel cage wheels which happen to be big wheels by themselves, are enough to hoist anything up to 2 tons with two workers in each wheels.
    Gears are probably added for safety measures but aren't necessary in theory.

  • @boltswager
    @boltswager 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How do I get it to were my life is that I wake up, fire a trebuchet and then have an ale with my mates everyday

  • @TheFartGallery
    @TheFartGallery 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good effort ... educational and informative version of this kinda video .... concise and clear ... better than most to be honest.. well done ....
    Saw this yesterday in Warwick Castle ... a tacky.. cheesy Americanified version of Medieval times ... but fun!!!!

  • @vicsingfield725
    @vicsingfield725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great camera man.

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:00 - I should just correct you, but there weren't actually any tractors at all in medieval times. Sorry to be pedantic but I'm a bit of a history buff.

  • @georgieippolito9924
    @georgieippolito9924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wanna try the giant hamster wheels! they should make jyms like that! each machine should operate something and you can have fun launching rocks, giant water or ice balloons or watermelons at a distant target. it would be so much fun and quite a workout!

    • @BaconTomatoCheese
      @BaconTomatoCheese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’d pay to work out at that gym!👍

  • @chrisedward7575
    @chrisedward7575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice camera work.

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you☺️

  • @nagamera
    @nagamera 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice effort and creative... keep it up guys...

  • @jeffevans3193
    @jeffevans3193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One ingenius item's they would launch were dead enemy's cut up left to rot especially heads so those inside would be creeped out and they would secumb to desease themselves.

  • @robertgale3383
    @robertgale3383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The battle for Queen Dionne Warwick's throne was a bloody affair.

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    all depends on what you want to fire rocks are good for knocking down castle walls decaying animals are good to spread disease in a besiged town/castle pots containing oil complete with a wick can start fires fire balls can do the same, even Jeremy clarkson used one once to throw a car range is a bit limited only a few hundred meters

  • @kevingray4980
    @kevingray4980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If it can launch an object weighing up to 330 lb, they really ought to offer trebuchet rides. Liabilities, shmiabilities. Zero to 150 mph in 2 seconds? That's more g-force than a drag race or shuttle launch. Adrenaline junkies would be dying to pay for it.

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kevin Gray landing it would be interesting. Launching a light high speed capable glide craft however....

    • @josie4065
      @josie4065 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sign me up!

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    no gears the 2 wheels are on a solid axle, but there is a person who has a brake that goes under the wheel in case any one falls over to stop the wheels rolling back

  • @medievalgirl002
    @medievalgirl002 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kind of makes sense in a way. Operating a trebuchet does not seem to require fire or ignition of any form....

  • @GOBRADON502
    @GOBRADON502 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just watched a bigger one throw two cars how can this one be the biggest ?

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Warwolf was supposed to be around 90 m tall so...
      Budget constraints.

    • @SeekerGoldstone
      @SeekerGoldstone 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right!? It's 2019 now and this is as big as a trebuchet gets? I'm disappointed.

  • @TacSav253
    @TacSav253 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    how is there no camera footage of the shot from right behind the trebuchet to see how far it goes? :/

    • @SpiridonovRU
      @SpiridonovRU 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +TacSav253 "It is designed to be capable of hurling projectiles distances of up to 300 metres (980 ft) and as high as 25 metres (82 ft) and can throw projectiles weighing up to 150 kilograms (330 lb).[62]On 21 August 2006, the trebuchet claimed the record as the most powerful siege engine of its type when it sent a projectile weighing 13 kilograms (29 lb) a distance of 249 metres (817 ft) at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour (160 mph)"

    • @TacSav253
      @TacSav253 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damnit I want a video so I dont have to integrate these calculations into my imagination :(
      But really thanks for the info! This must have been an absolute monster of a siege weapon for its time.

    • @ParaspriteHugger
      @ParaspriteHugger 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TacSav253 I think because it's dangerous to stand in that line. If anything goes wrong, the projectile might go that way. No park or museum would risk having people there.

    • @0mn1flux
      @0mn1flux 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      and for you th-cam.com/video/rAdC2K8-E4U/w-d-xo.html

  • @LordFatih88
    @LordFatih88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome

  • @Taxandrya
    @Taxandrya 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    We say shoot or loose; it doesn't use gunpowder.

  • @justinelliot6433
    @justinelliot6433 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did he say miles per hour?

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  ปีที่แล้ว

      You heard right 😁

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Rcknrolr only had the one camcorder with me and couldn't see where it landed from where we were sadly but it did make a great noise on the fire shot

  • @jessicarhind2081
    @jessicarhind2081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I get to fire a what every day? Trebuchet? Really? Why yes I'll take that job...

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TheFartGallery Thanks for the comment i have to agree with the show they put on it used to be a little more serious before Merlin group took it over now its as you say getting americanised bit theme parky still the fire shots impressive

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @nashimusD if they had put a fake breakable wall to knock down I would of shown it but unfortunatly they dont and as there arn't any castles under seige getting footage of castle walls tumbling is a little difficult to get, and showing the shot landing in an open meadow (which is what it does ) isn't exactly exciting either.

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @nagamera thanks for your comment

  • @hambaberdosa6474
    @hambaberdosa6474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow

  • @heilped
    @heilped 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you know aprrox how far it went? The force in this thing is just awesome

  • @tedbacks6365
    @tedbacks6365 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How far does that thing shoot, and what does it shoot?

