So Say you re a Roman Commander and have a legion worth of heavy infantry but lack cavalry, you still have siege equipment and pillums though and your enemies are the parthians.What tactics and strategies would you use to deal with them?
>>64574055Have spent the last five to ten years previously training my men to be expert slingers, who consistently mogged bowmen.
>>64574064What about scythians and samaritans that used horse archery
>>64574055easy>organise battalion tactical groups>attack with little to no element of surprise>completely bungle an airborne operation designed to seize critical airfield.>attempt blitzkrieg without sufficient dismount ready, fuel, food, or ammunition.>retreat and deny it happened and pivot to claiming it was the intended outcome when cornered>toss some people out of windows>lose 1,000,000 men in ww1 style combat>claim victory
>>64574084 Slingers able to use the higher end of projectile weights have equal to superior range as compared to bows. You ride into my shooting range and I shoot you down.
>>64574055Same thing you do if you're greek in 400 BC and have 10,000 heavy infantry but lack cavalry, and your enemies are the parthians' grandparents.You teach some of your men to use the sling, and invent the square formation and combined arms tactics and kick parthian ass.pic very related
What if you like have your romans meth and Just kept on advancing toward the horses until they tire out and then Just slaughter them?
