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Sinthoniel wrote: I think no real faction can really compare to the wainriders. The problem is that they use basically all kinds of "wains" known from real history, combined in one faction. They live in caravans of bigger wains and they fight in chariots, supported by normal cavalry.

Historically, chariots were used before horse taming was invented. It's easier to make a horse move forward than to teach it to keep the rider on its back. Chariots were generally less maneuvrable than horses, but the scythed chariots could, in the right conditions, break every enemy formation and cause huge losses. Chariots were historically sometimes seen in the same armies as cavalry. I guess that was due to the fact that these armies (for example the Gauls) consisted of many single tribes and some of them did not tame horses and used chariots instead. The same could be the case for the Wainriders.

But I can't find any explanation for the presence of battle wagons and caravans in the same army. Maybe migrating, fleeing something... A natural disaster or maybe the fickle whims of Sauron were not in their favor.