Historicals

The chariot was the first mobile instrument of war. Appearing as far back as 6000 years ago when horses were first domesticated and the wheel was invented, the chariot quickly became a powerful weapons platform. This model is typical of the type used in...

THE IMMORTALS GO FORTH The mighty armies forged by Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Xerxes dominated the Eastern Mediterranean for centuries until finally falling to Alexander. Led by the elite Immortals, Persian armies were built from the many kingdoms and...

STING OF THE ATLATL! CUT OF THE MACUAHUITL! From the highly ritualistic Flower Wars that were fought to take sacrificial victims, to the brutal battles against the Spanish Conquistadors, the Aztec Empire produced some of the finest warriors of the New...

The 1807 Treaty of Tilsit forced Prussia to constrain their army to no more than 42,000 men. They evaded the restriction by the Krümper System of cycling new recruits through the army to create a reserve of trained men. When Prussia declared war on...