Palmyra (Empire Divided) Melee Cavalry

Armoured Camels

The camel is a curious thing in battle and, when clad in full armour, its strange looks are much enhanced. Camels are also rather smelly, and this makes horses uneasy unless they are used to the odour. Perhaps not the fastest of creatures, the camel does not charge particularly quickly, but the extra height it gives to its rider makes a lance rather effective. The word 'cataphract' derives from two Greek words, 'kata' - completely - and 'phraktos' - covered or protected. This neatly describes the all-over nature of the armour of both man and camel. Cataphracts were even adopted by the Romans, who used them in their Eastern Empire as auxiliaries.

Unit Name Armoured Camels

Main Unit Key 3c_Pal_Armoured_Camels

Land Unit Key 3c_Pal_Armoured_Camels

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 820

Recruitment Cost 820

Upkeep Cost 165

Melee Attack 36

Weapon Damage 20

├ Melee Weapon rome_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 15

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 30

├ Bonus vs Elephants 30

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 35

Melee Defence 42

├ Base Defence 22

├ Shield cavalry

└ Shield Defence 20

Armour 70

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 85

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 5

├ Mount roman_camel_spear

├ Mount Entity rome_camel

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 60

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.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
• Scare (horses)
  This unit gives a morale penalty to enemy horses.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good charge
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak in prolonged melee
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Legionary Barracks (3c_rome_military_3) Level 2 Cavalry Barracks (3c_rome_military_cavalry_4) Level 3 Castrum Stativum (3c_rome_military_infantry_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Cavalry Barracks (3c_rome_military_cavalry_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Palmyra (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Pretenders (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Secessionists (Empire Divided)