Quote Originally Posted by Kraxis
Slingers... Never heard of them. I take it that they were ashis or miners or something.
One of Takeda's ally and general, Oyamada Nobushige, had always commanded an unit of slingers into battle.
They were trained Ashigarus using a staff sling.
They usually bombard the enemy line with stones to disorder the enemy line, and IIRC they were quite famous among the enemys of Takeda, even more then their cavalry.
I think they were called 印字打ち Inji-Uchi.