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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3350663, member: 96864&quot;]Interestingly enough, War Elephants are still employed to this day by the Kachin Independence Army rebels in Myanmar in a supportive/transportation role:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]887135[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat recently I obtained an enormous Hellenistic lead sling bullet inscribed with a stylized thunderbolt. When pressed the dealer claimed to have no knowledge of its origins so it may well have come from Turkey. Cursory searching shows that slingers were deployed with great success to pelt the armored war elephants and their drivers as they could remain well outside the range of the projectiles lobbed by the soldiers riding in the towers, so it makes a nice story to hypothesize that the giant bullet was made specifically for use against elephants. Use against heavy cavalry would make sense as well but isn&#039;t quite as interesting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Elephant&quot; bullet is 171.25g, or 6.04 ounces. The more typical anti-personnel bullet below is 27.25g, less than 1 ounce. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]887140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]887141[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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