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    $\begingroup$ Why would you need them to run fast, cover long distance, or pull a chariot in a mountainous environment? The whole reason to use a Ram in the first place would be to leverage the greater agility they have on rugged slopes, so you wouldn't want something like a destrier, because you'd never be using shock calvary or heavy armor in the first place. The pony-sized mounts the Huns used would be just fine for military use in rugged mountains. You would only need them to carry the weight of a lightly armored small man, maybe 200lbs, rather than what a European warhorse had to be able to do. $\endgroup$
    – Morris The Cat
    Commented Aug 25, 2018 at 19:55
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    $\begingroup$ Thank you for your answer, I'm really starting to reconsider using them now, I got the idea when I read that Russia tried to train moose to overtake the world but the plan was abandoned in world war two, the article said because planes became widespread by then but idk. Edit - Morris I like you & your answers, you keep changing my mind on this topic. $\endgroup$
    – WolvesEyes
    Commented Aug 25, 2018 at 19:56
  • $\begingroup$ @MorrisTheCat Ok, you can forget about speed and endurance. Still, ponies are massive compared to rams and can carry much more weight. "the weight of a lightly armored small man, maybe 200lbs" isn't a little thing. It means the ram has to bee at least 600 lbs. just to carry it for short times. $\endgroup$
    – Alberto Yagos
    Commented Aug 25, 2018 at 20:45
  • $\begingroup$ @WolvesEyes Maybe moose could work. I don't know how they run, but from their shape, they could do it with a straight spine as a horse. Rams run also with fairly straight spine (opposed to dogs, for example), although they alternate sides of legs: they advance front and rear legs of one side and then front and rear of the other side instead of advancing the two front legs and then the two rear legs, that would make very uncomfortable to ride them. However, if you really want to use rams for a history, just tell they work well as mounts. Bear cavalry is a stupid idea, too, but it looks awesome. $\endgroup$
    – Alberto Yagos
    Commented Aug 25, 2018 at 20:50
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    $\begingroup$ Keep in mind also that these mountain folk have already domesticated some breed of sheep. Presumably, this means the animals are already large enough to take the weight of a warrior and her kit and still be agile in very rough terrain. Given the constraints of the question, I don't think you've really answered to the "limitations on the matter" so much as offer a "reality check". (Had WolvesEyes asked for that, I'd be more inclined to agree with you!) $\endgroup$
    – elemtilas
    Commented Aug 26, 2018 at 3:39