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In this corner we have the Moghul battle elephant. Wearing FULL PLATE, swords attached to tusks, and optional hand cannon. its a walking death machine capable of close combat slaughter, and even ranged fire into the enemy. If you annoy the Moghul, he orders out the Tiger I's of his day, and then you die.




In this corner, we have that master of disaster, the thrilla from er Cretacious...TRex!




FIGHT!

I would go with the Rex winning, due to size. But the moghul would mess it up in the process, likely killing it.
what kind of armor for the plate?? steel? iron?
and if the cannon can be used war elephant wins

Huffy wrote:I would go with the Rex winning, due to size. But the moghul would mess it up in the process, likely killing it.
what kind of armor for the plate?? steel? iron?
and if the cannon can be used war elephant wins

Moghul era steel. Reputedly decent quality. Yea lets give it a crewed hand cannon and driver. I'd go with ticked off war elephant. It literally has swords attached to its tusks - with training on using them. Thats a Triceratops on steroids.

Evidently an old Wiener Dog barking at a retired Naval Captain to give him food makes me think of these things.

Allan Quatermain is the dark horse.

dogma wrote:Allan Quatermain is the dark horse.

Thats the next contest. Now to be fair We'd have to put a bushel (?) of coconuts on board the war elephant to motivate the TRex properly.

Or a cowardly lawyer.

War Elephants!

Dude!

I want one!

That'll mess up the TRex... maybe... TRex reportedly has the strongest bite of any known critter... so, it's Steel vs. TRex's bite...who wins?

As much As I want to say Trex, Elephant has a cannon. Take out the Legs of the Trex. Spend the rest of the fight aiming shots at it's head.

dogma wrote:Or a cowardly lawyer.

But you repeat yourself.


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Iur_tae_mont wrote:As much As I want to say Trex, Elephant has a cannon. Take out the Legs of the Trex. Spend the rest of the fight aiming shots at it's head.

Nothing says "gee I'm so happy to see you" like a 3lb cannon ball to the head.

Frazzled wrote:
But you repeat yourself.

Eating a fellow is one thing. Eating a fellow on the toilet is just wrong.

The T-Rex weighs about 50% more has evolved into a form designed to combat other large land animals. The armor probably won't matter much since the elephant would have a very hard time hurting the T-rex and the dude on top would die first.

Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Hrrrmmm... pissed off, armoured warbeast vs a scavenger who at least doesn't care about the armour... tough call.

Elephant. Definately the Elephant, especially with a rider.

If the Rex got the surprise on the elephant then it would likely win. They didn't battle it out with their prey so much as make a fast attack and tear a huge lump out. The result is like pulling the plug out the bath, once knocked down by the shock the animal bleeds very quickly.

But if the elephant fended off the first attack I think the Rex could be in trouble. Elephants aren't that big but it could quite easily do lethal damage to the Rex. My feeling is that in reality the Rex would simply move on to an easier prey rather than something with horns/tusks and armour.

Frazzled wrote:Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Once. Better not miss. The elephant would also probably just run for it's life the moment it saw a T-Rex charging it. The rex is much larger.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Once. Better not miss. The elephant would also probably just run for it's life the moment it saw a T-Rex charging it.

Both of your statements may be accurate. I'm thinking pissed off bull elephant though, just becuase its an ultimate warrior. Now if I could get an elephant sized bear in battle armor, hey there you go!

Frazzled wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Once. Better not miss. The elephant would also probably just run for it's life the moment it saw a T-Rex charging it.

Both of your statements may be accurate. I'm thinking pissed off bull elephant though, just becuase its an ultimate warrior. Now if I could get an elephant sized bear in battle armor, hey there you go!

I don't think the anger level would matter when something half again as heavy and twice as tall with a larger head that can bit its face off starts running towards it. Elephants aren't small stupid dogs, they'll run when presented with an obviously larger and more powerful predator.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Once. Better not miss. The elephant would also probably just run for it's life the moment it saw a T-Rex charging it.

Both of your statements may be accurate. I'm thinking pissed off bull elephant though, just becuase its an ultimate warrior. Now if I could get an elephant sized bear in battle armor, hey there you go!

I don't think the anger level would matter when something half again as heavy and twice as tall with a larger head that can bit its face off starts running towards it. Elephants aren't small stupid dogs, they'll run when presented with an obviously larger and more powerful predator.

NO NO NO
You're employing logic. Dude this is an elephant vs. a TRex..

Frazzled wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Cannon can shoot TRex at range.

Once. Better not miss. The elephant would also probably just run for it's life the moment it saw a T-Rex charging it.

Both of your statements may be accurate. I'm thinking pissed off bull elephant though, just becuase its an ultimate warrior. Now if I could get an elephant sized bear in battle armor, hey there you go!

I don't think the anger level would matter when something half again as heavy and twice as tall with a larger head that can bit its face off starts running towards it. Elephants aren't small stupid dogs, they'll run when presented with an obviously larger and more powerful predator.

NO NO NO
You're employing logic. Dude this is an elephant vs. a TRex..

The T-Rex can probably outrun the elephant, so it'd win even if it ran.

See now you're thinking properly. Its best for the elphant to pop a round, and then go ginsu with its new and improved steel sword tusks. Woof!

An angry elephant is a dangerous foe. If it charged at the T-Rex and said T-Rex was caught off guard, it would take out its legs and trample the oversized lizard to death.

But a Carnifex beats them both.

Wo wo, what if the TRex were part of the Spanish Inquisition? The Carnifex would never expect it!

Then it would break its teeth on the Carnifex's carapace, and get its neck snapped by the Carnifex's claw.

Also, another reason the elephant would win the fight: the Tyrannosaurus Rex is extinct.

Dude.
It's a fething t-rex

Squigsquasher wrote:An angry elephant is a dangerous foe. If it charged at the T-Rex and said T-Rex was caught off guard, it would take out its legs and trample the oversized lizard to death.

But a Carnifex beats them both.

The t rex has roughly five thousand pounds on the elephant.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Squigsquasher wrote:An angry elephant is a dangerous foe. If it charged at the T-Rex and said T-Rex was caught off guard, it would take out its legs and trample the oversized lizard to death.

But a Carnifex beats them both.

The t rex has roughly five thousand pounds on the elephant.

What if its a big fat redneck Budweiser hat wearing elephant? I'd proffer the weight might be a little more equal.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Squigsquasher wrote:An angry elephant is a dangerous foe. If it charged at the T-Rex and said T-Rex was caught off guard, it would take out its legs and trample the oversized lizard to death.

But a Carnifex beats them both.

The t rex has roughly five thousand pounds on the elephant.

The T-Rex also has long spindly legs perfect for charging at and snapping. And remember this elephant is covered in armour.

Spindly

No


It's legs are larger and thicker than an elephants. They have to be, two of them are holding up fifteen thousand pounds.

Squigsquasher wrote:
The T-Rex also has long spindly legs perfect for charging at and snapping. And remember this elephant is covered in armour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17159086
The pressure of a t-rex bite is equal to the elephant's weight this is no contest at all.