If Mumakil Existed?

What if Mumakil existed on Earth and humans used them as war beasts? Those giant elephants from LOTR. What affects would they have on human history? Would nations who have mumakill be powerhouse empires?

Some examples; Hannibal and his army crossing the alps with a least a dozen or so Mumakil (instead of War Elephants) into Rome. The Persian Empire has mumakil. (If the Persians used mumakil Battle of Thermopylae) India has Mumakil. Africa has Mumakil.

What Mumakil look like.

Comments

[Sigmacipher]

So elephants with tusks on the lower jaw.

Doesn't change much.

[Bendy]

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Look at the size of them.

[Mr Absorption]

It would depend where they were native to. Historically, war elephants could only be utilized by countries with elephants, chiefly India. Haradwaith always struck me as Arab in design, but Arabia would lack an ecosystem that could support the beast.

So I guess what I’m asking is, are they superseding existing elephants?

[Crystalbreeze]

I wonder what if Hungary could use Mumakil in the independence war in 1956. It would be absurd of course, but they would easily wreck the soviet tanks.

[Sigmacipher]

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Right and if they're bigger how the hell are they supposed to fit in the mountain passes leading to Rome.