Seleucid Missile Cavalry

Camel Archers

Camels have a number of advantages over horses: although notorious for their questionable temperament, they can be docile when handled correctly and are less nervous than horses. As desert creatures camels also have greater stamina and can endure long periods without water. This advantage offered a certain strategic flexibility to commanders, as long treks in arid conditions could then be undertaken. When faced by conventional cavalry, the size and odour of camels caused horses to rear-up and back away in a fight. The invention of the north Arabian saddle in the 4th century BC made effective control considerably easier; the steady, elevated position of the saddle enabled an archer to scan the battlefield and pick his targets off with some ease.

Unit Name Camel Archers

Main Unit Key Ara_Camel_Archers

Land Unit Key Ara_Camel_Archers

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 460

Recruitment Cost 460

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 38

├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow_horse

├ Projectile arrow_recurve_horse

├ Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 9

Melee Defence 6

├ Base Defence 6

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 115

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount roman_camel

├ Mount Entity rome_camel

└ Mount Health 60

Base Morale 25

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
• Scare (horses)
  This unit gives a morale penalty to enemy horses.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Stables (greek_military_east_stable_2) Level 1 Satrap's Stables (greek_military_east_stable_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Royal Stables (greek_military_east_stable_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gerrhaea Himyar Ma'in Mascat Nabatea Qidri Arabian Rebels Saba Parthia Parthian Nobles Egypt Egyptian Nobles Egyptian Rebels Cyrenaica Seleucid Seleucid Nobles
Imperator Augustus	Arabian Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Parthia (Imperator Augustus) Parthian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Egypt (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)