Historical Wooden Catapult Design - Medieval Siege Engine Illustration #2005478 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white line drawing depicts a manually operated wooden catapult featuring a long lever arm mounted on a wheeled cart base for mobility. The launch mechanism includes a rope or sinew tension system and a basket at the arm’s end for projectiles, while a sturdy chair-like frame (labeled 2) stabilizes the fulcrum point. The illustration reflects 19th- or early 20th-century educational schematics used to teach basic principles of leverage and siege warfare.

Used in educational articles, museum exhibits, or historical reenactment guides about medieval weaponry; targets users researching ancient engineering, physics demonstrations, or DIY historical replicas.