ITT: Animals that took part in hand to hand combat in warfare. I'll start
>Ramses II's Lion fought at the Battle of Kadesh
>tfw you will never fight your pet lion at the Battle of Kadesh.
>>1315989
>Pterjet.
>Get the Lion...
Shouldn't Pyrrhos have had some Molossian hounds with him in Italy since they were some big ass mofos?
>>1315989
According to Pr. Shi Bo, in "Trente-six Stratagèmes Chinois" (in French, ISBN 2-911858-06-9), monkeys were used in the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, in a battle between rebels of the Yanzhou (Yasuo) province and the Chinese Imperial Army, led by Zhao Yu. The monkeys were used as live incendiary devices. The animals were clothed with straw, dipped in oil and set on fire. They were set loose into the enemy's camp, thereby setting the tents on fire, and driving the whole camp into chaos.
Horses trampled and kicked all of the time, probably
>>1315989
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