Caltrops
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:03 am
Hi,
Out of interest I notice that the Warring States Chinese are allowed portable defences which include caltrops. This makes sense but then I noticed that caltrops are treated as field fortifications against mounted but not elephants. Apart from the fact that perhaps caltrops should disorder opponents rather than give a POA I would have thought that they are the ideal defence against elephants. I always understod that Elephants were vunerable when faced by difficult terrain ie metal spikes.
Out of interest I notice that the Warring States Chinese are allowed portable defences which include caltrops. This makes sense but then I noticed that caltrops are treated as field fortifications against mounted but not elephants. Apart from the fact that perhaps caltrops should disorder opponents rather than give a POA I would have thought that they are the ideal defence against elephants. I always understod that Elephants were vunerable when faced by difficult terrain ie metal spikes.