For me, the most problematic feature for the futurist interpretation is the antique weapons. The most problematic feature for the preterist interpretation is the lack of Israelites in Israel. The most popular preterist theory puts this in 1071, the Seljuk invasion of Israel led by Turkey (the "Turks") in concert with other Islamic territories resulting in the taking of Jerusalem in 1087, and the response of Christendom in the form of the First Crusade in 1096.
Our men [the crusaders] began to undermine the towers and walls [of Jerusalem]. From every side stones were hurled from the tormenti and petrahae, [catapults] and so many arrows that they fell like hail. . . . but when the machines were drawn nearer to the walls, they hurled not only stones and arrows, but also burning wood and straw. The wood was dipped in pitch, wax, and sulfur; then straw and tow were fastened on by an iron band, and, when lighted, these firebrands were shot from the machines. (They were) all bound together by an iron band, I say, so that wherever they fell, the whole mass held together and continued to burn. Such missiles, burning as they shot upward, could not be resisted by swords or by high walls. August. C. Krey, The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants (Princeton: 1921)On the way to Jerusalem, the Crusaders were beseiged at Antioch and,
“There appeared a fire in the sky, coming from the west, and it approached and fell upon the Turkish army, to the great astonishment of our men [the Crusaders] and of the Turks also. In the morning the Turks, who were all scared by the fire, took flight in panic.” Raymond of Aguilers, pp. 72-5; Gesta Francorum, pp. 57-8, 62; Fulcher of Chartes, pp. 242-6, cited in Thomas Asbridge, The First Crusade A New History: The Roots of Conflict Between Christianity and Islam (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), 218-219The description sounds like a meteor strike. Afterward, encouraged by the fire from heaven, the Crusaders struck against the Turks during a torrential rain following the strike, which worked to the advantage of the Crusaders. ibid. 239
There came out of the mountains, also, countless armies with white horses, whose standards were all white. And so, when our leaders saw this army, they were greatly ignorant as to what it was, and who they were, until they recognized the aid of Christ, whose leaders were St George, Mercurius and Demetrius. This is to be believed, for many of our men saw it. ibid. 239Aside from this, conduct by less honorable regiments of the Crusade did not honor Christ. See "The People's Crusade" at https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Crusade/