"Philistine chariots - Ox or Horse" Topic
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| TodCreasey | 30 Oct 2018 6:08 a.m. PST |
I have seen references to Philistine chariots being ox carts but it seems that these may be transport carts that were mistaken as chariots. I think the right answer is to use Sea Peoples chariots but I am not an expert – what is everyone else using? |
ZULUPAUL  | 30 Oct 2018 6:17 a.m. PST |
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| phil bagnall | 30 Oct 2018 8:14 a.m. PST |
Horses for the chariots, which were not dissimilar to Mitanni/Syrian in style IIRC. The ox wagons were part of the baggage train containing migrating families according to most references, but a friend of mine couldn't resist fielding them as heavy chariots with 3 crew in a FoG army some years back |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Oct 2018 10:05 p.m. PST |
Ox chariots? Not unless they give oxen lots and lots of amphetamines, caffeine, or sugar, or all three, and then some. Dan |
| advocate | 31 Oct 2018 2:14 a.m. PST |
DBA used to classify the Sea People ox-drawn wagons as "War Wagons" I believe. Philistines were settled and I'd expect took on the trappings of local nobility, including horse-drawn chariots (consider the differences between Normans and their 'cousins' he Vikings after just 50 or 100 years). |
| evilgong | 31 Oct 2018 2:42 a.m. PST |
DBMM has / had them as Inferior (I) war-wagons – (which are not loaded with missile men and non-shooting under the rules) on the basis that the people fighting from them, as shown on Egyptian reliefs, may represent an expected combat mode rather than just enemy attacking the mobile baggage. If you're making up a Sea-Persons army having some ox carts is desirable to the point of compulsory – for the cool factor alone. For the OP I think the theory is the Sea-People had a few horse chariots for nobles; and as mentioned in another post used more when they became settled land owners. |
| nnascati | 31 Oct 2018 4:57 a.m. PST |
The earlier Bronze Age cultures like the Sumerians used Onagers to pull their war carts. |
| Cyrus the Great | 31 Oct 2018 6:07 p.m. PST |
Horses. Their chariots were similar to the Egyptian ones, but the number of spokes in the wheels were different. |
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paints a legend from the Trojan Wars.
