Mercenary Avar Horse Archers

The skill required to fire a bow from a moving horse is phenomenal. 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. People of nomadic origin, such as the Sarmatians, Huns and Avars, were renowned as 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 Avar Horse Archers

Main Unit Key cha_merc_avar_horse_archers

Land Unit Key cha_merc_avar_horse_archers

Naval Unit Key cha_longship_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 300

Upkeep Cost 180

Missile Damage 44

├ Missile Weapon cha_reflex_horse

├ Projectile cha_arrow_reflex_normal_horse

├ Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 17

Accuracy 25

Range 150

Reload 75

Rate of Fire 14

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 14

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_sword

├ 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 14

Melee Defence 10

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield cha_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 6

├ Armour cha_cloth

├ Armour Defence 6

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 150

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 100

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount cha_nom_horse_sword_l

├ Mount Entity cha_horse_light

└ Mount Health 50

Morale 34

Abilities

No Ability

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

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_avar_land	Carinthia	Lorch Salzburg Wien	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_avar_land	Croatia	Jadra Ptuj Sisak	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_avar_land	Moravia	Mosaburg Nitra Savaria	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_avar_land	Pannonia	Cibakhaza Kaposvar Szeged	1	0.025	1	1