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Vandals Military Tier 10

Heavy Cavalry Tactics

A well-timed cavalry charge is as powerful as a raging storm.

As the Roman Empire divided and struggled into late antiquity, one of the chief problems its army had to address was its cavalry, which was greatly inferior compared to that of its enemies. The Hunnic and barbarian hordes that swept down from the steppes did so on horseback, and to the east the Sassanid armies smashed their foes apart with decisive heavy cataphracts. Rome was slow to adapt to the changing face of mounted warfare, as their chief allies primarily fielded foot soldiers. The Eastern Roman Empire, particularly, developed the clibinarii based on the eastern cataphracts, as a response to the threat posed by the unstoppable Sassanid charge. There is some debate amongst historians as to when cavalry achieved superiority over infantry, beginning the paradigm shift leading to the eventual rise of mounted knights and their dominance of the battlefield. Many believe it started at the Battle of Adrianople when the power of the Gothic heavy cavalry swept the Romans' heavy infantry from the field. However, many centuries passed before the medieval knights' spectacular war-winning combination of heavy horse and armour became the norm.

Effects

Recruitment capacity: +1 (faction_to_province_own_unseen)
Recruitment capacity: +1 when hording. (all forces)
Charge bonus: +5% for cavalry units (faction_to_force_own_unseen)
Charge bonus: +5% (faction_to_force_own_unseen)

Requires
Requires Technologies	Combat at Distance Organised Armour Production

Enables
Enables Technologies	Vandal Martial Culture
Enables Units Upgrade	Alani Mounted Tribesmen Cost 119 Upgrade To Alani Mounted Veterans Alani Horsemen Cost 213 Upgrade To Noble Alani Cavalry Germanic Brigands Cost 188 Upgrade To Germanic Night Raiders Germanic Horsemen Cost 225 Upgrade To Noble Germanic Horsemen Germanic Mounted Brigands Cost 188 Upgrade To Germanic Night Raiders Germanic Mounted Warband Cost 225 Upgrade To Noble Germanic Horsemen Germanic Raiders Cost 188 Upgrade To Germanic Night Raiders Gothic Lancers Cost 231 Upgrade To Noble Gothic Lancers Sarmatian Cataphracts Cost 181 Upgrade To Elite Sarmatian Cataphracts Nordic Horse Raiders Cost 163 Upgrade To Nordic Horse Lords Nordic Mounted Raiders Cost 163 Upgrade To Nordic Horse Lords Contarii Cost 163 Upgrade To Catafractarii Equites Dalmatae Cost 150 Upgrade To Equites Promoti Horse Cutters Cost 125 Upgrade To Horse Butchers Slavic Horse Raiders Cost 163 Upgrade To Svarog's Raiders Slavic Raiders Cost 163 Upgrade To Svarog's Raiders

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