Carthaginian Archers
Qasatim/African archers consted of the most talented bowmen in all of carthage, equipped with precious bows and armoury.Although archery was not highly thought of as a military skill in Greece, Crete produced truly excellent archers who were able to sell their services to the highest bidder as mercenaries. Firing bronze-tipped arrows from their heavy self bows, Cretan archers tended to carry shields, indicative of some additional prowess in melee, which must’ve made them an even more enticing proposition for a general hiring mercenaries for campaign. Their finest hours came when Alexander the Great hired Cretans directly into his army to support its unbeatable phalanx. Commanded by Clearchus, 500 Cretans accompanied the Macedonian phalanx into battle at Granicus, off-setting the Persians' numerical superiority on the day and enabling Alexander’s subsequent victory. Whereas the Romans didn’t traditionally use archers in their forces, once they conquered Greece Cretan archers began to appear as auxiliary troops in their armies. Notably, they fought in Caesar’s campaign in Gaul against Vercingetorix, causing him to rally the best archers the tribes could provide to range against them.
Unit Name Carthaginian Archers |
Main Unit Key Car_Punic_Archers |
Land Unit Key Car_Punic_Archers |
Naval Unit Key greek_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 620 |
Recruitment Cost 620 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
35 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow_elite |
├ Projectile arrow_recurve |
├ Missile Damage 29 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 6 |
└ Base Reload Time 11 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 145 |
Reload 23 |
Shots Per Minute 7 |
Ammunition 30 |
Melee Attack 15 |
36 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_hellenic_sword |
├ Melee Damage Base 32 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 12 |
30 |
├ Base Defence 30 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
27 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
55 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light_fast |
├ Man Health 45 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
Base Morale 55 |
Abilities
Carthaginian Archers- Quick Reload
Improved reloading for an extended time.
Shots per minute
Exertion: fatigue - Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue
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.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Long range
- Average rate of fire
- Good damage but low armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus |