I don't think anyone could truly understand how powerful a wall of thousands of horses weighing about 900-1000 pounds each running at 30mph with armor on. There is a reason horses were game changers for open field battles in history. I work with horses everyday and they still catch me off guard with how explosive and agile they can be.
I always wished there was a scene that showed gondor soldiers on the city walls looking out and seeing Rohan show up and charge in and see how that would invigorate the gondorions to fight harder.
This charge and the Charge at helms deep are based based on the charge that lifted the ottoman siege on Vienna in 1683. Over 13,000 Calvary led by the Polish Winged Hussars about about 3,000 broke the siege stopping Muslim aggression into Central Europe
I Love This Movie 😊
yeah, such a good movie
I don't think anyone could truly understand how powerful a wall of thousands of horses weighing about 900-1000 pounds each running at 30mph with armor on. There is a reason horses were game changers for open field battles in history.
I work with horses everyday and they still catch me off guard with how explosive and agile they can be.
One of the best scenes in movie history!!!!
One is one of the best scenes in movie history!!!!
I always wished there was a scene that showed gondor soldiers on the city walls looking out and seeing Rohan show up and charge in and see how that would invigorate the gondorions to fight harder.
Merry got a savage war face for a hobbit.
This charge and the Charge at helms deep are based based on the charge that lifted the ottoman siege on Vienna in 1683. Over 13,000 Calvary led by the Polish Winged Hussars about about 3,000
broke the siege stopping Muslim aggression into Central Europe
Horse and rider =1725 pounds X 6000 (number of riders)= 10,350,000 (10 million 350 thousand pounds) of charging Rhoherium
Now do the calculus on those oliphants lol
We don’t know how many were lost to the volly of arrows, but still didn’t stop the Rhoherium.
The program they created to replicate large armies made a mistake and put 20000 instead 6000....but hey...Im not complaining ;)
Real battle of pelanor fields. Battle of vienna 11 sept 1683