  • @Taxandrya
    @Taxandrya 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't judge people simply you deny saying a common mistake that even the presenter says it, ask medieval or roman reenactors they'd tell you the same.
    There are appropriate terms wether you like it or not.
    Firing is only used a discharge of a firearm.

  • @theisolatedduck367
    @theisolatedduck367 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is it that in all these trebuchet vids they never show the projectile in the air

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why is it that people never read previous comments that in this case explain why ?

  • @stewartbrands
    @stewartbrands 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A waste of wood and beautiful trees.

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    a fair way and traveling at around 150 MPH

  • @didiksaja3691
    @didiksaja3691 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Trebucet Gancet😂😂

  • @JDsanderz
    @JDsanderz 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wanna see distance, not mid-eval shite.

    • @Geekman333
      @Geekman333 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You want to see a fucking dictionary.

    • @JDsanderz
      @JDsanderz 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Geekman333 wots that?

    • @0mn1flux
      @0mn1flux 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      found it th-cam.com/video/rAdC2K8-E4U/w-d-xo.html

  • @medievalgirl002
    @medievalgirl002 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've heard that its incorrect to say 'fire' of a bow (or trebuchet) as well- and I'm no re-enactor.
    Did they even have trebuchets with 'hamster wheels' like that to work the mechanism for bringing the arm down? It seems a little impractical and slow to me.

    • @mattilatvala4164
      @mattilatvala4164 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ancient Roma used hamster wheel hoists. A lot.

  • @Taxandrya
    @Taxandrya 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Firing is only used to discharge a firearm;*

  • @TheFartGallery
    @TheFartGallery 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seems the Merlin Group have not been a good takeover company? The whole experience at Warwick Castle or the WC of the Midlands . as it prefers to be called was cheesier than a Mozarella on cheese and tackier than Blue Tac Extreme but nevertheless it wasnt as bad as expected. We used to have a place called The American Adventure which was as authentic to the real Wild West as this place is to Medieval times in the UK ... it used to be daft but fun ...sadly the daft part took over eventually ...

  • @TheFartGallery
    @TheFartGallery 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bob The Dragon never made it big then .. whew, eh? Pinnacle Studio eh? I remember those days ... well .. its Mac iMovie now for me... and I'm still crap at it! :-) But yes .. . American Adventure had great horse/cowboy/shootout scenarios that the kids really enjoyed and the whole thing was oddly very good ... then it turned into a money based pay as you go type arrangement and extra costs slipped in to the gate price .. then the paint got faded...as did eventually-the public interest accordingly

  • @darbyohara
    @darbyohara 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why the hell cant you see the projectile fly or where it lands or how far?!

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      read previous comments and you will find the answer

  • @massimilianotropeano2785
    @massimilianotropeano2785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how far did it go??!!

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      looking at the map on Google earth and measuring where the shots have landed it ranges from about 120 meters ( 394 feet) to around 160 meters (525 feet)

  • @breakingtoast2255
    @breakingtoast2255 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that's nothing you should see the big banana at coffs harbour

  • @CaptainToucan
    @CaptainToucan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    crap. where my fire

  • @rickaaron697
    @rickaaron697 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did it hit the target??

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TheFartGallery Bob is a Dragon in waiting his time will come (yeah right) still use pinnacle not bad software if you dont mind losing the film you've worked on, I remember those early days at American Adventure those shootouts were quiet good, if I remember rightly a few little stunts with people falling off buildings into covieniently placed haystacks great fun I remember going first when it was Britannia park it was a dive and the fence didnt go all the way round and you could sneak in

  • @targusmack2302
    @targusmack2302 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    think of how far a prius could be flung! maybe a piano as well!!!

  • @eddiex009
    @eddiex009 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:07 mount and blade music?

  • @NocturnalPyro
    @NocturnalPyro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe they named the trebuchet after a champion in League of Legends.

  • @nashimusD
    @nashimusD 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    omfg, seriously? Doesn't anyone like watching things break? This is like showing a gun shooting, but not what it's shooting at.... Jeeezuss...

  • @gaz11h
    @gaz11h  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TheFartGallery yeah I know the American Adventure not a lot left of it now went up there few months back, it was very odd walking round there and no rides or buildings only the overgrown crazy golf course and a few bearly recognizeable bases of buildings s Warwick castle yeah definatley that cheesy

  • @robertgoss4842
    @robertgoss4842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No flight? No impact?

    • @gaz11h
      @gaz11h  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No view of those from the position of the camera

  • @gabiballetje
    @gabiballetje 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uhm, doesn't this english lord have one in his backyard that throws hatchbacks ?

  • @macmoffe
    @macmoffe 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    it is not the biggeste in eksistens anymore

  • @david-barna
    @david-barna 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    But how do you aim it?

    • @the11382
      @the11382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You calculate the trajectory based on mass of the counterweight and the projectile. It will always be an arc. More mass == higher distance.
      Once placed, you can hardly move it though.

  • @niksarass
    @niksarass 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    French made

  • @Teutonic__Knight
    @Teutonic__Knight 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    how much will that be to build?

    • @774Rob
      @774Rob 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      £14 10s 6d

    • @Scottx125Productions
      @Scottx125Productions 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably looking at a minimum cost of a small trebuchet at around £10000+. Because you need skilled carpenters to make all the pieces which will have to be custom made. Then you need to hire workers to put the thing together.

  • @ArthurTatham
    @ArthurTatham 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Help I’m in class and I’m in DT and we are building these I’m with my gf Thea subscrobe

  • @eddiex009
    @eddiex009 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:05 mount and blade music?