User blog comment:GSFB/Night of the Living Dead Survivors vs Mughal War Elephants/@comment-379205-20121212223825

119's "You've Only Pissed It off" Edges.


 * Close Range: The Talwar is a longer, sharper weapon compared to a butcher's knife or a nail board. The ankus, while not designed as a weapon, still could be used as a fairly effective improvised warhammer of sorts. That's before you even mention the tusks and massive weight of the elephant. Edge: Mughal War Elephant


 * Mid-Range: The Sarissa and the hand musket have a shorter range and fewer shots, as do the tusk swords, but the elephant is heavily armored and naturally thick skinned so, while the revolver would be deadly against the mahouts, it would be of little use elephant proper. Even.


 * Long Range: The Winchester holds a lot more shots, 6 or 7 depending on model, and is rifled for greater accuracy. That gives it the edge, but... The Winchester fires a .30-30 round, most effective against medium-large game like deer. Meaning it would kill the mahouts easily, even with their armor, but against an unarmored elephant let alone one clad in steel plates, it will likely fall short.


 * Special: The massive defense of the elephant armor and mass makes its even against the Molotov's offense.


 * Overall: This match will actually be quite close. I suspect the survivors will be able to kill most or all of the mahouts and maybe an elephant with sustained fire. However, in the end, I suspect the NoTLD survivors will be either killed or forced to retreat when a pissed off, intoxicated, heavily armored elephant comes literally crashing through the front door!