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Mangonel
A mangonel was a type of catapult or siege machine used in the medieval period to throw projectiles at a castle's walls. The mangonel did not have the accuracy or range of a trebuchet (which was introduced later, shortly before the discovery and widespread usage of gunpowder).
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