West Spring Gun

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The West Spring Gun was a bomb-throwing catapult used by British, Canadian and Australian forces during World War I. It was designed to throw a hand grenade in a high trajectory into enemy trenches.

1915 — 1916  WikimediaWikidata
mass 129 kilogram, length 1820 millimetre, 
catapultBritish Army

catapult


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