Mercenary Steppe Mounted Bows

The skill required to fire a bow from a moving horse is phenomenal. Ancient cavalry archers had to keep control of their mounts with their knees whilst using both arms to fire their bows, which took a great deal of practice and physical strength. Often lightly armoured, horse archers were the ideal skirmish troops as they could quickly reach key areas of the battlefield to harass the enemy, but without getting so close they were forced into melee. Nomadic tribes, such as the Sarmatians and Huns, were renowned for their skilled riders and used horse archers to great effect. The combination of skill and the deadly composite bow, which could puncture straight through armour, made their horsemen the dread of all those they encountered.

Unit Name Mercenary Steppe Mounted Bows

Main Unit Key att_merc_nom_steppe_mounted_bows

Land Unit Key att_merc_nom_steppe_mounted_bows

Naval Unit Key att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 230

Upkeep Cost 185

Missile Damage 49

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_composite_horse

├ Projectile att_arrow_composite_normal_horse

├ Missile Damage 37

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 0

Range 150

Reload 70

Rate of Fire 10

Ammunition 24

Melee Attack 11

Melee Damage 6

├ Melee Weapon att_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 5

├ Armour-piercing Damage 1

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 11

Melee Defence 7

├ Base Defence 7

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 3

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 190

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 75

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount att_nom_steppe_mounted_bows_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_very_light

└ Mount Health 110

Morale 32

Abilities

• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

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.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	att_merc_nom_province_major	Germano-Sarmatia	Duna Oium Palteskja	1	0.1	1	3
2	att_merc_nom_province_major	Hyperborea	Kariskos Moramar Silys	1	0.1	1	3
3	att_merc_nom_province_major	Sarmatia Asiatica	Anacopia Samandar Tanais	1	0.1	1	3
4	att_merc_nom_province_major	Sarmatia Europaea	Chersonessus Gelonus Olbia	1	0.1	1	3
5	att_merc_nom_province_major	Scythia	Bolghar Raha Sarai	1	0.1	1	3
6	att_merc_nom_province_major	Transcarpathia	Arheimar Belz Leopolis	1	0.1	1	3
7	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Caucasia	Gabala Kotais Mtskheta	0	0.05	1	1
8	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Dacia	Apulum Petrodava Romula	0	0.05	1	1
9	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Dalmatia	Domavia Salona Siscia	0	0.05	1	1
10	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Dardania	Scupi Serdica Viminacium	0	0.05	1	1
11	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Gothiscandza	Ascaucalis Gothiscandza Rugion	0	0.05	1	1
12	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Hercynia	Budorgis Casurgis Nitrahwa	0	0.05	1	1
13	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Pannonia	Savaria Sirmium Sopianae	0	0.05	1	1
14	att_merc_nom_province_minor	Transcaspia	Dahistan Kath Siahkuh	0	0.05	1	1