"The road the orcs are on allows them to march five abreast, meaning there are 40,000 such rows. Giving each orc four feet of space on the march , that would mean the army alone stretches 30 miles down a single road." 3/
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"At that length, the tail end of the army would not even be able to leave camp before the front of the army had finished marching for the day." (!!) /3pic.twitter.com/TxqturMLkT
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The section on the siege's opener, part II, is likewise fascinating and contains some great craft notes. https://acoup.blog/2019/05/17/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-ii-these-beacons-are-liiiiiiit/ … "LOTR doesn't rely – as so much fiction does – on the ‘good guys’ making stupid mistake after stupid mistake in order to create tension." 4/
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"Instead, Gondor executes its plans admirably, and yet it is so outmatched in military might that it remains in peril." 5/pic.twitter.com/4MkAZ4Op6w
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Part III is more in the weeds on weapons and tactics. It gets into some really gnarly deep nerd stuff about the immediate preamble to a siege that I loved. https://acoup.blog/2019/05/24/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-iii-having-fun-storming-the-city/ … 6/
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"The paths the siege towers will take must be cleared and leveled (even a slight grade will tip them over). Earthwork cover for the approach on the gate should be set up, along with obstructions to prevent the army within the city from advancing at an inopportune moment." /7
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"In assaulting a fortified city with a large army, the spade is often the most important weapon. Even building a ramp right up the enemy walls to enter the city was a common and successful tactic, if the assaulting army had enough labor to do it quickly enough." /8
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My favorite part of the section on calvary charge was the notable absence of NCOs in the orc ranks, maintaining discipline. https://acoup.blog/2019/05/31/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-iv-the-cavalry-arrives/ … /9pic.twitter.com/S1wo9e52XU
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"The orc general,Gothmog has to push through the ranks and reorder his infantry, while the orcs stare dumbfounded at the new threat. This is a task that should have been taken up by a hundred-hundred NCOs up and down the line, which speaks to problems of command structure." /10
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By far the most intensely geeky section is in Part V, which deals with the math for calculating whether the trolls could possibly heft the hammers that deal the damage that we see. https://acoup.blog/2019/06/07/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-v-just-flailing-about-flails/ … /11
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I have to admit, I had much more fun than I probably should have doing the troll-math. But it's so fun to imagine what changing a key variable like that - the size and strength of trolls - does to tactics, with all of the knock-on-effects.
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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