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The pike was used by Hellenistic elephant crews like the Ptolemies. It was not a weapon used by the Romans, Numidians or Carthaginians. Archers were not very common in western Mediterranean armies either.
It is very possible that they could have. Hannibal defeated several Roman armies and would have captured more than enough armor to equip all the soldiers in his army.
....There is some evidence to suggest Numidian elephants didn’t even have a howdah.Just a driver, mahout, armed with javelins.
I am looking forward to the painted model.
This is my crazy Imperial Roman elephant in Britannia. It's a mash-up of many old bits. Accuracy was not my goal.
As an aside....would it be feasible for a Numidian elephant crew to end up in captured Roman chainmail ?