This catapult would be like a normal catapult, but rather than the traditional seige weapon with projectile weapons, this would have a projectile that would be attached to an elastic bungee cord controlled by a sort of pulley system to prevent the projectile from coming back and hitting your soldiers - either that or keep everyone else far away from it.
-- froglet, Nov 01 2006

Like a big red cartoon boxing glove?
-- skinflaps, Nov 01 2006


What do you do if the enemy cuts the line and ties a remote-detonated bomb to the end, and you reel in an explosive gift instead of your ammo?
-- 21 Quest, Nov 01 2006


Try and send it back before it explodes?
-- froglet, Nov 01 2006


And hope that they cut the line again.
-- angel, Nov 01 2006


Wile E. froglet. Zooper Genius.
-- methinksnot, Nov 02 2006


I would've thought that the projectile on a glorified rubber band would be too quick to allow the enemy to replace it with something explosive.
-- froglet, Nov 02 2006


clever clever. Make the projectile of superball compound.
-- jmvw, Nov 02 2006



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