Did archaeological discoveries of chariot tactics from the Bronze Age have any influence on tank tactics during WW2? During the Interwar Years, there were tons of archaeological discoveries pertaining to chariot tactics.
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One thing Iām learning is that James Henry Breasted, a renowned Egyptologist from the Interwar Years, interacted with Fred B. Inglis, a professor of military science at West Point. Apparently, Inglis had met with Breasted when Breasted gave a lecture at Princeton. Inglis apparently was very interested in studying the Battle of Kadesh.
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Chariots were more an IFV than a tank, either delivering dismounted infantry or enabling the use of archers or spear carriers from a mobile platform.
The concept of the scythes on wheels thing, as per the Boadicea statue in London (Boudicca, really, but the victorians misread the text) are made up nonsense.
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Exactly. It was more like motorized infantry or archers. I still like the one where Crassus invaded Parthia with a heavy infanty formation and being utterly routed by a relatively small force of heavy cavalry and horse archers who were resupplied by camels providing fresh arrows.
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