Timeline for What advantages would bovines have over horses when used as cavalry?
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| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:44 | comment | added | Malakai9999 | They'd be tough to dodge, especially when you aim them at supplies and campsites. A formation on the battlefield might be able to recognize the threat, but an encampment would hear thunder, and then it would be too late. An army on the move could avoid it maybe, but the baggage train would be the target, and without supplies, well... | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:41 | comment | added | Malakai9999 | I'd say that training traditional cattle to differentiate between people is unlikely, though if we are only going for "cattle-like", that's up to you. I've just never really seen cattle differentiate between people. Now, action - yes. My father can handle cows, and they "know" him in that respect as opposed to me, but I simulate his actions, they respond the same. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:36 | comment | added | ckersch | I imagine at 30 abreast they'd be tough to dodge, particularly if they're supported by infantry. Perhaps they'd make the most sense if the enemy is reliant on structured infantry, a la the ancient Romans? | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:17 | comment | added | Oldcat | Of course, the enemy can just move aside and you've just sent your tribe's food supply and wealth into enemy lines. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:15 | comment | added | ckersch | Could cattle be bred and trained to differentiate between their handlers and the enemy? I'm thinking that, rather than stampeding them blindly, the nomads may use bison more in the manner of hunting dogs, except 3000 pounds and with fur. Twenty or thirty of them armored and charging as a group seems like it could be a great way of breaking up formations. | |
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| Dec 18, 2014 at 20:09 | history | answered | Malakai9999 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |