Quote Originally Posted by Shadar
Not to mention, scythed chariots was EXTREMELY limited by terrain. They were used by Darius in one of his battles against Alexander (stupid leaky memory, keep forgetting names!). In that battle, Darius had to PURPOSELY smooth over a section of the battlefield to use the chariots, since broken ground would have destroyed their wheels VERY quickly.
It was Gaugemala. And the scythe chariots were obsolete even then, (330-ish), Darius brought them back as a surprise, but the Agrianians and other light troops made mince meat out of them.