Quote Originally Posted by econ21
There's a menu screenshot of the Turkish faction with a halberd wielding soldier labelled as Ottoman infantry. So I think in this version, Ottoman infantry lose their bows and pick up the halberd.
Weird. Janissary used some kind of polearms called jilyt, not halberd. And classical Ottoman infantry used Persian sabre.

Quote Originally Posted by econ21
The 24 man unit is mysterious - it is too small even to be dismounted cavalry. I think it must be some elite type unit - like VI berserkers, RTW arcani or gladiators etc. ie so powerful it only needs to be half the strength of a regular infantry unit. Maybe with 2 hit points?
No HP 2. Both saw on example of Polish Guard. Only better statistics.