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rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Crossbow Launcher
rdfs:comment
  • The Arbalète sauterelle type A, or simply Sauterelle (French for grasshopper), was a bomb-throwing crossbow used by French and British forces on the Western Front during World War I. It was designed to throw a hand grenade in a high trajectory into enemy trenches. It was initially dismissed by the French Army but General Henri Berthelot thought it had practical value. It was lighter and more portable than the Leach Trench Catapult, but less powerful. The Sauterelle replaced the Leach Catapult in British service until they were replaced in 1916 by the 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar and Stokes mortar.
Level
  • Default
dcterms:subject
HUD
  • 100
Ammotype
  • Fragmentation
  • High explosive
dbkwik:battlefield/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
Fire
  • Single-Shot
Slot
  • Gadget
Name
  • Crossbow Launcher
reserve
  • 1
vel
  • 36.0
Radius
  • 5m
  • 6m
Damage
  • 40
  • 100
Magazine
  • 1
abstract
  • The Arbalète sauterelle type A, or simply Sauterelle (French for grasshopper), was a bomb-throwing crossbow used by French and British forces on the Western Front during World War I. It was designed to throw a hand grenade in a high trajectory into enemy trenches. It was initially dismissed by the French Army but General Henri Berthelot thought it had practical value. It was lighter and more portable than the Leach Trench Catapult, but less powerful. The Sauterelle replaced the Leach Catapult in British service until they were replaced in 1916 by the 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar and Stokes mortar.