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Germanic Crossbowmen

At the right range, armour is no defence against a crossbow bolt.

By the time of the Migration Period the crossbow was commonly used in the west, it having been a battlefield fixture for several centuries elsewhere in the world. Although developed independently by the Chinese, some 5th century BC examples have been discovered in Greece, where the western version was probably invented. Certainly by 300BC handheld crossbows began to appear, and it wasn’t long after that the Romans fielded their large torsion-sprung scorpion and ballista bolt throwers for the first time. Although not mentioned by name, by the 2nd century AD the Romans were training cavalry to use handheld, repeating crossbows on the battlefield, their use being recorded by Arrian in his ‘Tactica’. Eventually, the crossbow reached the barbarian tribal confederations of northern and western Europe, where it was used in deadly combination with the pike tactics emerging at that time, also becoming a popular hunting weapon for centuries to come.

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Germanic Crossbowmen

Unit Name

Germanic Crossbowmen

Main Unit Key

att_ger_germanic_crossbowmen

Land Unit Key

att_ger_germanic_crossbowmen

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_heavy_tra_ger

Soldiers

160

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

475

Recruitment Cost

475

Upkeep Cost

255

Missile Damage

65

├ Missile Weapon

att_crossbow

├ Projectile

att_arrow_crossbow_normal

├ Missile Damage

15

├ Missile Ap Damage

50

└ Base Reload Time

43

Accuracy

0

Range

125

Reload

50

Rate of Fire

3

Ammunition

17

Melee Attack

11

Melee Damage

11

├ Melee Weapon

att_sax

├ Melee Base Damage

10

├ Armour-piercing Damage

1

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

7

Melee Defence

7

├ Base Defence

7

├ Shield

att_none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

3

├ Armour

att_cloth

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

84

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

75

└ Bonus Hit Points

9

Morale

43

Abilities

Germanic Crossbowmen
  • Precision Shot
    Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period. These values are further modified by the unit itself.
  • Barrage
    Loose projectiles more frequently for an extended period of time.

Attributes

  • Resistant to Fatigue
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Requires Buildings
Germanic Crossbowmen Lv. 0 Recruitment Grounds
Recruitment Grounds
(bel_bld_roman_military_2)
Level 1
Barracks
Barracks
(bel_bld_roman_military_3)
Level 2
Royal Barracks
Royal Barracks
(bel_bld_roman_military_4)
Level 3