Achaemenid War Camel

[Barry Soteiro]

Is there sources for this unit ?

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cheerios !

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Not only is this out of our timeframe, but you are on thin ice. Trying to pass yourself off as another forum member while posting spam buys you a ticket in my bad book.

There is very little evidence of the use of camelry in warfare in our period, they appear to have been used mostly as pack animals. There one reference I know of camels being used as mounts, but it is late or just outside our timeframe. There is evidence that they were used as mobile firing platforms by northern arab tribes; one person driving the other firing. There's a picture of such a unit in one of the osprey books I believe.

The absurdity of actually having a tower, large enough to carry two soldiers, makes the model you picture unbelievable.

Hopefully that has answered your question.

This thread is now closed.

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