Warwolf Crushed Stirling After Surrender

During the 1304 siege of Stirling Castle, English king Edward I commissioned an enormous trebuchet called Warwolf. One hundred royal carpenters spent months constructing the machine, which could reportedly launch a 300-pound boulder using a counterweight weighing roughly 15 tons. The Scots inside the castle surrendered by the mere sight of it, but Edward had invested too much time and money to abandon the demonstration. He ordered the Scots back inside, unleashed Warwolf against the castle, and accepted their surrender only after witnessing the weapon in action.

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