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The Couillard was a medieval siege weapon, it was similar to a Trebuchet but smaller. Instead of a single counter-weight swinging between supports on either side, it has a split counter-weight that passes on either side of a single support.
Its maximum range was about 180 meters, and it could hurl projectiles of about 50 kg. It needed about 8–10 men to achieve a fire rate of 10 projectiles per hour,
Workings
The main rod was lowered to attach a sling with the projectile, then the rod was released thus throwing the projectile. A sling was used to add extra speed to the projectile.
People
- Philippe Couillard (b. 1957), Quebec politician and provincial minister
- Antoine-Gaspard Couillard (1789-1847), Lower Canada seigneur and politician
- Joseph Louis Eugène Couillard, Canadian diplomat
- Couillard-Hébert family, first slave-holding family in New France
- Julie Couillard, former girlfriend, and source of controversy and scandal for Canadian federal minister Maxime Bernier
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