Catapulta
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A catapulta was a Roman machine for throwing arrows and javelins, 12 or 15 feet long, at the enemy. The name comes from the Greek (katapeltes), because it could pierce a shield (pelta). The design was probably inherited, along with the ballista, from the Greek armies.
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- Sunward Aerospace, features a predrilled and precut working Catapult model kit.
- The Petraria Arcatinus (A bow powered rock hurler.)
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