Oh, that's cool that you remember my other game! Well there's been a lot of excavators in my games in the last year, haha.
Yes, they are! As I mention in the devlog, the diversity of tactics is one of the signatures of the ZAD, they used all manners of methods to try to stop or slow down the evictions. The throwing of mud is described well and I have sources on rocks and slingshots too. It's very interesting and there's definitely much more to pull from as well.
Thanks, glad you liked it!