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Started by Malthus, June 03, 2011, 02:30:51 PM

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Malthus

June 03, 2011, 02:30:51 PM
Horses have of course been used for millenia in warfare. Also, elephants and dogs.

Can you guys think of any others?

[I mean in reality. Anyone publishing artwork of cossacks riding bears or the like will be shot. I'm looking at you, Timmay ...  :mad: ] 
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Slargos

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June 03, 2011, 02:32:51 PM

PRC

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June 03, 2011, 02:34:54 PM
Oxen for pulling wagons.  Supply animals such as pigs and cattle being carted along to be converted to food when needed.  Poisonous animals like frogs have been used for coating weapons like arrowheads in their poison.  Birds released before a battle to see which way they would fly so the Augurs could prophecy the battle's outcome.

HVC

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June 03, 2011, 02:34:59 PM
And various times people have used burning live animals to scrae the shit out of people.


Oh and camels in lieu of horses
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June 03, 2011, 02:35:54 PM
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The Brain

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June 03, 2011, 02:36:37 PM
Did any of the dolphin/seal military crap ever get used?
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Malthus

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June 03, 2011, 02:38:42 PM
Camels, I overlooked that.

I'm not including animals used for food, or oxen used to pull supply wagons. Only those used as it were in the face of the enemy.
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The Brain

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June 03, 2011, 02:39:35 PM
Geese for early warning system??
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Malthus

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June 03, 2011, 02:42:09 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 03, 2011, 02:39:35 PM
Geese for early warning system??

Heh not bad ... though possibly legendary.  ;)
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June 03, 2011, 02:42:32 PM
pidgeons to send messages?
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June 03, 2011, 02:44:36 PM
Quote from: viper37 on June 03, 2011, 02:42:32 PM
pidgeons to send messages?

Shooting them was hardly a court-martial offense.
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June 03, 2011, 02:45:52 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animal
found this interesting: "Pliny the Elder wrote about the use of war pigs against elephants. As he relates it, elephants became scared by the squeal of a pig and would panic, bringing disaster to any soldiers who stood in their path of flight."
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June 03, 2011, 02:47:23 PM
Quote from: Malthus on June 03, 2011, 02:38:42 PM
Camels, I overlooked that.

I'm not including animals used for food, or oxen used to pull supply wagons. Only those used as it were in the face of the enemy.

Damn I was going to mention the Sacred Chickens of Rome.  How many Roman victories were ensured do to the glorious eating by the Sacred Chickens?
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June 03, 2011, 02:47:40 PM
Onagers were used by Sumerians to pull something like a chariot.
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Malthus

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June 03, 2011, 02:52:40 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on June 03, 2011, 02:45:52 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animal
found this interesting: "Pliny the Elder wrote about the use of war pigs against elephants. As he relates it, elephants became scared by the squeal of a pig and would panic, bringing disaster to any soldiers who stood in their path of flight."

War Pigs. Heh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxfe7DMxVo

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