New unit: Strzelcy

**Kralizec** · 06-28-2006, 13:20

Maybe not the best unit, but it's nice to see that CA is apparently adding more variety to factions that originally got the stick in the ol' MTW. (Poland had only one unique unit)

**cegorach** · 06-28-2006, 13:34

Well... there was hardly anything worth adding when it comes to the Poles - if asked about 5 unique Polish units from Medieval period I would have hard time in answering and even finding anything...

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 06-28-2006, 13:43

Mounted crossbowmen were known to carry small shields, such as in the swiss wars with burgundy. The pavise type shield would have been used by the lithuanians and some poles so they haven't done that bad a job

**econ21** · 06-28-2006, 13:54

I know an advantage of crossbow is that they are easier to combine with shields than regular bows. I had not realised that also applied to horsemen, but I guess it could (it would be less of an asset, though, given the vulnerability of the horse with or without shield).

I can't get see the new unit on the com (they never appear on my computer when they are just released) but it'll be nice to see mounted crossbowmen make a return in M2TW. I loved them in MTW - you got them earlier than the foot ones, their ammo lacks forever, they are AP, they have decent armour themselves and they are fast making great chasers of routers. I could nearly always find a place for a couple of these guys if allowed to recruit them.

**Furious Mental** · 06-28-2006, 15:38

Nice unit. But would a mounted crossbowman actually use a crossbow with a foot hold on it (the description says he has a smaller crossbow intended for use from horseback)?