ancient egyptian siege & naval weapons - Historum

**oshron** · June 4th, 2010, 05:11 PM

hey, im looking into the ancient egyptian units for a faction in an ancient warfare game im working on. ive got my infantry and cavalry, and all i need for them now are their ships and siege. would anyone care to help me out? specifically, im looking for ones present during the new kingdom (thats what the faction is dated to).

also, does anyone know if elephants were used by the egyptians during the new kingdom?

**okamido** · June 4th, 2010, 05:53 PM

Here are some depictions of Ramses II's Siege of Dapur

**okamido** · June 4th, 2010, 06:01 PM

Here is a link on siegeworks in Egypt, but I do not know how much it can help:
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestor...egewarfare.htm

On the subject of Elephants, I can't think of them being used in Egypt till the Diadochi period for anything other than the ivory trade. Perhaps someone else will have other info.

**oshron** · June 4th, 2010, 06:41 PM

thanks for those. as for the elephants, i looked into it and they WERE indeed used by the egyptians, for the same reason as the carthaginians, but i just need to know what date. and im also still lacking in ships

**Salah** · June 4th, 2010, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by oshron

thanks for those. as for the elephants, i looked into it and they WERE indeed used by the egyptians, for the same reason as the carthaginians, but i just need to know what date. and im also still lacking in ships

Any war-elephants used by the Egyptians would have been post-Dynastic (say c. 1100 BC and later); to my knowledge elephants wouldn't have been used in the New Kingdom Period.

As for the Egyptian navy, during the Middle and New Kingdoms it was a meager force and almost entirely river-based. It was used predominately to transport small bodies of infantry to trouble spots along the Nile, and for carrying military-related supplies.

**okamido** · June 4th, 2010, 06:59 PM

Here is a link that has some info on Egyptian naval vessels
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/...navigation.htm

**oshron** · June 4th, 2010, 07:43 PM

okay, so elephants are out. thanks, guys. i think i have everything i really need for egyptian units now

**Edgewaters** · June 4th, 2010, 08:50 PM

Did they have mantlets? They seem very ubiquitous, even the Iroqouis were using them at the time Europeans arrived.

**oshron** · June 4th, 2010, 11:08 PM

im pretty sure they did, but mantlets arent really applicable for what im working on; im following a VERY specific format borrowed from another project (on which my own project is based)

Gunhed · June 5th, 2010, 12:04 PM

I suggest you get hold of books called Chariot and Ancient Warfare technigues. But I do know that WMDs were used at that era.