Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Spear Infantry

Spear Brothers

Hardened by years of both inter-tribal combat and contact with enemies further afield, the most talented German warriors thus earned high status within their tribes. Whilst iron supplies were scarce, these men were privileged enough to equip themselves with lengthy spears, or 'framea', tipped with narrow, sharp points of iron. Whereas the framea was used for fighting at close quarters, lighter javelins were also carried to be hurled from a distance prior to melee. The taller and stronger the man, the bigger the spear he could carry; this established status, not only within the tribe, but also when facing the enemy.

Unit Name Spear Brothers

Main Unit Key CiG_Ger_Spear_Brothers

Land Unit Key Ger_Spear_Brothers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 560

Recruitment Cost 560

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 25

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 23

Melee Defence 66

├ Base Defence 36

├ Shield germanic_hex

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 50

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 40

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 40

Abilities

• Cavalry Counter-tactics
  Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
  Bonus vs mounted units
• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  Charge bonus, melee attack
  Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	CiG_Regional_German
Caesar in Gaul Regions Provinces Regions Silva Nigra Argentorate Noviiomagos Uburzis
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Barracks (rome_military_aux_3) Level 2 Auxiliary Garrison (rome_military_aux_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Caesar in Gaul	Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Roman intervention forces (Caesar in Gaul) Roman Secessionists (Caesar in Gaul)