Mercenary Frankish Armoured Swordsmen

The difficulty of obtaining iron in the early Middle Ages, combined with a lack of understanding of how to mass-produce welded weaponry meant that iron-forged blades were the weapons of noblemen who could afford the otherwise-prohibitive cost. Blades in the early Middle Ages were created through a process known as 'pattern welding', where iron rods, twisted together and ground down, formed a soft, carbonised centre for the blade that helped it better absorb the shock of a blow. Around this core, thin iron plates were then 'carburized' (hardened, essentially) onto the blade to give it increased strength. This style of layering metal pieces over each other gave blades a distinctive banding pattern, similar in appearance to the age-rings of a tree trunk.

Unit Name Mercenary Frankish Armoured Swordsmen

Main Unit Key cha_merc_fra_armoured_sword

Land Unit Key cha_merc_fra_armoured_sword

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 520

Recruitment Cost 520

Upkeep Cost 310

Melee Attack 34

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_spatha

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 17

Melee Defence 62

├ Base Defence 37

├ Shield cha_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 46

├ Armour cha_mail

├ Armour Defence 46

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 45

Abilities

• Shield Wall
  The unit moves into a close formation and raises shields.

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	cha_merc_fra_land	Austrasia	Aachen Metz Trier	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_fra_land	East Aquitaine	Arvernis Autun Rodez	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_fra_land	East Neustria	Amiens Reims Troyes	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_fra_land	France	Chartres Paris Tours	1	0.025	1	1
5	cha_merc_fra_land	Franconia	Frankfurt Hallstadt Wurzburg	1	0.025	1	1
6	cha_merc_fra_land	Septimania	Narbonne Toulouse Urgell	1	0.025	1	1
7	cha_merc_fra_land	Swabia	Bescanon Speyer Strasbourg	1	0.025	1	1
8	cha_merc_fra_land	West Neustria	Bayeux Nantes Rennes	1	0.025	1	1