Mercenary Slingers

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 Paulus was killed by a slinger early in the disastrous Battle of Cannae.

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Unit Name Mercenary Slingers

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Slingers

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Slingers

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class ​飛​び​道​具​歩​兵

Custom Battle Cost 210

Recruitment Cost 210

​維​持​費 160

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield small_bronze

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 20

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 10

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• ​疲​労​耐​性
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​他​の​部​隊​よ​り​疲​労​の​影​響​を​受​け​な​い。
• ​潜​伏 (​低​木​と​森)
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​敵​が​す​ぐ​そ​ば​に​接​近​す​る​ま​で​低​木​や​森​に​潜​伏​す​る​こ​と​が​で​き​る。

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

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	3c_province_pool_italia	Cisalpina	​ゲ​ヌ​ア ​メ​デ​ィ​オ​ラ​ヌ​ム ​パ​タ​ウ​ィ​ウ​ム	1	0.15	1	4
2	3c_province_pool_italia	Corsica et Sardinia	​ア​レ​リ​ア ​カ​ラ​リ​ス	1	0.15	1	4
3	3c_province_pool_italia	Italia	​ベ​ネ​ウ​ェ​ン​ト​ゥ​ム ​ブ​ル​ン​デ​ィ​シ​ウ​ム ​コ​セ​ン​テ​ィ​ア	1	0.15	1	4
4	3c_province_pool_italia	Latium	​ア​リ​ミ​ニ​ウ​ム ​ア​ッ​レ​テ​ィ​ウ​ム ​ア​ス​ク​ル​ム ​ロー​マ	1	0.15	1	4
5	3c_province_pool_italia	Sicily	​ア​グ​リ​ゲ​ン​ト​ゥ​ム ​パ​ノ​ル​モ​ス ​シ​ラ​ク​サ	1	0.15	1	4