User blog comment:GSFB/Night of the Living Dead Survivors vs Mughal War Elephants/@comment-4978251-20121215043200

I'm going with the Night of the Living Dead survivers. The loud noises will likely scare them. While the elephants were trained to withstand loud noises, it is doubtful they were trained not to get spooked by a gun-powder weapon that can fre multiple times without getting reloaded, which will likely scare and surprise the elephants, plus the drivers themeselves might get scared becuase they are not used to those kinds of weapons and the survivors might display a ferocity and a almost mad gleam in their eyes that will, if it is their, casue unease of among the warriors which could cause the warriors to perform less then they normally would. The molotovs are an important factor, because it could spook the elephants in two ways, either through pain of the fire of if the elephant sees its rider falling of and running around screaming while on fire. That will surely scare the elephant. Also, if one elephant is one fire, the others will likely panic upon there fellow elephant on fire. The guns will also likely have a physcological effect on the warriors because they may not be used to firearms that can fire multiple times without being reloaded. When it comes to melee combat, the survivors are at a major disadvantage, but they may have a advantage since they will likely fight with an almost animalistic need to survive, maybe even resorting to using the guns as clubs and such. The nail board functioning as a caltrop could work and, if not hurt the elephant, slow it down some alowing the survivors to line up a shot at the elephants eyes. Overall I think I have made some good points to support my opinion.

Overall- Night of the Living Dead Survivors