Catapults In The Military

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Throughout the years, there have been many different forms of weapons used by the military. One type of weaponry that has failed to be used in modern-day military is a catapult. Catapults are very useful, if there is not a desired accuracy only a general direction in mind. One catapult that has recently been built and destroyed is called, “The Whatever,” created in Mr. Kunz’s sixth period Physics class by Brandon Jones and Jenna Lund. The name of the catapult fits the varying accuracy of the catapult though through testing of the angle of release, angle of launch and the position in which the object that would be projected forward would set. The angle of release was affected by the building and structural design of the catapult. Due to the

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