Imagine yourself as a military commander preparing to attack a castle or fort back in the days before gunpower was invented. Faced with tall, seemingly impenetrable walls protecting a well-armed enemy, you would have one powerful weapon at your disposal: the catapult. These remarkable engineered mechanical devices were the artillery of the pre-modern world, built for hurling heavy missiles with devastating force or directly at castle walls.Inside this kit you will find everything you need to construct your own tabletop version of these mighty machines, designed for display and recalling an earlier age of armored knights and castles under siege. Boxed kit Tabletop Catapult includes: 1) The famous Willam Gurstelle's book "The Art of the Catapult", which describes the history of sige warfare engines, the complex math and science behind them, and several projects for building your very own thing-flinging devices 2)A kit for building a precisely engineered and historically accurate catapult.