Kuruharan good post. I was thinking about how well equiped the riders of Rohan are, and figured they were more like light cavalry then armoured knights, but for some reason I forgot to post that.
Certainly one of the reasons cavalry was so effective was that the infantry were not disciplined enough. Its hard to stay in formation when a bunch of huge animals are about to run you over... kind of like a big game of chicken.
In the books, Theoden talks several times about charging the enemy and sweeping through them. I'm guessing that is how the riders prefered to fight.
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