Who would win if rohan and gondor had a ⚔️war??

[Elassar]

The free peoples ( especially Rohan and Gondor ) usually unite too face the forces of darkness in times of strife, but what would happen if these two countries of men waged war on each other's borders.there is a major battle on the border between the eastfoldand Anorien who wins

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

I voted for Gondor but I have almost no idea why.

 

[1stvermont]

I am assuming you mean around the time of TWOTR? According to the Atlas of ME [if i am not mistaken], Gondor has more troops, I would also say they are better equipped hailing from the Numernoreans. Rohan does not have a large standing army but a large muster of men loyal to their lords. Gondor is battle testes veterans aginst Mordor.

 

[Shadow]

Gondor, no question.

 

[ZehnWaters]

Gondor has superior military technology.

I am assuming you mean around the time of TWOTR? According to the Atlas of ME [if i am not mistaken], Gondor has more troops, I would also say they are better equipped hailing from the Numernoreans. Rohan does not have a large standing army but a large muster of men loyal to their lords. Gondor is battle testes veterans aginst Mordor.

lol they have battle WHAT veterans?!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Have pity on us poor dyslexics!

 

[1stvermont]

lol they have battle WHAT veterans?!

Well... ahh.... you know.... I guess the third age timeline kind of shrunk in my mind.

But if I am not mistaken, some fighting was done in ithlien and Osgiliath was recently taken.

 

[Olorgando]

Have pity on us poor dyslexics!

I know in my case it would just be lousy typing. I often manage to hit neighboring keys to the ones I want. "a" and "d" often show up instead of intended "s", as the first two straddle the third (my spellchecker catches most of this).

The "a" key has special dangers lurking, as to its left is the shift-lock key; slightly errant aim, aND SUDDENLY i#M TYPING LIKE THIS: 😬

 

[Shadow]

Those of Rohan stink of horse, and would be covered in arrows and flame.

 

[lamentforboromir]

Although Rohan has Eredrim(Eomer's men) I think Gondor is much more developed in the field of government and military equipment (especially architecture) lol than Rohan. So I raise my hand for Gondor.

 

[Yanus]

I would say, it depends on the battlefield, tactic and goals. In siege battles and taking cities, Gondor. As a skirmish force on plains, Rohan has obviusely the edge. It would probably be evenly matched depending on Rohan tactic. Coming from the success of Hunnic army, or how Mongol army of 100,000 mounted, lightly armored warriors armed with bow and arrows conquered almost 18% percent of world land area I would not consider trained well organized mounted army to be harmless.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

However, the Hunnic and Mongol forces were made up of light horsemen, armed with bows, with a much smaller percentage of heavy cavalry (I realize I'm oversimplifying a bit).

The Rohirrim were the opposite-- overwhelmingly heavy cavalry, mail-armored and spear-armed, with very few archers, like the Normans, on which they were partially based. Battle tactics would be totally different; as we see from the story, they relied on the massed charge.

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

However, the Hunnic and Mongol forces were made up of light horsemen, armed with bows, with a much smaller percentage of heavy cavalry (I realize I'm oversimplifying a bit).

The Rohirrim were the opposite-- overwhelmingly heavy cavalry, mail-armored and spear-armed, with very few archers, like the Normans, on which they were partially based. Battle tactics would be totally different; as we see from the story, they relied on the massed charge.

It makes sense. But if we compare the Rohirrim with the Normans, I should say that the Normans were quite successful.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

So were the Rohirrim. 😁

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

So were the Rohirrim. 😁

Yeah. And it's great that Gondor and Rohan didn't have a war.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

True, and given the oaths exchanged, it would be unlikely to the point of the unthinkable.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

battle testes

kind of shrunk

I'm afraid you're compounding the problem. 😆

Just joshing! But we do have an edit function, you know. 🙂

 

[Olorgando]

But we do have an edit function, you know. 🙂

For some reason the term "bottle tested" sprang to my mind ... 🤫

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yes,some of my past posts were "bottle tested" indeed.

Hence my familiarity with the edit function. 🤪

 

[Aldarion]

However, the Hunnic and Mongol forces were made up of light horsemen, armed with bows, with a much smaller percentage of heavy cavalry (I realize I'm oversimplifying a bit).

The Rohirrim were the opposite-- overwhelmingly heavy cavalry, mail-armored and spear-armed, with very few archers, like the Normans, on which they were partially based. Battle tactics would be totally different; as we see from the story, they relied on the massed charge.

If you want to be really, really technical, Mongol heavy cavalry was actually heavier in terms of armor and weapons used than their European counterparts. But main advantage for the Mongols was strategic mobility and developed battlefield command-and-control.

And also, one has to consider terrain. Mongols got beaten in Croatia, in large part due to a combination of mountainous terrain and well placed stone fortresses. Rohirrim, being heavy cavalry with some infantry, might be less affected by the unfavorable terrain of Gondor. But Gondor's fortifications might pose to them same problems that Dalmatian fortresses did to Mongols.