Minas Tirith Runs Planetos Gauntlet

[ATP]

Rammas Echor is akin to the Long Walls of Thrace, I think. It is essentially there to keep the countryside safe from enemy raids and perhaps slow down enemy advance, but was never intended as a place where the decisive defense would be held.

Indeed - but,they still should be enough to stop Dothraki,wildlings,or even Unsullied army.But not others.

 

[Vadim]

The only thing that could create problems for the defenders of Minas Tiit was the firing of wildfire vessels from catapults. This stuff is very difficult to put out, and a terrible fire in the city will greatly reduce the combat capability of the garrison.

 

[Simonbob]

The only thing that could create problems for the defenders of Minas Tirith was the firing of wildfire vessels from catapults. This stuff is very difficult to put out, and a terrible fire in the city will greatly reduce the combat capability of the garrison.

Sure, but carrying the stuff is risky enough that half of it's going to go up on the way.

I'd expect the catapult to go instead, often enough.


So, mixed effect.

 

[Vadim]

What if Daenerys Targaryen's three dragons joined these forces. On the one hand, the city is likely to have arrow-shooters, but it is difficult to shoot down a dragon rider who is ready for battle (Cersei Lannister's forces were unable to do so). The riders include Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow (Aegon Targaryen), and Aegon Targaryen (the Young Griff).

 

[ShadowArxxy]

What if Daenerys Targaryen's three dragons joined these forces. On the one hand, the city is likely to have arrow-shooters, but it is difficult to shoot down a dragon rider who is ready for battle (Cersei Lannister's forces were unable to do so). The riders include Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow (Aegon Targaryen), and Aegon Targaryen (the Young Griff).

Dragons are something of an out-of-context problem for most medieval realms, but Westeros dragons are very much on the weaksauce side of dragons. Balerion the Black Dread was the largest and most powerful Targaryen dragon in history. . . and he's still quite a bit lesser than Smaug, the smallest and weakest of the dragons of Middle-Earth. More specifically, Balerion as seen in the TV show is roughly half the size of Smaug as seen in the movies, but closer to two-thirds the size of Smaug described in the books. Book Balerion is unfortunately only described in vague, non-specific terms.

Still a mess to deal with in the absence of someone like Bard the Bowman, admittedly, but. . .