Carthage Missile Infantry

Libyan Javelinmen

The javelin is among the oldest weapons in human hands. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Libyan Javelinmen

Main Unit Key Car_Libyan_Javelin

Land Unit Key Car_Libyan_Javelin

Naval Unit Key greek_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 470

Recruitment Cost 470

Upkeep Cost 75

Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 70

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 7

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 31

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 26

Armour 52

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 25

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 20

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Settlement (Amber Collector) (greek_amber_2) Level 1 Town (Amber Trader) (greek_amber_3) Level 2 Polis (greek_city_2) Level 1 Megapolis (greek_city_3) Level 2 Settlement (Glass Blower) (greek_glass_2) Level 1 Town (Glass Maker) (greek_glass_3) Level 2 Settlement (Trench Mine) (greek_gold_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (greek_gold_3) Level 2 Settlement (Grain Farms) (greek_grain_2) Level 1 Town (Grain Irrigated Farm) (greek_grain_3) Level 2 Town (Horse Breeders) (greek_horse_2) Level 1 Town (Shieldmaker) (greek_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Colony (Armourer) (greek_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Town (Blacksmith) (greek_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Colony (Weaponsmith) (greek_iron_weapon_3) Level 2 Settlement (Trench Mine) (greek_lead_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (greek_lead_3) Level 2 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (greek_leather_2) Level 1 Town (Leather Workshop) (greek_leather_3) Level 2 Settlement (Logging Camp) (greek_lumber_2) Level 1 Town (Timber Yard) (greek_lumber_3) Level 2 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (greek_marble_2) Level 1 Town (Marble Cutter) (greek_marble_3) Level 2 Settlement (Olive Press) (greek_olive_2) Level 1 Town (Mola Olearia) (greek_olive_3) Level 2 Settlement (Snail Vats) (greek_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Town (Dye Works) (greek_purple_dye_3) Level 2 Settlement (Silk Caravan) (greek_silk_2) Level 1 Town (Silk Market) (greek_silk_3) Level 2 Civil Settlement (greek_town_civil_2) Level 1 Civil Town (greek_town_civil_3) Level 2 Farming Settlement (greek_town_farm_2) Level 1 Farming Town (greek_town_farm_3) Level 2 Market Settlement (greek_town_trade_2) Level 1 Market Town (greek_town_trade_3) Level 2 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (greek_wine_2) Level 1 Town (Winemaker) (greek_wine_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Colony (Amber Road) (greek_amber_4) Level 3 Metropolis (greek_city_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Glass Maker) (greek_glass_4) Level 3 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (greek_gold_4) Level 3 Colony (Grain Estate) (greek_grain_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Horse Breeders) (greek_horse_3) Level 2 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (greek_lead_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Leather Workshop) (greek_leather_4) Level 3 Colony (Timber Trader) (greek_lumber_4) Level 3 Colony (Marble Architect) (greek_marble_4) Level 3 Colony (Olive Oil Trader) (greek_olive_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Dye Works) (greek_purple_dye_4) Level 3 Colony (Silk Road) (greek_silk_4) Level 3 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Colony (greek_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Colony (greek_town_trade_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Winemaker) (greek_wine_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Carthage Adirim loyalists Punic Rebels Libya Nova Carthago
Hannibal at the Gates	Carthage (Hannibal at the Gates) Adirim loyalists (Hannibal at the Gates) Punic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Libya (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Punic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)