Originally posted by Nibedicus
An argument can certainly made for that. But, how do you think the Uruks would overwhelm the Spartans in the narrow building at the end of Two Towers?Narrow corridor, narrower door, high bridge blocking access to it and protecting it from siege weapons, poor Uruk tactics (such as not using the crossbows effectively), more than adequate defender supplies, etc would really render a lot of the (edit!) Uruk's numbers useless.
Also, I think a lot of people are forgetting the Spartan's almost-superhuman "feats" here like one shotting a rhino with a THROWN spear and jumping ten feet in the air.
In that narrow corridor where barely 3 people could fit chest to chest (let alone men carrying shields) the Spartan's phalanx wouldn't really be a phalanx. I mean, could you imagine a phalanx only 3 men wide?
Granted, a lot of Urukai will die charging that, but the sheer weight of the Urukai numbers should be enough to push the phalanx off balance. Either that, or dead Urukai start piling up high enough that Urukai climb up their dead brethren and attack the 300 from an elevated platform.