Do they come with the required manpower though?
Crew of 4 for the tank. Crew of… thousands? To move and use 541 trebuchets?
M1 Abrams: Requires an advanced economy plus an army of General Dynamics contractors for maintenance
Trebuchet: Can be completely repaired by one hammer-wielding villager
Plus, I assume that tanks count as a cavalry archer unit, which means any old monk can start converting them. Meanwhile trebuchets can’t be converted until your enemy researches redemption at the monastery.
in AOEIII artillery are siege weapons so I think tanks would count as that, I remember getting my onagers converted in AOE but I don’t remember if that’s a thing in AOEII
That’s correct. Bombard cannons require the monk to straight up whisper in the crouching dude’s ear for conversion.
In my headcanon, it’s probably because bombard operators are deaf with all that blasting.
Uh, yes, actually.
Of course not, that would be silly. You can just launch your kid into the school with a trebuchet and avoid rush hour traffic!
Wouldn’t the Abrams run out of fuel (not to mention ammo) before it could take out all those trebuchets?
It could just run them over. Fuel probably depends on how far apart your place the trebuchets.
I think it would be most effective to drive over the trebuchets with the tank. Simply roll over a wheel or support, and the launcher will be misaligned and unable to fire. Tanks are mobile, and trebuchets are not.
bad math, trebuchet is 200 gold AND 200 wood, unless you’re in a civ with gold or wood discount
At that price, everyone should have a trebuchet!
