The War Mumakil of Harad

Huge war-beasts from the distant south, the Mûmakil (also known as Oliphaunts by some of the people of Middle-earth) were employed by the Haradrim against Gondor and its allies with devastating effects at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. These huge war-beasts carry on their backs a tower of wood and hides, called a howdah, filled with deadly Haradrim archers.