Did you have to buy the Museum DLC to be able to visit this room?
Cross_Eyed_Hustler on
War should never have gotten past this point.
SassyModak on
Looks like the gas mask
Key-Introduction-591 on
Dope!
Bonk0076 on
Now they don’t even let you take an elephant to war. Even as a pet. Sad.
Due_Willingness1 on
In the ancient era this elephant would have been near invincible, but I gotta wonder why they were still doing this in the late 1500s
Probably expensive as hell to make, and that armor won’t stop a cannon ball that’s for sureÂ
ImpossibleMorning769 on
I wonder how heavy it really was.
tall_specimen_69 on
Mad max medieval.
JHewlett87 on
Legolas – hold my beer
RaspberryTop636 on
Dam it’s cool
christopia86 on
Is that in the Leeds Armouries?
ClosetLadyGhost on
Beaten by spicy pig.
Jamsemillia on
located in “not india” afaik – you can probably guess where…
Ghost-138 on
Imagine this being added in Minecraft as a way of combating the Ravagers lol
Thernungulator on
You would think the legs would be armored as well given the elevation grounds troops were probably at compared to the elephant. Or at least some sort of barding around the front legs.
Frank_Majors on
Just to the left of this exhibit is its mighty war foe – Mouse Armour!
cynicallythoughful on
I really hate what we’ve done to the animals. They were a gift to be cherished, instead we abuse them in every conceivable way.
MadRockthethird on
Pretty metal having a war elephant with armor but raising and training these intelligent emotional beasts for war is an ethical problem for me.
refcon on
What happened to all the Elephant armour owned by the Maharajas and the Princely States that existed until 1947? Weren’t any of them preserved in India?Â
Adorable-Source97 on
I assume the armor still exists because it wasn’t used in combat.
shit-takes-only on
They shouldn’t have made the elephants do that
kaizokuuuu on
Is it in the British Museum?
Bouadelo on
Imagine being an european that only saw horses on the battlefield watching this charging you. I’d shit in my armor.
StunningError4693 on
Essentially the natural precursor to today’s tank. Even back then, a very dangerous and extremely imposing weapon. It’s a shame that elephants were also used in combat among humans.
SoggyWotsits on
This brings back memories of Age of Empires!
DukeDamage on
Looks very steam punk
Historical_Sherbet54 on
That’s impressively cool…even if it stems from historical tragedy
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Did you have to buy the Museum DLC to be able to visit this room?
War should never have gotten past this point.
Looks like the gas mask
Dope!
Now they don’t even let you take an elephant to war. Even as a pet. Sad.
In the ancient era this elephant would have been near invincible, but I gotta wonder why they were still doing this in the late 1500s
Probably expensive as hell to make, and that armor won’t stop a cannon ball that’s for sureÂ
I wonder how heavy it really was.
Mad max medieval.
Legolas – hold my beer
Dam it’s cool
Is that in the Leeds Armouries?
Beaten by spicy pig.
located in “not india” afaik – you can probably guess where…
Imagine this being added in Minecraft as a way of combating the Ravagers lol
You would think the legs would be armored as well given the elevation grounds troops were probably at compared to the elephant. Or at least some sort of barding around the front legs.
Just to the left of this exhibit is its mighty war foe – Mouse Armour!
I really hate what we’ve done to the animals. They were a gift to be cherished, instead we abuse them in every conceivable way.
Pretty metal having a war elephant with armor but raising and training these intelligent emotional beasts for war is an ethical problem for me.
What happened to all the Elephant armour owned by the Maharajas and the Princely States that existed until 1947? Weren’t any of them preserved in India?Â
I assume the armor still exists because it wasn’t used in combat.
They shouldn’t have made the elephants do that
Is it in the British Museum?
Imagine being an european that only saw horses on the battlefield watching this charging you. I’d shit in my armor.
Essentially the natural precursor to today’s tank. Even back then, a very dangerous and extremely imposing weapon. It’s a shame that elephants were also used in combat among humans.
This brings back memories of Age of Empires!
Looks very steam punk
That’s impressively cool…even if it stems from historical tragedy
Thanks for the upload