Latin Rebels Missile Infantry

Funditores Italici

Slingers were common in ancient armies. Slings are ancient weapons, dating back to Palaeolithic times. In comparison to bows, they were easy to make and had a greater effective range. Constructed from braided flax, hemp or rushes, a sling has a cradle where the shot is placed. One end has a finger-loop, while the other has a knot or strip giving a firm handhold. The slinger puts his middle finger through the loop and holds the knotted end with his thumb and forefinger. After whirling the shot in the sling it is released with a flick of the wrist. Quick to fire and reload, the sling was widely hated by those on the receiving end. Shot varied from stones collected in rivers to shaped lumps of clay and lead; lead shot could fly over 400 metres. Such missiles were sometimes inscribed with comments such as “Catch!” or “Take that!” Shot was difficult to see in flight, and although it lacked the penetrating power of an arrow it could easily break bone or stave-in armour at short ranges. Famously, the Roman Consul Paullus was killed by a slinger early in the disastrous Battle of Cannae.

Unit Name Funditores Italici

Main Unit Key Ita_Levy_Slingers

Land Unit Key Ita_Levy_Slingers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 175

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 447

Recruitment Cost 447

Upkeep Cost 89

Missile Damage 5

├ Missile Weapon sling1

├ Projectile sling1

├ Missile Damage 4

├ Missile Ap Damage 1

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 5

Range 165

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 5

Ammunition 20

Melee Attack 18

Weapon Damage 7

├ Melee Weapon dagger2

├ Weapon Damage 7

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 6

├ Shield shield2

└ Shield Defence 31

Armour 1

├ Armour arm0

├ Armour Defence 1

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity light_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Stamina (excellent)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Concentrate Fire
  The unit fires its missiles towards a spot causing damage to everyone in the area of effect

Attributes

• Improved Stamina
  This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Field of Mars (rom_ROMAN_military_main_1) Level 0 Roman Barracks (rom_ROMAN_military_main_heavy_2) Level 1 Elite Roman Barracks (rom_ROMAN_military_main_heavy_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Provincial Barracks (rom_ROMAN_military_main_heavy_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Etruria Latin Rebels
Samnite Wars	Italian Rebels (Samnite Wars) Safineis (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Rasenna (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Safineis (Hannibal at the Gates)