Timeline for What would T-Rex cavalry be used for?
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| Dec 7 at 6:26 | comment | added | JBH | @IMP9024 Don't sweat it. I'm more interested in you learning to use the site than I am any one question. Cheers. | |
| Dec 7 at 2:42 | comment | added | IMP9024 | @JBH my mistake, I was trying to respond to MontyWild as he said I have to say what I want to use them for and ask if that is believable to keep my question from being opinion-based. If you want, I'll remove that part. | |
| Dec 2 at 17:35 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @SurpriseDog Riding a T-Rex may require a different saddle designs than a horse saddle, but it's by no means a hard limitation. People ride on elephants using strap on chairs just fine. | |
| Dec 2 at 17:01 | comment | added | SurpriseDog | The real question is: How wide is the trex neck so you can straddle it? | |
| Dec 2 at 14:50 | comment | added | user111403 | @Nosajimiki not just that, SF use dogs (mostly Belgian Malinois) as attack dogs to distract or take down hostiles before the assault group moves in. I know the US and Israel at least do this and I doubt they're the only ones. | |
| Dec 2 at 14:13 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @MontyWild "We can't really tell you what to use something for" <- I disagree. Because there are mechanical reasons why a T-Rex might work well in one role or poorly in another, there is a clear line between the question and a best possible answer that shapes not the arbitrary choices of the author, but a well reasoned standard of the setting. | |
| Dec 2 at 14:07 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @user111403 Good point on the dogs. They are not often attached to main battle units any more, but IED teams and POW guards certainly still use them. | |
| Nov 29 at 14:06 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 29 at 13:35 | answer | added | lupe | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 29 at 8:22 | answer | added | jfmoyen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 28 at 13:57 | comment | added | LazyLizard | It's like bear cavalry, just better. | |
| Nov 28 at 1:36 | vote | accept | IMP9024 | ||
| Nov 28 at 1:36 | vote | accept | IMP9024 | ||
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| Nov 27 at 23:29 | comment | added | Dan Staley | We all know what T-Rex cavalry should be used for: Awesomeness. | |
| Nov 27 at 20:35 | comment | added | user111403 | @Nosajimiki "horses and dogs still had their uses in war right up until the early 1900s" - both are still used to this day. Admittedly horses are rather niche (but weren't even as recently as WW2), but plenty of special forces units still use dogs. | |
| Nov 27 at 20:22 | answer | added | TheDemonLord | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 27 at 17:45 | comment | added | Pelinore | "since the T-rex is better at stealth" I'm really crap at art, so just imagine I've drawn a picture of a huge T-Rex tippy toeing across a wide open plain towards a group of oddly oblivious soldiers 😁 | |
| Nov 27 at 17:06 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @Trioxidane I 100% agree tech level could impact the best possible answer, but horses and dogs still had their uses in war right up until the early 1900s, and pack mules even saw widespread use in the Vietnam war. Likewise, dinosaurs might be useful in unexpected ways, even in relatively modern warfare. | |
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| Nov 27 at 15:56 | answer | added | Trioxidane | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 27 at 15:49 | answer | added | Nosajimiki | timeline score: 13 | |
| Nov 27 at 15:20 | comment | added | JBH | Had you read the links I provided that explained how to use this site, you would have read that providing your own answer (I was thinking they would...) and expecting more is prohibited. | |
| Nov 27 at 14:40 | comment | added | Trioxidane | What is the projected technology? In modetn warfare there is no reason to field any dinosaurs. | |
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| Nov 27 at 13:16 | comment | added | vinzzz001 | It is like keeping lions for house-pets. Sure it is possible, but you are always a bad day or wrong move away from being their next meal. If you want them to be elite warriors, their accidental loss is going to hit extra hard. If you want them to be disposable troops, the time training is either going to be too long, or the animals will be insufficiently trained. | |
| Nov 27 at 11:32 | comment | added | Starfish Prime | I don't feel like making a full answer here, but: "food is not a problem" is a sign that you haven't thought hard enough about the logistics of farming, butchering, preserving and transporting meat in an era before refridgeration. Even slaughtering large animals is going to be a risky proposition, and letting your war-dinos do that is likely to stress the livestock which makes bringing a herd of feed animals in your logistics train problematic. On the other hand, the rule of cool will always triumph over logistics. You should decide on the mood you want there. | |
| Nov 27 at 7:17 | answer | added | user111403 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 27 at 5:50 | comment | added | JBH | Removed internal-consistency tag. You didn't read that tag's wiki (it's a good habit to read tag wikis). That tag has a specific purpose and specific rules, which you didn't follow. Please carefully read the tour, help center, help center and How to Ask to better understand the site and its limitations. Thanks. | |
| Nov 27 at 5:48 | history | edited | JBH |
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| Nov 27 at 5:20 | answer | added | 42gasp | timeline score: -3 | |
| Nov 27 at 4:49 | answer | added | g s | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 27 at 4:34 | comment | added | Monty Wild♦ | We can't really tell you what to use something for; that's your decision. However, you could say what you want to use them for and we could say if that's believable (and why). As it is, this question seems a bit too opinion-based. | |
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