The Arbalète sauterelle type A, or simply Sauterelle ([so.tʁɛl] 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.

[1] It was lighter and more portable than the Leach Trench Catapult, but less powerful.

It weighed 24 kg (53 lb) and could throw an F1 grenade or Mills bomb 110–140 m (120–150 yd).