Leach Trench Catapult
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The Leach trench catapult was a bomb-throwing catapult used by the British Army on the Western Front during World War I. It was designed to throw a 2 lb (0.91 kg) projectile in a high trajectory into enemy trenches. Although called a catapult, it was effectively a combination crossbow and slingshot. It was invented by Claude Pemberton Leach as an answer to the German Wurfmaschine, a spring-powered device for propelling a hand grenade about 200 m (220 yd).
1915 — 1916
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152 produced,
Gamage, British Army, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
catapult,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
1915 — 1916 Leach Trench Catapult
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