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Elephant cavalry was never practical
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Then why did so many cultures use them for 1000s of years?
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>>18449315
my penis is bigger
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>>18449316
Because they had nothing else to use
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>>18449315
>>18449316
You don't have to be practical to be effective. Demoralisation and instilling fear is as much a part of winning a battle as combat.
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>>18449315
This looks incredibly badass.
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>>18449315
If you're using practical to mean optimal you may have a point, but they were still functional.
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>>18449321
El que hambre tiene en pan piensa
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1000+ bomber raids weren't practical, but we paved half of England and made it work. Who gives a fuck about practicality in war?
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>>18449315
>powerful charging unit
>send in charging infantry like beserkers right behind them
>???
>win
it was only when the generals were too retarded to immediately follow up is when they failed.
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>>18449315
10's of thousands of changs were crushed by these guys whenever they invaded burma.



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