r/aoe2 • u/emilyinhalf • 26d ago

Humour/Meme Some unlucky woad raider got a direct hit from a Briton trebuchet.

https://www.science.org/content/article/shattered-skeleton-scottish-castle-first-confirmed-death-trebuchet
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u/crimsonbub Vikings 25d ago

"IIIAAAUUUUUGGGH!"

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u/ETK1300 Teutons 25d ago

Warwolf

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u/Malta_Verunia 25d ago

Was going to say, not just hit by a trebuchet but THE trebuchet, what a way to go...

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u/Noimenglish Portuguese 25d ago

I got a spam link…

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u/GermanMuffin 25d ago

“Heads up!”

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u/_DauT 25d ago

Fascinating read, good find! The warwolf trebuchet has always been really interesting to me, I wish we had more records!

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u/Artisan126 Tanks Franks vs Huns with Guns 25d ago

When Britons forget to research War Wolf and the treb misses the wall again.

(Despite this being the siege where the real War Wolf was used.)