'Creative' Assembly indeed... O.O

**Sir-S-Of-TURBO** · 05-11-2007, 09:22

Or is this historical accurate?

If so, please tell me how the hell they fixed the problem with elephants being scared.

Oh and it's a screenshot of the Timurid empires best weapon in Medieval II: Totalwar.

**Foot** · 05-11-2007, 09:49

In fact, as CA has done so many times, I believe that this was tried once or twice. However, CA have turned it into a major unit, disregarding the unique nature of their deployment in history. They did this in RTW with the dog and flaming pig units.

Foot

**edyzmedieval** · 05-11-2007, 09:55

For gameplay, they are a blockbuster. But for historical accuracy, they aren't worth even 2 cents...

**Foot** · 05-11-2007, 10:48

Why is this in here? It seems to have nothing to do with EB whatsoever!

Foot

**Sir-S-Of-TURBO** · 05-11-2007, 14:50

Originally Posted by Foot

Why is this in here? It seems to have nothing to do with EB whatsoever!

Foot

Well pardon me for not posting it on the newgrounds forums but I'd like to hear if this was historical accurate from someone who knows stuff about history.

**Foot** · 05-11-2007, 14:55

Originally Posted by Sir-S-Of-TURBO

Well pardon me for not posting it on the newgrounds forums but I'd like to hear if this was historical accurate from someone who knows stuff about history.

The forum is for EB related material. I mean its in a completely different timeframe. There are plenty of places that could deal with your question, this just seems the most inappropriate.

Foot

**Ludens** · 05-11-2007, 10:52

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

For gameplay, they are a blockbuster. But for historical accuracy, they aren't worth even 2 cents...

Actually, cannon elephants were employed in history according to Wiki. Ironically, there also used to be an article on "Cannon Elephants", claiming that a CA programmer invented them when he confused the Chinese signs for cannon and elephant

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**russia almighty** · 05-11-2007, 13:31

How accurate though is the elephant unit with the arquebusiers on the back?

**Marcus Cornelius** · 05-11-2007, 13:41

I've always felt sorry for the guy sitting right under the cannon. He has to deal with the cannonball flying just an inch or two over his head, he's probably deaf by now and on top of that he has to control that mighty elephant, keeping it from running amok. Talk about stress from your job...

**Watchman** · 05-11-2007, 14:06

Originally Posted by russia almighty

How accurate though is the elephant unit with the arquebusiers on the back?

I've read the idea was used commonly enough in Mughal India. If skittish herbivores like horses can learn to cope with the noise of handheld firearms, the less jumpy elephants should have fairly little trouble.

And yeah, the mahouts of those somewhat fantastic "cannon elephants" would presumably soon have become known by something that translates roughly as "the deaf and the hairless"...